There are certain tasks a leader is expected to do well if they are to help their organization succeed, and developing strategies for how their team will achieve their goals is one of them. And yet, you can walk into any organization and find numerous well-thought out and developed strategies or initiatives that have either stalled or been tossed aside to deal with competing priorities. As my guest, Jim Huling, points out in this episode of my podcast “Leadership Biz Cafe”, the problem is not with the strategy itself, but with how leaders go about executing it.
For the past 40 years, Jim has served in various corporate leadership roles, from Fortune 500 organizations to privately held companies. He was also the CEO of a company that was recognized four times for being one of the best companies to work for in the US. Jim is also the co-author of the book “The 4 Disciplines of Execution – Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals”, which has been released as a revised and updated 2nd edition.
Over the course of this episode, Jim and I discussed this updated edition of his book, including:
- Why so many leaders struggle with achieving their strategies and goals.
- Why leaders need to pivot from having 3-5 key goals to a single wildly important one, and how to balance focusing on that one strategic goal while making time for other competing priorities.
- What leaders are getting wrong about what they track, and what are the real measures they should be focusing on to succeed.
- A simple, but powerful tool leaders can use to better engage employees to be invested in these long term goals.
- How to reframe accountability so that it inspires and motivates employees to bring their best efforts to work every day.
It’s a thoughtful and revealing conversation I have with Jim, so I hope you’ll make time to listen to it. And if you enjoy this episode, please do me a favour and rate and review my podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.
Noteworthy links:
- Buy “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” on Amazon.*
- Learn more about Jim’s work at jimhuling.com.
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