{"id":3499,"date":"2026-02-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:25:06","slug":"seven-key-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/seven-key-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Key Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you charge headfirst into that major new project, it&#8217;s vital to first gather your team and review these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartbrief.com\/original\/7-questions-every-leader-should-ask-before-launching-a-major-initiative?utm_term=0D8D01C3-DCB4-4CFF-B855-A92CDA28919B&amp;lrh=2763b2151d2a144eedea60da23622eb970684a3c77df4b2ce285eac6defa7295&amp;utm_campaign=77F8DA5B-9982-431B-9E20-444163A3CF79&amp;utm_content=5CED3F12-2005-4858-996B-5E5105DB0EDD&amp;utm_source=brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>seven key questions<\/strong><\/a>. This preliminary activity reflects a core strategy implemented by some of America&#8217;s most successful CEOs (like Jeff Bezos and the late Steve Jobs), and it helps set the stage for achieving maximum productivity with minimal effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of these questions focus on whether you&#8217;ve defined the <em>real <\/em>problem that you&#8217;re attempting to solve, and if it truly aligns with your school&#8217;s major goals &#8230; or if this new project will just drain your team&#8217;s energy and dilute momentum. (Note: Even with mandated changes, this can help you &#8220;tweak&#8221; new initiatives so that they better align with your primary mission.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, taking time to carefully explore these key questions doesn&#8217;t slow you down. Instead, it helps you organize and refine your efforts as a team, giving you a much better chance to deliver results that genuinely resonate with stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you charge headfirst into that major new project, it&#8217;s vital to first gather your team and review these seven key questions. This preliminary activity reflects a core strategy implemented by some of America&#8217;s most successful CEOs (like Jeff Bezos and the late Steve Jobs), and it helps set the stage for achieving maximum productivity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[709,711,710,708],"class_list":["post-3499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gerald-leonard","tag-new-initiatives","tag-productivity","tag-seven-key-questions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3502,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions\/3502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}