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Today, I’m going to state our point of view on the modern disciplines of strategy and planning. We recently published a white paper about our approach to Enterprise Strategy and Planning (ESP). It the opening letter, Matt Schvimmer, Atlassian’s Agile and DevOps (ADO) Senior Vice President and Head of Product, noted 3 questions leaders ask him.

Getting input from your team about their capacity, strengths, and preferences makes it easier to loosen your grip.

Organizations make faster progress when teams share an understanding of where they’re going and how to get there.

Your team wants to make an impact – they just need clarity on what’s actually going to move the needle.

Big accomplishments rarely result from singular actions. Doing small things, over and over again, is what often unlocks the outcomes we want.

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If you were asked for examples of “meaningful work,” what comes to mind? Roles like paramedic, teacher, or humanitarian aid worker might be some common answers. But you don’t need to be saving lives for work to be meaningful. In fact, nearly all work can hold meaning for the person doing it. In Meaningful Work: How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee, Tamara Myles and Wes Adams explain how meaning has three crucial ingredients.

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Give your team and career a boost by getting to know common mentee archetypes and what they need from you.

Mistakes happen – at work and everywhere else. Everybody makes them. While it’s easy to spiral into self-loathing when you slip up, a mistake isn’t a sign that you’re unskilled. It simply means you’re human. Here’s the even better news: Your mistake doesn’t have to define you, especially if you find the right way to move forward. That starts with a genuine and professional apology.