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Richard Martin’s Monday Morning Brilliant Manoeuvres — 27 May 2013

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Brilliant Manoeuvre
Act on what you can influence and control at this time.

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“If only I had complete control of the situation I could do something to improve it.” Unfortunately no one, not even the most powerful CEO, can ever have complete control of a business situation. It’s critical that managers and executives at all levels of a company identify what they control and what they don’t. They must resolve to act on those things they control while influencing those they don’t. I’m working with a company and this is exactly what I’ve told one of the managers who is responsible for one of its divisions. He’s been recommending a de facto merger with another division for over a year, in the interests of increasing efficiency and effectiveness and improving performance. However, it’s taking too long in his eyes. I asked him to take a serious look at what can be done to integrate operations and sales with the other division without changing the legal or organizational structure of either. In other words, what positive actions can he take now to improve the situation based on what he and his colleague in the other division can control? They’ve decided on a common plan and will start implementing it as soon as possible. They don’t have to wait for permission; they are fully capable of making these improvements now. It may not be the ultimate solution, but it’s the best one at this time.

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Time is the ultimate resource. Brute speed can compensate for time and resource limitations. It can also provide a surprise factor that’s crucial to business success.

Richard Martin is a consultant, speaker, and executive coach. He brings his military and business leadership and management experience to bear for executives and organizations seeking to exploit change, maximize opportunity, and minimize risk.

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Richard Martin is the President of Alcera Consulting Inc., a strategic advisory firm collaborating with top-level leaders to provide strategic insight, navigate uncertainty, and drive transformative change, ensuring market dominance and excellence in public governance. He is the author of Brilliant Manoeuvres: How to Use Military Wisdom to Win Business Battles and the creator of the blog ExploitingChange.com. Richard is also the developer of Strategic Epistemology, a groundbreaking theory that focuses on winning the battle for minds in a world of conflict by dismantling opposing worldviews and ideologies through strategic narrative and archetypal awareness.

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