Focus on Performance
By admin | August 7, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
While many of my posts tend to be motivational in nature, today’s message is going to be direct, and to the point…focus on performance. One of the drawbacks of being a professional advisor is that I’m bombarded by voluminous amounts of incoming rhetoric and jargon on a daily basis. Sometimes I just get so tired of all the management speak and self-help propaganda floating around that I want to choke someone. Fear not, rather than resort to violence I’ll just do what I do best…simplify the complex. You see, the formula for success is really quite simple…PERFORM.
The text that follows is not going to nuture you, coddle you, or pat you on the back…I’m not going to tell you what a nice person you are, but I am going to ask you to lose the excuses, rationalizations, justifications, platitudes, theories, and spin and just get the job done. This message is about zeroing-in on the main difference between the impact players and the wannabes…its called delivering a certainty of execution. Don’t give me excuses…give me results.
See if this rings true…have you ever noticed that it seems to be those soothsayers who can wax eloquent in the planning stages, that always just seem to fall flat on their face when it comes to the implementation? Again, in an effort to keep it simple, don’t tell me; show me! A great strategy that cannot be executed is not a great strategy at all…it is a failed strategy. Let me put it this way…It’s pretty darn hard to look too smart if you can’t deliver the goods.
Think of any successful leader and you’ll find they consistently get the job done. They accomplish the mission; they find a way to win; they execute. Sadly, all it really takes to stand out in today’s business world is to follow through on your commitments. It doesn’t matter where you went to school, how smart you are, what your title is, or any number of other considerations…if you want to succeed, learn to honor your commitments and execute. It is just not that hard to follow through.
If you want to stand apart from the masses, develop a reputation for delivering a certainty of execution. Immediately cease and desist from majoring in minors, learn to harness your passion, leverage your resources, be disciplined in your approach, and always focus on performance. Contrasted with an earlier statement above, it’s hard to appear as anything other than smart when you are a master of execution and performance which results in consistently putting points on the scoreboard…
Topics: Productivity, Success |
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