Common Strategy Mistakes

By Christos Gkoros

Common mistakes that teams make when not thinking strategically:

  • Focusing on the wrong priorities
  • Focusing on the wrong outcome
  • Not involving the right people at the right time
  • Not seeing the bigger picture
  • Not anticipating problems
  • Not understanding how one project impacts another
  • Working without thinking through why the work is being done
  • Diving into work without thinking if it’s already been solved before
  • Working and getting feedback only at completion (not earlier)
  • Not converting ideas into action in efficient ways