Timberlake: Forward-looking questions in team syncs bridge vision and execution
Hope Timberlake · The 90-Second Story That Gets Investors Curious Enough to Ask · Apr 6, 2021 · at 33:45
Executive communications coach Hope Timberlake suggests weaving strategic, six-month horizon questions into routine all-hands meetings to connect task work to broader company goals.
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“Even if it's just two minutes worth of, hey, Jose, what's, what are you seeing as, I don't know, some question, some profound question of like, how do you see our company evolving six months from now? Or some version of let's, yes, get all the tasks done. And let's elevate it in some way that makes it so that we're like, all right, there's a real purpose here, or there's a real vision here, or I'm just curious what Jose thinks is the next step for us in six months. Those are just fun exercises and they're helpful as you build the company so that you're bridging that gap between the vision and the execution.”
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