How to keep the team from being too tactical
Early in the strategic planning process, the team can easily focus on short term tactics because that is what most of the team members do day to day. The team leader needs to set the stage to get the team to think strategically and avoid being too tactical. These executives suggested:
| Use a facilitator tasked to get the team to think strategically |
| Tell the team the tactical discussions will happen at the budget meetings | 
| Have the right mix of adapters, positioners and aligners - the right cross functional mix |
| Have the team discuss what is the long term and when should we shift to short term tactics | 
| Record items to be discussed later and put them in the "parking lot," usually a PostIt note on a flip chart | | |
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