“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
Success is not an accident. It only comes when you are persistent, sticking to the goal,
improvising, and adjusting as needed but staying consistent on your path no matter
what. Organized hustle is very important if you want to achieve any goal.
How do you organize your hustle? One way is to hire a coach.
A coach will channel the energy and spark you have into the right direction thus saving
your time and energy. The coach will provide you a structure you need to have in your
life in order to get what you want. With the right structure, you can lay down a great
strategy and summit the heights of success.
Structure VS Strategy
Alfred Chandler describes strategy as the determination of long-term goals and
objectives, the adoption of courses of action and associated allocation of resources
required to achieve goals. For him, structure is the design of the organisation through
which strategy is administered.
Strategy is how you or your business aims to pursue a goal. Structure on the other hand
is how you fit different pieces of your organization/business to pursue the goals.
Strategy and structure are very critical in pursuing business or individual goals. You can
think of strategy as the route you take towards a destination and structure as the vehicle
you use to drive on that route.
One supports the other. Having a good structure can help you follow your strategy
efficiently. The structure should be shaped in accordance with the strategy. You cannot
make a strategy that is not supported by the structure, nor can you create a structure
that will is not supported by your strategy.
Change is the only constant
According to Chandler, organizations pass through three stages of development,
moving from a unit structure to a functional structure, and then to a
multidivisional structure. However, the transition from one to the other is usually
painful. Often organization will adjust their strategies but ignore their structure.
This is often because of a lack of interest, knowledge or both. To be successful
it is important to adjust one as the other changes. Without that organization or
individuals will continue to face grave challenges.
The past is not a predictor of the future
The strategies and structures that were set when you begin are not the ones that will
move you forward. This is also true for your mindset. You attract what you think. Your
past, your family, your body, they cannot limit you. If you really want to do something,
you need to go after it no matter what. Make your goals stretchable and adjust your
strategy and structure as you reach new milestones.
Your energy attracts what you think of. Think high of yourself, consume good content,
read good books, and have mentors in life. All of this will align your wishes to the goals
you have. You will be one step closer to what you want in life. Think great, achieve
greatest should be your ideology of life. You can never cultivate the crop of abundance
by sowing the seeds of scarcity. Aim for the moon and you might as well land among the
stars!
To find out more about how you can align your strategy and structure to achieve your
goals book a free discovery call with a coach at NRJI
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Recently I asked a question which one is more important Strategy or Structure when it
comes to business.
The responses were diverse and controversial at times. One comment referred to it as
the chicken and egg dilemma. What came first.
Although, the question of strategy and structure is often associated with the operation of
a business, I believe it can easily be applied to our professional and personal lives. In
fact, I would not hesitate to say as entrepreneurs how we address it in our personal lives
will reflect in our business.
Read my full article on my view on this matter at
https://setback-2-triumph.com/2022/02/13/strategy-vs-structure/
I welcome your thoughts and feedback
