SUMMARY

In this episode, Global Leadership Podcast interviewer Jason Jaggard sits down with Chris McChesney, co-author of The Four Disciplines of Execution, to revisit the book and to explore how the four disciplines can impact our lives outside the business world.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• What is a basic overview of the “Four Disciplines of Execution”?

• How can you learn to focus what is most important, but is not necessarily the most urgent?

• What “levers” can you affect that make it seem like your intended result is a winnable game?

• What has being a parent taught Chris about leadership, and how can the four disciplines be applied to a family?

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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS

• It’s better to fall in love with a problem than it is to fall in love with a solution.

• All of the “have tos” in our life is called “The Whirlwind.” The “One” is the strategic result in your life that is going to require disproportionate effort.

• Human beings have the capacity to handle “the whirlwind plus one.”

• It’s best to not give your frontline teams the answers; get their commitment and engagement by making them a part of the process.

• The Four Disciplines can actually be a way to protect the entrepreneurial spirit of a organization.

• If you want to see the highest level of engagement a human being is capable of, watch them in a game.

• The strategic result you’re looking for should feel like both a high-stakes game and a winnable game.

• Progress and purpose are the most important things that drive employee engagement. This fact also has profound implications for how leaders address remote work.

• The whole purpose of The Four Disciplines is to achieve goals that do not feel as important as “the day job.”

• If kids have one anchor of self-esteem in their life, they are able to handle the whirlwind and drama of life much more effectively.

• The enemy of the human soul is not work; it’s futility.

• The struggle is that as you become more successful as a company, the whirlwind grows and requires more and more.

• People don’t fear change; they fear uncertainty.

• Most success comes from putting huge energy into small wins.

• The most significant jump is moving from leading a team to leading leaders.

LINKS MENTIONED

• Website: Chris McChesney

• Book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

• Added Value: Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex (TEDTalk via YouTube)

• Added Value: “Leaders Concerned About Remote Work Should Be Looking at This Metric”

• Podcast: 2018 Global Leadership Podcast

• Book: The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery (Patrick Lencioni)

• Website: Global Leadership Network

THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY:

• World Vision