Managerial Habits that Get Results |
Why do some managers accomplish more than others? Their success seems to have little correlation with their education or pedigree. What they do share, though, are three disciplines that have become habits.
- Translate decisions into actionable information. Unless someone acts on them, strategies and decisions are meaningless. Managers that get results translate strategies and decisions into working procedures or action items – and assign them to the appropriate people.
- Provide clear priorities. On a daily level, managers who get results also establish clear priorities for the organization and its people. Without clear priorities, people multi-task. This causes even more chaos when multiple people have to work in collaboration. If the organization is not synchronized, some people are wasting time waiting for assignments and others waste time working on the wrong assignments.
- Follow-up and follow-through. Managers who get results leave nothing to chance. Following up in a disciplined manner not only conveys a sense of urgency buts helps these managers identify and quickly resolve issues. And they ALWAYS follow-through on the commitments they make to others.
And that's the Execution Management Minute for this week.
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