Sharpening Strategic Focus and Leading with Purpose in a Noisy World

Data Driven Leadership

How do you know when to pivot or stay on course?

The best leaders know the right time to step back, challenge assumptions, and make deliberate choices.

In this episode of Data-Driven Leadership, Jess Carter sits down with John Roach, president at Resultant, to talk about his approach to strategic leadership. They discuss how leaders can maintain clarity, reassess priorities, and ensure decisions align with the bigger picture. John also highlights the importance of leveraging technology to automate repetitive tasks, allowing leaders to focus on the highest and best use of their time—creative thinking, problem-solving, and making decisions that drive real impact.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How to determine if your data strategy is still serving your business
• Why balancing risk vs. innovation is key to long-term success
• How tech and AI can help leaders focus on high-value work

Things to listen for:

• (00:00) Introduction to the episode with John Roach
• (02:45) Staying true to your bedrock of goals
• (06:09) When to reassess strategy and pivot
• (10:20) How to differentiate signal from noise
• (14:34) The barbell strategy: balancing risk
• (18:22) Borrowing ideas from other industries to innovate
• (21:42) Technology allows us to be more human
• (25:02) Practical uses of AI at home and at work