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

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