How do you win?

We all just want to know how to win.

The main thing your team is asking of you, their leader

And, if you are honest, the main thing you are asking of yourself

…how do we win?

All this striving, stressing, and strategy has to lead somewhere.

So where are we going? How do we know if we got there? Did we win?

They wonder if their code matters. If that report made a difference. If the detailed analysis was significant in any way.

…how do we win?

Winning doesn’t require someone else to lose.

It doesn’t require competition or cut-throat tactics.

(In fact, it probably requires the opposite. Collaboration, community, and connection.)

There’s no referee awarding points. No judge declaring a clear winner. No objective scoreboard crowning a victor. Data doesn’t have defined universal rules for winning.

Which is why your team is perpetually wondering…how do we win?

It’s up to you, their leader, to tell them how to win.

To define what success looks like.

Why does this matter?

If your team doesn’t know how to win, their courage to persist is limited.

If your team doesn’t know what the score is, the day is frustration instead of fulfillment.

If your team doesn’t know if they are successful, then they will find another job that does tell them.

Leaders of data teams, are looking at you to tell them how to win.

How confident do you feel in your definition of success? And does your team know what it is?

My Measuring Success Launchpad is a 2-week program that defines and designs success for your team that you can actually measure. It’s a great way to start 2025.

I’m here,

Sawyer