Ep 136 – Twenty Years in Love with the Same Problem With Chris McChesney

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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.  

 

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