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Execution - How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals

Execution = Vision and Action

“Dave, tell me how you would facilitate our off-site senior management meeting?” Kurt was a no-nonsense CEO of a west coast commercial bank, with an MBA from Harvard.

 

“What happens at the meeting depends on what you want to happen after the meeting,” I replied. . . . → Read More: Execution – How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals

Leading by Achieving ANY Goal

Would you sit in front of a campfire and say, “Give me more heat, then I’ll give you more wood.” Of course not! You need to “earn” the heat by investing your time and energy gathering the wood, lugging it back to camp, arranging it in the pit, fanning the glowing embers; then you . . . → Read More: Leading by Achieving ANY Goal

How Leaders Gain and Maintain Commitment in Tough Times

To achieve a goal during difficult times, leaders need employees committed to reaching the goal. The word commit actually comes from the word Latin committere, “to connect.” Where there is no commitment there is no connection to the goal.

How do you know when someone is committed? (I said it is committed, not should . . . → Read More: How Leaders Gain and Maintain Commitment in Tough Times

Great Leaders Reward Effort, Not Just Achievement

Do you ever feel like a loser when you miss a goal? Research from Professor Lambert says you shouldn’t IF you learn the “lesson of effort.” (1) Her recent rat experiment affirms that when you applaud effort (i.e., commitment to the goal) and not just achievement, you are well on your way to leadership . . . → Read More: Great Leaders Reward Effort, Not Just Achievement

How Leaders Gain Commitment to Difficult Goals

Last week, a leader (Len) told me that one of his veteran middle managers (Mark) had mishandled another customer complaint. This time, a customer had criticized the poor service she received. Mark defended his team and showed little empathy for the customer. The customer then wrote a scathing editorial in the local . . . → Read More: How Leaders Gain Commitment to Difficult Goals