How To Foolproof Your Plan

With increasing pressure to deliver against key objectives and meet performance targets, it shocks me how frequently organizations miss the mark.  Well-intentioned leaders craft optimistic plans, only to fall short.  Instead of wallowing in shame and disappointment, there’s a far better approach.  To fight back, try the dead-simple concept that all of us understand intellectually, yet so often ignore in practice: build a plan with high margin of error.  Give it enough contingency, so it ha...