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∟ 📂 Mission & choices
∟ 📂 Goals
∟ 📂 1yr goals
∟ 📂 90day OKRs
∟ 📂 2-week sprints
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2. No.
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Set the stage by using the SCQA framework.
Situation: what's the current state?
Complication: what needs to change?
Question: how can you solve the complication?
Answer: this one deserves it's own slide, up next.
This tells your audience WHY they should read on.
Example:
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Managers delegate tasks.
Leaders delegate goals.
Sounds like a minor difference, but the impact is huge. Give them the why & what, agree on when & who, and let them figure out the how.
Your job is to set directions, provide resources, clear roadblocks, and cheer them on.
My
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• Set the stage
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Break down your answer using the Pyramid principle
• Back your conclusion with 3-5 key arguments
• Support your arguments with findings & data
• 1 argument per slide, drive your point home
• Nothing overlaps, nothing is missing
• "Nice to haves" go in the appendix
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📂 Strategy execution
∟ 📂 Strategy
∟ 📂 Core values
∟ 📂 Vision & mission
∟ 📂 Mission & choices
∟ 📂 Goals
∟ 📂 1yr goals
∟ 📂 90day OKRs
∟ 📂 2-week sprints
∟ 📂 Projects
∟ 📂 Why &
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During my time with McKinsey, I quickly learned that trust is the basis for everything they do.
You need to earn trust from your
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My thread on McKinsey's slides went crazy viral.
Many have asked for the slides with:
1. All ideas & examples
2. A step-by-step template
It's worth $49, but you can get it for free.
RT this, comment "Slides" and I'll DM you a link.
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1) Define the problem
Take the time to clearly describe the issue:
• Know your audience
• Be as specific as possible
• Know what success looks like
• Is 80/20 enough, or do you need a perfect answer?
• Define boundaries & constraints (time, scope, people)
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Project management is a people business.
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People first, technicalities second.
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If you've ever dreaded giving feedback, these 17 sentences are for you:
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Want to go deeper?
• Two former McKinsey partners wrote a great book about it
• Easy to read & full of practical examples
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Next, lead with your answer.
Put your conclusion out there, and let people digest it.
Explain WHY this is the answer later on.
Example:
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Every CEO has a million-dollar strategy.
Few have a million-dollar execution.
Here’s how you do it:
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Meetings are a necessary evil.
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All slide titles combine to tell the storyline.
A busy executive only scans the titles.
Will they get your point?
A great slide title:
• Presents the slides' takeaway
• Clearly makes the main argument
• Answers why the audience should care - "So what?"
Example:
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94% of KPIs are a distraction.
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If it doesn't have a clear goal, budget & deadline, it's not a project - it's just work.
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These 11 soft skills help you build teams and crush execution:
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To get what you deserve, you'll need to negotiate.
But most people have no clue how to do it.
Negotiation 101, in 23 sentences:
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Forget brilliant ideas.
Make execution your unfair advantage.
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The slide content explains & supports the title.
You've made your point in the title, now support it:
• Explain how your data leads to the takeaway
• Show supporting data & findings
• Give context to the argument
Example:
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I've managed 100s of projects over the past 10 years.
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That's how you make complex topics easy to digest.
Let's put this thread's core ideas to the test:
• Started with context & the answer
• The first line of each Tweet tells the overall story
• The rest of each Tweet explains & supports the title
Check to see if I passed!
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Every founder would love to double their team's output.
@amazon
is known for executing projects at lightspeed.
Here's how they do it:
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McKinsey built an $11B business by solving client problems.
Their secret? Create trust from day 1.
Here's how they do it (and you can too):
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Project managers love their plans.
But their projects still fail.
Learn to love these 11 soft skills instead:
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I've been in 1,000+ project meetings.
Most of them sucked.
Run your next meeting 3x better with this proven checklist:
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Anything is possible if you break it down into small enough steps.
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If you've ever struggled to manage a project, these 9 resources are for you:
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Building a business without a plan is traveling without a map.
It's expensive, frustrating, and you get nowhere.
These 6 elements guide your process:
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The average person attends 62 meetings per month.
70% think they are poorly run & useless.
This needs to stop.
Steal this checklist and become your company's meeting champion:
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As a consultant, I've seen 100s of companies inside out.
All great ones are obsessed with strategic alignment.
What it is & how you do it:
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As a consultant, I've seen 100s of companies inside out.
All successful ones obsessed over these 7 simple ideas:
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2) Break it down 1/2
Next, identify possible paths to a solution.
• List the possible causes of the problem
• Brainstorm solutions to (parts of) the problem
• Find all the assumptions in your solutions (gaps)
You have now identified what you need to find out.
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Steve Jobs was obsessed with innovation.
But his true superpower was project leadership.
6 lessons from Jobs every project manager should know:
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My first boss pulled me aside one day
"Listen Jasper, there's nothing you can break that we can't fix together - go try stuff!"
Imagine what that did for my learning!
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Project planning 101:
Step 1: top-down
- Set deadline
- Define benefits
- Give budget guidance
Step 2: bottom-up
- Set scope
- Break down into tasks
- Estimate cost & time per task
- Identify deliverables & dependencies
Step 3: compare step 1 & 2.
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3) Prioritize
Set priorities by plotting the solutions in a matrix:
• Prioritize high ability to influence & high impact
• Consider something valuable & hard (top left)
• Try some quick wins (bottom right)
• Don't waste time on bottom left
Optimize for impact & results!
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Not all meetings are created equal.
The best ones:
- Are 30min max
- Have one purpose
- Follow a set agenda
- Everything has 1 owner
- Everyone leaves energized
- Only has necessary attendees
- Outcomes are clear & agreed upon
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The only acceptable answer to "who owns this" is one single name.
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You'll uncover more surprises by continuously planning than by documenting the plan.
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Nearly all companies make the same fatal mistake:
Their actions directly conflict with their vision.
How to build an aligned strategy that works:
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Apple sells 663,000 iPhones every day.
Its origin story is a masterclass in project management.
6 lessons from the project that changed our relation to technology forever:
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Let’s put the concept to the test!
Do the titles tell the story?
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A bad executive is a distraction, a good executive shields a team from distraction.
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Most companies confuse OKRs & KPIs.
They get nowhere and it costs them millions.
Give me 3 minutes and I'll explain (in plain English):
• What they are
• When to use which one
• How to use BOTH to accelerate growth
Let's dive in:
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SOPs are a must for scaling your operations.
Want a free template + deep dive that shows you:
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2) Break it down 2/2
Structure your approach with a hypothesis tree:
• Take the gaps you identified
• Form hypotheses of how to close the gaps
• Break hypotheses down into questions to answer
Make sure nothing overlaps, while not missing anything.
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You don't get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.
But most people have no clue how to do it.
Negotiation fundamentals in 23 sentences:
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If you can't give a project manager a full-time, dedicated team and a clear mandate, don't bother.
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As a consultant, I've seen 100s of business strategies.
Most sucked.
Others made millions.
All great strategies had these 7 elements in common:
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Create one team room where everyone works, shares data and laughs together - either physical or digital.
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As a consultant & fractional COO, I've used OKRs to help companies make MILLIONS.
Here's the exact framework I use with my clients.
So you can turn your strategy into profits too:
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The daily check-in is the 10 most important minutes of the day.
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The quickest way to kill a team's energy?
Micromanage them.
Better suggestions in the comments 👇
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How to spot an effective leader:
Speaks last
Says "I don't know"
Makes it about others
Enables, supports & takes blame
Gives direction and gets out of the way
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Managers delegate tasks.
Leaders delegate goals.
It's a subtle difference, but the impact is huge.
Don't tell people how to do their job. Instead, give them the why & what so they can figure out the how.
Your job is to set directions, provide resources, clear roadblocks, and
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Don't overcomplicate project management.
You'll need:
1) Why & goal
2) Make a plan
3) Execute your plan
4) Manage stakeholders
5) Control risk, resources & scope
6) Deliver, document, celebrate & close
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The iPhone cost an estimated $150M to develop.
It currently generates $150M in revenue every 9 hours.
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📂 Project Management Unraveled
∟ 📂 Define
∟ 📂 Why
∟ 📂 What
∟ 📂 Benefits
∟ 📂 Priorities
∟ 📂 Constraints
∟ 📂 Align
∟ 📂 Team
∟ 📂 When
∟ 📂 Scope
∟ 📂 Where
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7) Tell the story
Now it's time to communicate your findings.
Tell a story that links your conclusion back to the problem.
Back up your recommendation with arguments.
Support it with sources, facts, and data.
Persuade with emotion, convince with facts.
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