Sally A CurtisContent Monetization and Legacy Content Strategist

Garie Dooley discusses WHY - Traditional approaches are now high-risk

3 Jun 2024 · 3 min

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In this promotional keynote, Garie (Gary) Dooley argues that the past few years have forced organizations into a constantly disruptive environment—driven by employee dynamics, market forces, economic shifts, and rapid technology changes. He emphasizes that despite this volatility, the need for sustainable growth remains constant, and the traditional method of setting simple percentage targets and creating static strategic plans is now a high‑risk approach. Citing research that 70‑90% of strategic plans fail and Gallup data showing only about 33% of employees are truly engaged, he calls for a new way of thinking about growth. Dooley offers to help leaders unlock their own and their teams’ potential through a suite of resources: his website (garydooley.com), a white paper titled “Why Your Strategic Plan Will Fail Unless…”, a speaker kit, four high‑impact presentations, a team diagnostic, a free 30‑minute consultation, and his book “Phenomenal Teams: How Leaders Build High‑Performance Environments That Last”. He frames this journey as a brave, ego‑free adventure for those ready to change the game.

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If the last 3 or 4 years have taught us anything, it's the fact that we need to get used to operating in a really disruptive environment, whether it be through employees, market forces, the economic environment, or rapidly changing technology shifts. What I'm noticing though is that during these changes, there is one constant: the constant need to sustainably grow. The days of simply setting a 10%, 20%, 30% lifting targets, going away, building a strategic plan that we fall in love with, sending it down to our employees, and hoping that they are up for the challenge is now, I believe, a high-risk approach. I would love the opportunity to connect with you and talk you through how you could set yourself, your teams, and therefore your organization up for sustained success. The research is suggesting that anywhere between 70% and 90% of strategic plans will fail to deliver. Add the Gallup research, which is suggesting only possibly 33% of your staff are seriously and truly engaged, and I believe we have a need to truly think differently about sustained growth. I'm here to help. I would love to connect with you. and talk you through how you can unlock your leadership potential along with the potential of your teams. I would love you to go to my website, garydooley.com. Remember, that's Gary, G-A-R-I-E. Download my white paper, Why Your Strategic Plan Will Fail Unless. Download my speaker kit. I have 4 high-impact presentations that I believe will, at the very least, trigger a different way of thinking. Do the team diagnostic. Get a sense of how ready your team is to embrace growth and embrace change. And then book in for a free 30-minute consult where we can talk through the results. And at the very least, download Order my book, Phenomenal Teams: How Leaders Build High-Performance Environments That Last. One word of warning: this adventure is only for the brave. It's only for the ego-free. And it's only for those who truly want to change the game that they're in. I cannot wait to connect.