renew by letting the Compression out?... working 140 hours a week... there are 168 total... In one...
Leadership topic - execute
Execute is step six of the empower framework: leaders who execute deliver tasks critical to business success flawlessly. Marshals resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; Leverages metrics, tracking, and dashboards to make sure that positive business results can be delivered, communicated, and repeated; is constantly and consistently growing top performers, steadfastly pushes self and others for results; focuses on the Bottom Line in a wholistic way;
Roadblock – Over controls and meddles; does too much of the work themselves; doesn’t get the most out of people; has weak followers and teammates; often traveling alone
Start with Perform, Outcomes or Guts, then see how it plays out across the Benny Goodman series.
Serve the Servants… can you execute a plan you were never given the reason for?
can you execute a plan you were never given the reason for?26 VPs, an NDA, and a spreadsheet with...
About a Girl… wonder whether the limit was ever the problem?
wonder whether the limit was ever the problem?20 minutes. 5 paragraphs. 13 unique sentences.Tenth...
Smells Like Teen Spirit… observe what arrived, not what you sent?
observe what arrived, not what you sent?12 people in the room, 13 versions of the orderIn a...
All Apologies… who is the partner you keep not listening to?
who is the partner you keep not listening to?"No your not."We left our home in Houston... because...
In Bloom… who are you actually Compressing in that room?
...who are you actually Compressing in that room?"...but you always say 3 sentences too many""You...
Come as You Are… engage the “people” you just called “your resources”?
engage the "people" you just called "your resources"?"Do you believe all this crap you say about...
Come Around… execute tired, without the Judge in the room?
execute tired, without the Judge in the room?I had nothing left...I returned from one Christmas...
The Thrill Is Gone… execute at 4 in the morning?
execute at 4 in the morning?"Your job is to last more than a year""Well. You will be the 5th head...
Yellow Ledbetter… can you execute your way back Alive?
Have you been executed?6 months. That is exactly how long I lasted as the VP of Global Engineering...
execute when You Oughta Know…
Nobody clapped when I logged the last of the 2,500 hours... By the time the letters MCC arrived,...
A renewing Outcome
The summer of 1976 was full of global events. Bur for me, I had 2 remaining Outcomes to close before heading off to college. First, ironically, I had gotten good enough at Student Congress – an actual NFL event – to qualify for the National Debate Tournament in Colorado Springs. Second, I had been selected as an exchange student for the Lions Club to spend 6 weeks in Sweden. The bad news is that those events overlapped.
execution Outcomes
High School’s end was rapidly approaching, an Outcome we had all been working towards for 12ish years. Our class was graduating in a momentous year – 1976 – the Bicentennial, so additional press coverage by the newspaper and local TV station was invited. Over 3000 were gathered in the local Junior College auditorium for the event, including my own grandparents from both sides. I was not… I was sitting across the street at a donut shop with a legal pad and a pen….
Outcomes to make you wonder
Wandering through my High School years, I played a bit in politics. It was an interesting use of my ability to speak and think on my feet. I was on the Student Congress as a Sophomore and a Junior. I was not a very active member, but I loved wondering how we could get 30 people to agree to any Outcome. I am never sure who or why, but someone nominated me for a very prestigious event, particularly in Texas: Boys State.













