Toilet Paper and Bullets

Tom Peters said, "Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time." As change leaders we think about this under the label readiness. The practical details are so important. Your best intention to get timely client communications out can be halted when you find there isn't enough letterhead as an example. Study change project planning, one of the change leader skill sets. The devil is in the details.

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