9.3. More Strategic Advice-Giving Tools
To supplement the Three-Minute Drill and to help give additional information in a management context, there are three other highly effective tools you might choose to use:
9.3.1. Timelines
One of the most strategic documents for making recommendations is the timeline driven by the calendar or a clock, depending on the time frames being considered. I've made the point time and again that management is about tomorrow. Any recommendations that fit in the sequence of getting things done, making decisions, or choosing alternatives are more important than other activities. Timelines can accommodate a variety of different activities that are all moving forward at the same time but at different velocities. For ...
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