How to Create an Action Plan to Bring Your Big Idea to Life With Megan Robinson

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Idea Climbing® Podcast Episode 41

In this episode Megan Robinson and I discuss the skills needed to bring your big idea to life. Megan is the principal at E Leader Experience and works with individuals and teams to develop self-leadership skills that grow companies.

When it comes to creating an action plan there’s the tactical side of the equation and the strategic side of the equation. It’s one thing to have a big idea, it’s another thing to be able to execute and breathe life into it. That’s where tactics are needed as much as bigger picture strategies. The skill needed to combine the two is project management. A person skilled at project management can balance those tactical elements with staying true to the bigger picture.

Another way to look at both sides of the coin is to examine management versus leadership. Leadership is being able to craft the big vision. Management is being able to guarantee that all of the “nitty gritty” aspects of the project get done. Project management is most successful when both sides of the leadership/management coin are aligned.

How do you get people to buy into your vision? It’s an 80/20 principal. It is 80% the leader’s responsibility to craft and build that vision. The other 20% has to come from the team, that’s where you get the buy-in and alignment. Without some kind of team ownership of that vision it will never be truly aligned and actualized. When it comes to execution you need 80% to come from the team to get stuff done and make things happen.

In this episode we also discuss:

How to be tactical and productive instead of just “busy”.
When it’s most important for a leader to be strategic.
How to use the “stop, start, keep” philosophy to being a better leader.
How to give your team the ability to take ownership of your big idea.
…and more golden nuggets of advice!

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Megan Robinson is the principal at E Leader Experience and works with individuals and teams to develop self-leadership skills that grow companies. She started her career in marketing climbing her way through the corporate ladder at advertising agencies and fortune 500 companies.

Like many of us, she caught the entrepreneur bug and started her own marketing company. After yet another “Business Therapy” session, Megan discovered her true passion was in coaching and is a John Maxwell certified coach and DiSC Trainer. In addition, she is the Past President of ATDChi the leading learning and development organization in Chicagoland.

Inspired by her own successful career in corporate and entrepreneurial environments, Megan makes leadership approachable for everyone, regardless of title, position, or experience.

You can connect with Megan on LinkedIn here