In this wrap-up episode, Vishal ties together all five insights from this week’s focus. Why strategy is consistently crowded out, how a 3‑minute mindset reset sharpens clarity, escaping the action trap via high-leverage moves, building momentum with microstrategies, and mastering strategic delegation with RERA. You’ll also hear the story of Microsoft’s transformation, illustrating how these small shifts compound into massive impact.

References:

1) Why is Strategic Planning important? https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/why-is-strategic-planning-important

2) Developing better change leaders: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/developing-better-change-leaders

3) Satya Nadella transformed Microsoft’s culture during his decade as CEO by turning everyone into ‘learn-it-alls’ instead of ‘know-it-alls’: https://fortune.com/2024/05/20/satya-nadella-microsoft-culture-growth-mindset-learn-it-alls-know-it-alls

Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library

Most leaders delegate, but few do it strategically. In this episode, Vishal breaks down why delegation often fails and how to fix it using a simple RERA framework: Responsibility, Explanation, Resources, and Appraisal. Learn how to stop taking tasks back and start building autonomous, capable teams that free up your time for what only you can do.

References:

1) Why Aren’t You Delegating? https://hbr.org/2012/07/why-arent-you-delegating

2) How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control: https://hbr.org/2016/06/how-leaders-can-let-go-without-losing-control

Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library

Today we’re zooming into Micro-strategies. These are tiny, almost invisible actions you can embed into your day in forms of check-in questions, brief pauses, and self-signups, that nudge and stack-up to shape clarity, trust, focus, and innovation. Vishal also suggests practical ways you can try these today and it hardly takes a minute.

References:

• 1) Nudging leaders: Overcoming the ‘transfer problem’: https://www.trainingjournal.com/2022/business-and-industry/nudging-leaders

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  2) Micro-affirmations: How small actions can yield big results: https://www.employerscouncil.org/resources/its-the-little-things-that-count-how-small-actions-can-yield-big-results

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  3) How LAPL scales leadership habits with micro-learning: https://leadx.org/articles/how-la-public-library-scales-leadership-habits

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  4) The Power of Micro-affirmations: How Leaders Can Recognize Value: https://ombuzz.blog/the-power-of-micro-affirmations-how-leaders-can-recognize-value

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  Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library