The Hidden Strategist [audio] with Cecilia Lynch
Summary: <p><strong>We all know we need a clear strategy to move forward. However, most leadership teams fall down on implementing strategy. Why is strategic thinking so challenging to most leadership teams? </strong></p><p><strong>Leadership requires strategy, but how do you know if you (or a team member) is a relationship leader, a visionary or a strategic thinker?</strong></p><p><strong>Have you found yourself wondering how you can tap into the strategic thinking that remains dormant inside your organization?</strong></p><p>Too often leaders just don’t know where to start planning for the future of their business; they usually start with the familiar: internally, operationally and incrementally focused. This is the wrong place to start.</p><p>Where is the right place?</p><p>Well stay tuned because for more than two decades of leading successful custom consulting engagements for corporations, entrepreneurial business and non-profits,<strong> Cecilia Lynch</strong>, principal of Focused Momentum® demystifies how to think strategically about your business to enable you to craft a winning strategy with the outside-in approach. </p><p>Cecilia Lynch is a seasoned strategist, author and the leading authority on strategic thinking. Recognized for her strategic mind while still in her 20’s, Cecilia started her executive career leading the strategic planning for a $1B global brand. In January of 2018, Focused Momentum, the strategic consulting firm she founded, celebrated its 20-year anniversary! Cecilia’s latest book “The Hidden Strategist” discussed the great need executive teams have for strategic thinking and how they continue to overlook the best strategists in their organizations – women.</p><p>On this episode we dive into:</p><ul> <li><strong><em>“Strategic thinking” Has become a catch phase. What’s the best definition/understanding of Strategic Thinking”?</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>How great strategic thinking resides untapped in most organizations.</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Why women are often the greatest resource for great strategic thinking </em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Why women are often overlooked or set up to fail - think glass cliff - when they are recognized.</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Are women undermining themselves or are they overlooked or set up to fail?</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Why strategic thinking is so challenging to most leadership teams. </em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Where leaders can find the hidden strategists in their organizations? </em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Why older women will be a formidable force for strategic leadership in the next decade.</em></strong></li> </ul><p>To find out more about Cecilia Lynch and her team: <a href="http://www.focusedmomentum.com/" target="_blank">www.focusedmomentum.com</a></p><br><p><strong>To find out more about hiring Dov Baron as a speaker or strategist for your organization: </strong><a href="http://fullmontyleadership.com/consulting" target="_blank"><strong>http://fullmontyleadership.com/consulting</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://fullmontyleadership.com/speaking" target="_blank"><strong>http://fullmontyleadership.com/speaking</strong></a></p><p>Remember you can now also find us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you tune into podcasts</p><p>And on traditional radio stations across the US every Monday and Thursday on: </p><p>99.5 FM & 1520 AM Las Vegas</p><p>102.1 FM & 1640 AM Lancaster, Philadelphia</p><p>87.9 FM & 810 AM Macon, Gorgia </p><p>92.1 FM & 1630 AM Tampa, Florida</p><p>97.7 The Villages, Florida</p><p>96.3 FM Boulder, Colorado</p><p>90.3 FM Milwaukee, Wisconsin </p><p>94.7 FM Pittsburg, Philadelphia</p><p>87.9 FM Colorado Springs, Colorado</p><p>Also look for us on ROKU TV where there’s 100K subscribers. </p><p>If you are a regular listener, then a big thank you to you for making us the #1 podcast Globally for Fortune 500 listeners! </p><p>And with a potential reach of 2.5 to 3 million listeners for every show, we’re honoured and grateful to be cited in INC.com as The #1 Podcast To Make You a Better Leader. </p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
