Dr. Stephen Covey is one of my favorite authors. His books, writing, lectures, and course offerings are well worth reviewing. As I was looking through my bookshelf I came across a CD and short brochure around what Dr. Covey calls the 4 Disciplines of Execution.
Over the next few weeks I will go through each Discipline. Today, I will talk about Discipline 1.
As taken from the "4 Disciplines of Execution" brochure:
Discipline 1 - Focus on the Wildly Important
To achieve results with excellence, you must focus on a few wildly important goals and set aside the merely important. Choose to do a few things with excellence rather than many things with mediocrity.
Key Things to Remember
Too many goals, conflicting or not, lead to confusion, burnout, decline in quality, and loss of focus".
Align your goals with those of your organization as well as the key teams you work with".
Use the Importance Screen (reference to CD) to help identify your wildly important goals
Click here to view Importance Screen
Create Sell-Crafted Goals
* Specific and clear
* Explicitly linked to corporate strategy
* Plain language
* Bite-size chunks
* measurable
* Deadline-driven
For more information click here to go to Franklin Covey's website.
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