Episode Details

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."