Unit 2: Strategy and Writing Behavioral Statements
Lesson 2: Why write a behavioral statement?
There are 3 important reasons why you’ll write a behavioral statement.
A behavioral statement reduces alignment drift and keeps you on track.
You may need to change the behavioral statement, either through the course of a specific project as you discover new information or through the course of an organization as you grow and expand. It is absolutely fine for a behavioral statement to evolve, so long as all stakeholders are aware and aligned. It should be the first slide of every deck and the first sentence of every report, because without shared agreement on outcome, we cannot reach agreement on process.
Activity:
Think of a project you’ve worked on where there’s been wasted time effort or money.
What caused this waste?
Could a behavioral statement have prevented some of this waste?