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Quick win

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounCommon term

In management & leadership, quick win means: A small improvement that can be achieved fast and with little effort, often used early in a change programme to show progress and build support.

In Turkish: hızlı kazanım, kısa vadeli başarı

How it is used

Common in change management, consulting and a new manager's first 90 days. People look for, identify or deliver quick wins. Focusing only on quick wins without deeper change can be criticised as short-term thinking.

Example sentences

  1. Removing the extra approval step was a quick win that everyone noticed.

  2. The new director started with a few quick wins to build trust with the team.

Common collocations

  • deliver quick wins
  • identify quick wins
  • an easy quick win
  • quick wins and long-term goals
  • change managementThe planned way an organisation prepares, supports and guides people through a major change, such as a new system or a merger, so that the change is accepted and lasts.
  • buy-inReal agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they actively help to make it work.
  • pilotA small-scale trial of a new system, process or product with a limited group, used to test it and learn lessons before it is introduced more widely.
  • roll outTo introduce a new system, product, policy or process across an organisation, often step by step after testing it; the noun is rollout or roll-out.

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