Ep - 23 - What’s the difference between strategy and tactics? feat. Lena Reinhard (Leadership and Executive Coach)

Hywel is joined by leadership and executive coach, Lena Reinhard. Lena has dedicated her career to building successful, high-performing, globally distributed engineering organisations, and helping teams thrive in times of high change. She now offers transformational leadership coaching and consulting for leaders. Previously, Lena has served as VP Engineering with CircleCI and Travis CI, been a CEO and co-founded a startup, and through her cross-functional background and experience, she brings a unique perspective on systems of technology, business, and people. 

In this episode Hywel and Lena take a deep dive into the distinctions between strategy and tactics and encourage leaders to define the peak they’re aiming for. We cover dopamine triggering activities and when to complete them, the mental capacity for + essentiality of strategic work and as ever, context.

Find Lena’s writing on leadership and more about her work at lenareinhard.com. And follow these links directly to see the articles discussed on today’s show:

https://www.lenareinhard.com/articles/what-is-strategic-leadership-and-why-does-it-matter

https://www.lenareinhard.com/articles/how-to-lead-strategically-every-day