275: Short Term Gains, Long Term Pains (part 2)

The best way of avoiding making reactive short-term decisions at the expense of long-term performance is to be more planned in the long term. Easy to say, harder to do. Join Oliver Banks and consider how you can avoid the long-term pains but instead look to build the plans, culture, and leadership attributes and attitudes that can weather the short-term challenges and continue to persevere on towards the company vision.

Listen to this episode of the Retail Transformation Show and discover:

• The art of proactive planning to anticipate and adapt to market disruptions.
• How a clear, purpose-driven vision can guide your company through short-term challenges without losing sight of long-term goals.
• Finding the right transformation that delivers goals and don’t compromise future growth.
• Insights into building a business model that is robust, diversified, and resilient to changes in the market landscape.

Balance the short-term gains and long-term pains dilemma

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Additional podcast episodes to listen to

Firstly, check out episode 274: Short Term Gains, Long Term Pains (part 1), where Oliver shares advice for approaching short-term goals whilst not sacrificing long-term viability or performance. It’s a challenge that people face on every front, not only work, so consider how you can use strategic thinking to better balance short-term goals with the long-term vision.

The consequences of misalignment in an organisation are severe and in a transformation, the same is true. Teams can tear each other apart and set the company back rather than drive it forwards. In episode 266: Achieving Alignment Across Silos, you’ll learn practical tools and approaches to ensure your team is pulling as one unit.

In episode 258: The Story Behind My Upcoming Book, you’ll hear from Oliver about how the book, Driving Retail Transformation, came about and sneak peeks about what’s included. Find out more about Driving Retail Transformation: How to navigate disruption and change.