On Real Talk, Preparedness and... the UAW Strike?!:
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👉Today, the Automotive Industry at large has the looming #UAW strike at the top of their mind.
In no way am I taking a position on the issue of the intricate decisions behind 'to strike/not to strike'. We certainly cannot control this either way.
What can we can control? The controllable?
✨A Preparedness Mindset. This is your personal and professional choice to make.
👉The good news? This is a skill you can learn.
👉The bad news? Most are living by the ups and downs of the hour or the day or the month.
The ebbs and flows of everything need to be considered. Plans are often based on 'Best Possible Outcome' and even as we fail, we fail again when we don't make adjustments to our planning process.
I'm going to share what I call our 'Living Laboratory' today. Here isa blueprint of how we help our clients create their Preparedness Mindset:
Living Laboratory Preparedness Session: A UAW Strike
1. Call for a Leadership meeting to take place within the next 24 hours.
2. Invite Leaders from each vertical or internal team, plus one for each.
3. Once scheduled, pull together your agenda.
4. Start with a list of questions/situations you want them to be thinking about as to how this situation might impact:
👉The company
👉Their team
👉Your customers
5. As you start adding to the list, ask a fellow leader at your level to add their own insight and contributions to the list.
6. Prepare these in a digital and printed format.
7. Have both ready to share at the meeting.
8. Use your whiteboard as the anchor for the conversation 'Preparedness Mindset'. You might have called this 'Readiness' but Preparedness speaks to the effort to have you 'ready'.
9. Prior to the meeting, go through each section of the company and your clients and list out all possible risks from your POV:
🎯Revenue
🎯Reputation
🎯Disruption
🎯Other...
10. Begin in a positive, professional, proactive manner. You're all there to reset the table, identify risks/opps and work together towards a preparedness plan.
11. Be open. Allow this meeting to explore routes, ideas you hadn't considered, but do return to focusing on your immediate situation and speed to execution.
12. Get Agreement, Alignment and Accountability on paper prior to wrapping up your initial 'Preparedness' meeting.
13. Schedule your follow up session
14. Be ready to call for another meeting asap if the strike occurs.
15. Ask yourself what you learned about your own preparedness and your trusted leaders.
16. In an email, ask them to contribute their thoughts and what they. Take each seriously.
Our goals for this event include
🎯Increased Confidence
🎯Improved Communication
🎯Reduced Disruption
🎯Realistic Planning
How will this help you today?
-Laurie
