- Have a clear Goal!
- You can explain to anyone in the program in 2 minutes what this is program is all about
- Everyone else in the program can tell you in their own words (in 2 minutes) what benefits this program will provide
- You know what will define success and how to measure success
- Think like an entrepreneur!
- Assume it is your money you spend on the program --> only do what is necessary to achieve your goal. Whatever you do, do it right with 100% commitment!
- Involve the people you really need --> don't bloat the program with stakeholders if they don't have a clear role
- Be responsible - the buck stops with you!
- Be passionate
- You love what you do and are committed to make it successful for your customers, your team and yourself. Not being passionate is not an option!
- Engage the best people and ensure they can do their best work.
- Everything can be improved! Therefore use every opportunity to make improvements.
- Focus on your customer
- Make the program successful w/o looking at your own benefit will yield the biggest long term benefits!
- Break your goals into digestible tasks
- Smaller tasks are better to understand and monitor for you and for your customers
- You need successes along the way to keep morale up. Plan for these successes.
- Don't just talk about doing things but actually start DOING them
- Plans are very important and need to be there, nevertheless you need to start somewhere and it's probably not the ideal point. In order to get things done you actually have to start doing them.
- Keep things simple
- Ensure that stakeholders which are NOT full-time engaged in your program still fully understand the processes and systems you are implementing. If stakeholders don't understand what you are trying to do or disagree with what you are trying to do they can't support you.
There are definetely many more great tips out there but the above is a good starting point to get things done.
