Lessons from 50 years in business

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Lead Change, a division of Weaving Influence, publishes twice monthly with SmartBrief. Today’s post is by Wally Bock.

In 1968, I left the Marines and started my business career. Like just about everybody starting out, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Like others, I had decades of leading and learning ahead of me. Here are some of the things I learned.Planning has limitations.

Planning is important, it’s a way that you head off mistakes and assess the possibility of success. But no plan survives the first contact with reality. The most effective planning suggests unintended consequences and things to watch for.