What do you do if your approach fails?

When the strategy fails, that's that. It failed, not you. Jump back again and look for ways to crack open some other direction. In a lot of scenarios, the solution is just right in front of you but you can't seem to find it. Declutter, focus again and you will be surprised by what you will find!

When your strategy fails, confront the failure. This involves honestly assessing contributing factors for learning opportunities and view it as a chance for growth. Navigating failure with grace fortifies credibility with clients, showing commitment to solutions over justifications. Embrace a solutions-oriented mindset to foster trust and demonstrate dedication to client success

Do all of these below mentioned 1.Acknowledge Failure 2.Analyze Causes 3.Consult Your Team 4.Adjust Strategy 5.Implement Changes 6.Reflect and Learn

When failure happens, it is very important to understand the causes of the failure. However, we have to be careful to not create a blame culture. In some organisations a no blame culture just means a find someone else to blame culture which does not solve the issue and can make the situation combative. Accepting that we all have a responsibility for the failure is the first step in removing the ego from the conversation. Then stepping through the project to identify the point of failure and the underlying reasons, allows you to also identify the actual root cause of the issue, and try and identify points at which this could have been identified earlier within the project.

The initial discissions should be assessed against the known factors at the time and the now known factors. If a decision was made against some information that has subsequently changed, this could be part of the cause of the failure. Identifying the decision allows you to pinpoint what information was also missing at the time of the decision. investigations can then happen to ascertain how that additional information could have been made available earlier in the project. If your decision would have been the same regardless of the information, was that a factor in the failure, some of the failed projects I have been involved in happened because constraints were added to the project that made it unachievable

Creating an open forum where people are able to contribute to the analysis of the failure is important, one factor to ensure that everyone regardless of the level are able to contribute is to manage a no bad ideas session first. Allow the team to come up with the most outrageous reason for the failures. start them off with some crazy ideas to show them that nothing is off the table, but then let the team think and exhaust their ideas before adding your own thoughts, this encourages all staff to contribute, without feeling the need to simply agree with your own ideas, therefore reducing the risk of unintentional bias, and creating an echo chamber.

You are consulting. The recommendation to the client isn’t working. That’s the context Important to recognize failure early, and have a Plan B. why it’s not working will help in reassessing Plan B . Another key is the strategy bad, or just the execution. How can you increase the probability of success. Are there new resources that can help the client.