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1 Setting the Big Vision [Why]
🔹 You’re steering the ship.
🔹 You decide where the company is heading and what the major goals are.
🔹 You sign off on the strategies and make sure everything lines up with the long-term future.
The Visionaries: You set the company’s long-term direction, objectives, goals and policies
2 Turning Objectives into Action [What]
🔹 You understand the whole business, or at least your side of it, inside-out.
🔹 You help create the bigger plan, and then you translate that into a plan your team or division can actually run with.
🔹 You’re also pushing innovation and making sure the business keeps evolving. .
The Integrators: You make sure all parts of the business work together smoothly and formulate strategies.
3 Leading a Business Unit or Large Team [How]
🔹 You manage a big piece of the puzzle — like a full business unit or major function.
🔹 You take the company’s goals and turn them into a clear plan for your area.
🔹 You balance resources (people, money, tech) to get the best results without wasting anything.
The Translators: You turn big-picture strategy into actionable business plans with tactical decisions.
4 Running a Department or Specialist Team [Who, where, when, standards & specs]
🔹 You’re the local expert, leading a smaller department or specialist team.
🔹 You make detailed team plans that support the bigger unit’s goals.
🔹 You’re optimising daily operations and making sure your crew delivers great results efficiently.
The Builders:Â You design detailed team and departmental plans and processes to support the vision.
5 Skilled, Hands-On Work [Procedures]
🔹 You know your craft — whether it’s products, processes, or systems.
🔹 You follow set procedures but use your own smarts and experience to do the job well.
🔹 You decide your priorities within a clear framework.
The Problem-Solvers: You use knowledge and experience to find the best procedures and ways to achieve goals.
6 Quality & Process Control [Practices]
🔹 You’re making sure everything is done right — products, services, workflows.
🔹 You tweak things when needed, based on set guidelines and what you’ve learned on the job.
The Quality Keepers: You ensure products, services, and practices meet standards and keep improving.
7 Day-to-Day Task Execution [Elements]
🔹 You’re keeping the engine running.
🔹 Tasks are clear, cycles are short, and you focus on doing consistent, good-quality work.
🔹 It’s simple, repetitive sometimes, but super important to keep everything moving.
The Finishers: You deliver work reliably by following clear, defined elements and steps.