How To Be Moderately Successful.
Building a business is hard.
Maintaining healthy relationships with those that you care about is hard.
Staying fit and healthy in your body, your mind and your emotions is hard.
This podcast is about finding and sharing tools, strategies and experiences that may help you to achieve and maintain moderate success in your life, whatever that means to you.
There is a ton of content created by the billionaires, the ultra successful athletes, and by people that are at a level that the vast majority of us will just never get to. And if you're anything like me, you're totally okay with that.
This is a place where we talk about how to build a great business, but not necessarily a massive one. A place to talk about how we build a life that is balanced and integrated, but not necessarily optimised to levels that are not realistic for most of us.
In short, it's a place where we explore how to be moderately successful.
The work will always remain yours, and for the most part, it's simple, but not easy.
I sincerely hope it's valuable to you.
-Mike
If you want to talk about working with me get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP33 Gaining alignment where it matters
In this conversation, Mike discusses the importance of gaining alignment within organizations and provides practical tools to achieve it. He emphasizes that without alignment, organizations lack clarity and become leaderless, resulting in inefficiency and poor performance. Scott introduces the concept of creating a vision, using the Jim Collins and Jerry Porras framework, to establish core values, purpose, big hairy audacious goals, and vivid descriptions of the desired reality. He also explores the idea of essential intent, where organizations focus on becoming excellent at one thing within a specific timeframe. Additionally, Scott highlights the Stockdale Paradox, which involves acknowledging brutal truths while maintaining a deep conviction that the organization will overcome challenges. He concludes by discussing the importance of constructive conflict and the concept of asking for support rather than agreement.
Takeaways
- Alignment is crucial for organizations to achieve clarity and avoid inefficiency and poor performance.
- Creating a vision, including core values, purpose, big hairy audacious goals, and vivid descriptions, helps establish alignment.
- The concept of essential intent focuses on becoming excellent at one thing within a specific timeframe.
- The Stockdale Paradox involves acknowledging brutal truths while maintaining a deep conviction that the organization will overcome challenges.
- Constructive conflict and asking for support rather than agreement are essential for effective decision-making and alignment.
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and the Need for Alignment
01:20
Creating a Vision for Alignment
04:06
The Concept of Essential Intent
07:48
Embracing the Stockdale Paradox
12:48
The Role of Constructive Conflict
20:55
Asking for Support, Not Agreement
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