So back to my teen years, and now I was “old enough” to be some help on the farm in Lubbock....
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.
Healing execution…
Something that gets executed along with music is dancing. And generally speaking, that involves...
Could you execute these Goals?
Goals are simply statements... until they are executed, measured, and then revised. If you follow...
executing Retrospectively..
After 2020...I wonder what “20/20 Hindsight” means now… or 20/20 vision. With that "amazing" year...
Unexpected renewal…
Within walking distance of Fannie was one of the best TexMex places - probably in the country, but...
executing Unexpectedly
Once you set your mind towards something, it actually fools you by finding more data to support...
wonderfully Unexpected
Merry Christmas!!! When I saw “wonder” would align with the day, I knew all was right with the...
observing Un-expectations..
Knowing that you need to make a change, and actually doing it are related, but take a different...
Partners in the Unexpected
Today’s lesson comes from trigonometry - and now I know I have lost most of you. Hang in there -...
Unexpected management…
Control is an elusive term in management. Computer systems are all built from “requirements” -...
engaging the Unexpected…
It is the season of Christmas Cards, the time when you see pictures of old friends, and families...
To Prepare to execute
In the ‘90s, the mode of communication was a “pager”, and by the time I had one, they at least had...
Persistent execution…
You’re going to think all of my time as a “customer” was doing deals with vendors, and that is not...
How does a Promise execute?
We were again in my office, which you are going to think is more a disaster recovery site,...













