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THE lEAdERSHIP mATRIx
after time in client meetings. The owner sets the goals and the team immediately
begins to talk about “what we have to do to make those goals”.
The Actions are the Right Things that our People should be working
on to achieve our goals. Not too many – just a few, 3 to 5 each quarter.
“If you have a house full of cats and you try to catch them all at once
you will catch nary a one. But if you focus on one at a time you will
eventually catch them all.”
~ Jim Groh
The Core Culture of the company provides the answers to the “Should
we or Shouldn’t we” questions that arise within the company on a dayto-day
basis. You know, the soul of the company, the “sayings” the
owner is known for when something happens or a question arises and
there is no one there to provide direction.
Clarity of this Core Culture provides the People guidance to make
sure the Right Things are Done Right.
It is also important in recruiting and hiring to make sure you have the
Right People.
#2 – FocUS
Right People Right Things Done Right
Focus Alignment Accountability Process
2. FocUS – When we talk about Focus and People we talk about
Alignment. We need to get everyone on the same page and aligned
with our Vision, Goals, Actions and Core Culture. Remember the soccer
team from the discussion above.
We then need to Focus People on the doing the Right Things through
making individuals Accountable for each key Action we have identified.
That’s right, only one individual is Accountable. That individual
might need to get others to be responsible for and help accomplish the
various tasks to complete the Action but the buck stops here. I have
seen too many companies, including ones that I worked for where Actions
or projects were assigned to a team or to two people to share. It
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