From support tickets to peak success
There are two core challenges you feel as a data leader. Here’s the first (the second will be tomorrow)
When someone asks “how is work?” how do you respond?
“Busy”
Most people look at their last week, and the week ahead and just think “busy”.
You and your team are doing lots of stuff. New dashboards are happening. An occasional new data source is integrated. Some code refactoring. Performance tuning. Bug fixing here, there, and everywhere.
See? Lots of stuff.
“Busy”.
But are you confident it’s the right stuff? Is “busy” really what you want?
Are you moving the needle on what matters? The stakeholder teams ask for things all the time, and you try to accommodate them as much as you can. Yet, it still feels like missing alignment and constantly shifting priorities are your daily life.
Here’s the challenge - you don’t know where you are going.
You are going everywhere at once and nowhere at all.
How do you move from a firefighting data team to a data team the organization can’t live without?
How do you get out of support tickets and bug fixes to purposeful and strategic data initiatives?
You get clear on where you are going and why.
With technology, it’s easier than ever to do lots of stuff.
But harder than ever to know what do to.
Or why you should do it.
If you want to do this on your own, here’s your plan:
Clear an afternoon from your calendar. Get away from your desk, step out of the office, or at least away from your inbox and phone.
A notepad and pen will be all you need.
Start with 3 simple questions:
What’s the main marker of success for us?
How will we know when we’ve gotten there?
What decisions do I face when making progress toward success?
Take two hours and sit with those questions only. If you give your mind the real space it needs, you will have no problem filling up a page or two of notes.
If you can’t make this happen on your own, I partner with data teams to get clear on how to measure and reach peak success. It’s a two-week sprint. Designed specifically to give you confidence and clarity.
I can only take on 2 clients per month. Hit reply now to get started.
I’m here,
Sawyer
