Tactical

A tactical leader has the ability to operationalize big ideas and bring them to fruition, creating the ideal environment for individual and group success.

A tactical leader:

  • Has the operational savvy to know what it takes to achieve the ultimate vision and the complex goals that undergird that vision
  • Owns the responsibility to create the ideal environment for team and individual impact, consistent with sustainable success
  • Takes personal initiative, as needed, while appropriately delegating to and nurturing others
  • Facilitates deep analytics, systemic thinking, and the ability to distinguish between critical-path issues and manageable barriers to success
  • Creates a climate for optimal risk-taking, while ensuring quality control
  • Successfully calibrates the magnitude of the task(s) at hand, and the capital, human and other resources necessary for impact

ARVPs

Readings

  1. Sixteen Strategic Planning Models to Consider: ClearPoint Strategy (60’)
  2. What is Strategic Planning: A 5-Step Guide (30’)
  3. Seven Strategic Planning Models, Plus Eight Frameworks (30’)
  4. Jessica McKellar: This is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like: First Round Review (15’)

Videos

  1. Designing Your Life: Bill Burnett (26’)
  2. How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals - Stephen Duneier (18’)

Podcasts

  1. Anthony Fasano: Developing Engineers and Managers (53’)
  2. Mary Meaney & Scott Keller: What Every Leader Needs to Know about Organizational Management (25’)

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