20 business leaders’ strategies for anticipating and overcoming obstacles

Every business will encounter stumbling blocks, but it’s easier to get past them if the team is prepared. While each company has to consider and plan for the unique issues that might impact it, there are broader strategies that can help leaders and their teams develop their proactivity, flexibility, and adaptability muscles.

Leveraging research, smart planning, and team building can help a company meet a difficult situation with confidence — no matter what it may be. Below, 20 members of Business Journals Leadership Trust share their strategies for anticipating and overcoming the obstacles that, sooner or later, every company has to face. Here are insights from Mark D’Agostino.

13. Stay vigilant, even in good times.

When a business is cruising along, I think the question leaders should be asking is, “Why aren’t we hitting stumbling blocks?” Most of the time, the things that make us stumble are those we don’t or can’t foresee. The key is looking at them through a problem-solving lens and being able to quickly pivot.

Mark D’Agostino, ConnectedHR

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