So first, make sure your team is as diverse as you can make it to include gender, race, age, strengths, experience, etc. But the beauty of a team is the diversity of perspectives. In Sequence, team members CAN’T talk to each other in business, they often choose not to. Circumstances change make sure your plan is a springboard not a concrete block!Ĭommunication is key to executing your plan. Make sure your execution plan is flexible enough to react to new realities.Īt one point in the game, I was so busy fending off efforts to block the sequence I was trying to create in one corner that I missed a chance to complete a sequence on another part of the board!Ī plan is a great way to help you focus your vision but don’t let your plan turn into blinders that prevent you from seeing what else is going on. I was reminded of three keys to executing a plan of action that I learned in the Air Force. Isn’t that how it is with leadership? You see an opportunity, formulate a great plan but fail to get a win for your organization because things have changed by the time you’re ready to execute. But I missed at least one opportunity to win the game for my team because I was so focused on MY plan to Sequence, I didn’t see it I’m a pretty quick decision maker so once I picked up the basics, I was off to the races … when I finally got a turn. Those motivated by a sense of competition were of course significantly more vocal than those who just like to perform well. Why people make the decisions they make was also on full display. But most players took their time to make the best decision. Others seemed to go with their gut… or maybe they had a predetermined plan. Some spent (what seemed to me) an interminable amount of time pouring over the board, looking at their hand, back at the board…I kept suggesting we incorporate a timer! It was a great demonstration of how people make decisions.

If you’ve played the game, you know it can be kind of slow…unless you have trash talking Bid Whist players at the table! If you haven’t played, the object of the game is to place 5 poker chips on a board in sequence based on the cards in your hand. I know it’s been around for a while but our family usually plays Bid Whist so it was new to me. I played the board game Sequence for the first time over the holidays.

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