At a client today and, well, another TEAM analogy – 9 times out of 10 when I get a plant / office tour I hear the TEAM analogy. I have to wonder if managers really know / understand what TEAMS do.
A very good friend of mine is a professional football player and I got to shadow him for a couple of days – jog, train, run plays, watch videos about good plays, rerun plays, watch videos of bad plays followed by laps, run drills and a quick game.
I have to be honest I didn’t see the link - all I saw was EXECUTION. Executing, watching how to execute, watching how not to execute, practicing to execute followed by more executing. TEAMS win because they work together, no doubt, but they work together because all they do is practice executing and then execute.
Google “professional services” and you will be bombarded by help with ‘your strategy’, ‘your costs’, ‘your planning’. All that is important but the reality of it is that most initiatives fail during execution.
I really wish I could hear the Execution speech and not the Team speech.
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