Strategic Thinking

It’s More Than Just Arriving at the Right Answer

Just How Important is it?Study of 60,000 leaders:

“We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied.”

Numbers: THE answer to all of the world’s problems . . .

Three Words that Changed My Life

Engage

Align

Lead

A Tale of Two Transactions

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I2a Overview

Establish Shared Meaning & Context as it relates to your Past, Present & Future

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Insight: Sift everything that you’ve got for insights. What matters right now, and why?

How is Leadership Changing?

We live in exponential times

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words . . .

MBSN – “Management By Sticky Note” (hat tip to Tom Hood)

Make Your Thinking Visible

May the best ideas win!

Let People Weigh In

Trust the Wisdom of the Group

“No matter how much I know, the group always knows better.”

~ Albert Einstein

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Jack Welch Story

Hands

Head

Heart

Create Safety

Structural Improvements . . .

From Advocacy to Inquiry

Focus on Opportunities

Dan Griffiths, CPA, CGMA is the Director of Strategic Planning at Tanner, LLC, a Salt Lake City-based professional services firm with 85 team members. Prior to merging his practice with Tanner, he co-founded Proficio Services Group to provide strategic & business planning, leadership development, and business coaching services. Dan is a graduate of the 2010 AICPA Leadership Academy and in 2011-2012 served as the chair of the Young CPA Network Committee for the AICPA. Dan has also been very active with the UACPA and in 2011 was recognized as the Outstanding CPA in Business and Management. He was recently selected to serve as Utah’s elected member of the AICPA Governing Council. Dan is an avid flyfisher, backpacker, and gardener. He and his wife Bibiana just welcomed their fourth child to the family.

Contact Dan at: dgriffiths@tannerco.comOr connect with him on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa