Yewande Faloyin shares a recent post from the Lead Smarter, Not Harder newsletter, which explains how to move the needle towards smart daily practices and productivity.
Last month, my calendar looked like a high-stakes game of Tetris – back-to-backs, big deadlines, exciting projects stacked on top of each other.
(Sound familiar? 😅)
I caught myself slipping into that old habit of saying “yes” to everything, trying to do it all and pushing harder in every direction.
Not because I had to (which would have been frustrating).
But because I wanted to. Which was energising… and overwhelming.
Being the “lead by example” coach that I am, I gave myself the same reset I give my clients when the wheels start spinning too fast:
I stopped. And asked one simple question:
👉🏾 “What’s the one thing that’s going to move the needle?”
Since then, that question has been following me everywhere – in client work, team conversations, even during those 2 a.m. “can’t sleep” moments. 😅
Here are three real-world reminders that hit me hard – and got me back on track:
- Your People Are Your Strategy.
I recently worked with a client in full growth mode – fresh funding, bold targets, a wave of new hires.
Naturally, their focus was all-in on strategy, product, and sales. Exactly what you’d expect at that stage, right?
But within six months, a few cracks started to show:
New hires struggled to ramp up
Teams weren’t aligned
Leaders were stretched thinner than ever
That’s when it clicked for them:
It wasn’t about tightening the strategy.
It was about strengthening the people who would deliver it.
Once they identified and prioritised this one thing everything changed!
Key points include:
- People as strategy
- Impact vs. hours
- The death of creativity
Read the full post, Monthly musings on the one thing that moves the needle in business, on LinkedIn.