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December 26th, 2010

WATER Tip: Overcoming Barriers

by Dr. Brian Higley | 3 comments

The ability to overcome a variety of barriers blocking Execution Excellence can be extremely helpful when SMART Goals are not being achieved regularly.  This can be done by “flipping” barriers into objectives that can be achieved as part of the overall mission. (more…)

December 26th, 2010

WATER Tip: On-Time Completion

by Dr. Brian Higley | Add comment

The ability to get things done on time is a critical component of Execution Excellence that is often ignored. It begins with a commitment to setting reasonable deadlines (rather than setting unreasonable deadlines or failing to set any at all), then following through with those carefully set deadlines. Indeed, because the “R” in SMART Goal stands for “Realistic,” no goal is truly SMART without having a reasonable deadline. (more…)

December 26th, 2010

WATER Tip: Self-Monitoring

by Dr. Brian Higley | 1 comment

Another critical component of Execution Excellence is the ability to follow through with commitments without needing others to “check in” on one’s progress. The ability to self-monitor begins with a commitment to being reliable, is strengthened by the ability to set truly SMART Goals, and is fortified further by the ability to remind oneself of one’s commitments regularly (rather than depending on others to do so).  Specific (the “S” in SMART) and time-bound (the “T” in SMART) goals help one to be very clear on commitments before they are accepted.  Regular goal achievement becomes more realistic (the “R” in SMART) when every individual responsible for the achievement of every goal takes accountability for the following: (a) the SMARTness of every goal they agree to take on and (b) reminding themselves of this commitment (rather than depending on others to do so).   (more…)

December 26th, 2010

WATER Tip: Quality

by Dr. Brian Higley | 1 comment

Another critical component of Execution Excellence is the ability to not only complete SMART Goals on deadline, but to also do this with true quality on a regular basis. The ability to do so begins with a commitment to quality, is strengthened by becoming clear about what quality looks like (with others if you are working on something that includes other stakeholders), and is further fortified by persistence until the job is done extremely well (rather than giving up before true quality is achieved). (more…)

December 26th, 2010

WATER Tip: Team-building

by Dr. Brian Higley | 1 comment

Another critical component of Execution Excellence is the ability to surround oneself with the sort of people who will be supportive of the achievement of the most important SMART goals.  The ability to do so begins with an understanding that we all deserve to be around supportive people, is strengthened by becoming clear about how to bring supportive people into our lives, and is further fortified by learning ways to decrease time spent with unsupportive others (rather than believing that we have to spend a lot of time with people who do not support important SMART goals for one reason or another). (more…)

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