Clear Actions & Duties

Quick reference

• 00:04 In this video, we are going to look at clear actions and duties.
• 00:09 Clear actions and duties.
• 00:11 So what are the action steps that need to be taken in order to achieve that goal?
• 00:17 In order to have success in that project?
• 00:20 In order to hit those quarterly numbers.
• 00:23 So this is where, the first thing that comes in is your project management.
• 00:27 These are those action items.
• 00:29 You've got somebody assigned to the task.
• 00:31 This is what we're gonna do.
• 00:33 And you wanna break it down to be very specific.
• 00:35 You've got your driving purpose behind it, and
• 00:37 now we know exactly what we're gonna do to get it.
• 00:40 And this is great.
• 00:42 Use the collaborative leadership style here.
• 00:44 Cuz you can take the different leadership styles and put them in together.
• 00:49 Because this is going to help gain buy-in from the team.
• 00:53 When they get to decide hey, if I do X, Y and
• 00:55 Z, that's gonna help us get us to the goal.
• 00:58 And if it's within the realm, if it's something that's good,
• 01:00 something that's gonna work, use it.
• 01:03 Let them do it.
• 01:04 Let them go, let them roll with it.
• 01:07 It's gonna be something that helps you get to your goal, because a lot of times,
• 01:11 as leaders, we get caught up in the minutiae, don't we?
• 01:14 This little piece didn't go right, this little piece didn't go right,
• 01:17 this piece didn't go right.
• 01:17 This person wants to do this, or this, or this.
• 01:20 Refocus yourself on your outcome and if somebody can do something that they come
• 01:25 up that's gonna help you hit that goal that works within your guidelines and
• 01:30 your values, it might be best to let them roll with it.
• 01:33 Good.
• 01:34 Next, assign duties based on strengths of the team member for the best results.
• 01:38 We talked about that in other videos.
• 01:39 I can't stress that enough.
• 01:41 Make sure that you have the right person in the right place doing the right action.
• 01:46 And remember cohesive action towards a common goal, for
• 01:50 the greater good that's what we're working towards.
• 01:52 Even if there's different actions that each co-worker is doing.
• 01:56 Each person has there own little piece that they're working on.
• 02:00 Now there's three things that you really wanna make sure, this is the secret sauce,
• 02:03 to get those clear actions and duties to help you move to your goal.
• 02:07 The first one is prioritize.
• 02:09 Which specific order are you going to go through these different action items?
• 02:14 Which things need to get done and, this is important,
• 02:18 which things can be skipped and still achieve your outcome?
• 02:23 Again, if you get caught up in the minutia, some of these things,
• 02:26 some of these ideas that came out, you may not have to do it and
• 02:29 you can still hit your outcome.
• 02:30 You can get there quicker, faster and easier.
• 02:34 So map it all out.
• 02:36 And number two, you have to be flexible to try things.
• 02:39 This is some of the biggest Hurdles that my clients come across.
• 02:43 When they put a plan together, they don't wanna change it.
• 02:46 Well, listen,
• 02:47 when you try something that doesn't work, you have to try something else.
• 02:52 And you need to measure and track those results, right, yearly, quarterly,
• 02:55 monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, like we talked about.
• 02:58 And you need to measure it to make sure that,
• 03:00 hey, you're on track towards your goal.
• 03:02 Remember that example I used if we were flying from San Diego to Hawaii?
• 03:06 You're always course correcting, you've got to try something else.
• 03:10 And number three, you have to have specific guidelines, boundaries,
• 03:15 and expectations for actions and duties.
• 03:18 When you look at any successful company they've got those systems.
• 03:21 You've got a handbook, you've got the manuals,
• 03:24 the guides, nowadays you even have videos.
• 03:27 So that your staff, they know exactly what those guidelines are.
• 03:30 What they can do, what they can't do, what's expected of them.
• 03:35 And the more clear you can be on those things, the more chance of success
• 03:39 that you have when you implement those actions and doings.
• 03:42 So I love the story with Thomas Edison.
• 03:45 He said he did not fail to create the light bulb 10,000 times.
• 03:50 He simply found 10,000 ways it would not work.
• 03:54 You try something, you course correct.
• 03:55 You try something, you course correct.
• 03:58 So to recap, clear actions and duties.
• 04:00 What are the action steps to achieving this goal.
• 04:03 You wanna get your project management.
• 04:05 You wanna put the collaborative leadership style into this process so
• 04:10 that you get the best from everybody.
• 04:12 You assign duties based on strengths of your team members.
• 04:15 And you're gonna take cohesive action towards one common goal.
• 04:19 And the three things for the secret sauce, you have to prioritize.
• 04:22 Which specific order to do things, and which things need to get done, and
• 04:26 which things could be skipped and still get your outcome.
• 04:30 You have to start thinking that way and start looking outside.
• 04:33 Hey, we don't have to do everything, what we need to do is get our outcome.
• 04:38 Number two, you have to be flexible to try new things when something doesn't work.
• 04:42 You try something else, and finally you have to ask specific guidelines.
• 04:47 Whether it's in the manual or a handbook or some videos that you shot.
• 04:51 So everybody knows exactly what's expected with them, from them.
• 04:54 Exactly what they're going to do and put it in there their strength so
• 04:58 they can excel.
• 04:59 You guys got this, we'll see you in the next video.

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