Product Updates 2020.07
Build Certainty of Purpose in the Face of External Uncertainty
The latest CEO survey from the National Center for the Middle Market @ The Ohio State University highlighted two top concerns:
Ongoing uncertainty
Maintaining employee communication, engagement, and productivity
With that in mind, we’re highlighting two product improvements that help you and your people navigate uncertainty with confidence and focus.
Accelerator: Create a mini-mission to rally your team
A mini-mission keeps your team aligned by reinforcing one focus point for the week. That means everyone understands the top priority, which really means that your team is completing more of the right work without the need for micromanagement.
Some real world examples of this idea featured in Rethinking Execution:
Jason McCann
CEO of Vari
Jason described keeping his team moving and positive with the theme: “Keep rowing - the wind will catch your sails.” Sometimes a good mini-mission is to keep rowing in turbulent times.
TK Kader
CEO of Unstoppable, Founder of ToutApp, SVP Strategy and Partnerships for Marketo
In our interview with TK, he described using a “beast-mode” challenge to create a form of “mini-mission” that focused his teams.
Accelerator: Everyone owns a number
To build extreme ownership and resilience, give team members individual ownership of specific numbers on your scoreboard. That frees them to experiment and focus on outcomes …without getting distracted by outside conditions or focusing so much on “standard operating procedures” that they lose sight of the forest for the trees.
That means that everyone can see the direct impact of their work. And that really means that you hit your numbers faster with everyone sharing in the success. Better performance + happier people.
Some real world examples of this idea featured in Rethinking Execution:
Will Bunker
Co-founder of OneAndOnly.com (Match.com), GrowthX
Will shared the improvements and focused gained by giving each individual ownership of a specific number. “It allowed us to motivate people to unlock large amounts of value in the company and then reward them for it.”
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