If 2-3 goals, will achieve 2-3 with

excellence

2-3 goals per team MAXIMUM If 4-10 goals, will accomplish 1

or 2 with excellence

If 11-20 goals, will accomplish 0

with excellence

1. Focus on the Wildly Important No more than 1-3 for the same
goal at the same time

Wildly Important Goal(WIG): A

Sub-goals must actually ensure
goal that makes all the
the success of the parent WIG,
difference. Failure to achieve this
not just be "aligned" with it.
goal renders any other
achievements inconsequential.

Must have a clear finish line,

"from X to Y by when" (this is a
LAG measure)

Measure something that leads to

the goal AND something that the
team can influence

The golden rule of execution:

pick a measure that is
PREDICTIVE and
INFLUENCEABLE

Examples: If LAG measure is

reducing accidents, then lead
measure might be compliance
2. Act on the lead measure
with safety standards. If weight
loss is the WIG, then calories
consumed (diet) or calories
The Whirlwind (the day job) burned (exercise) might be the
Urgent (acts on you)
lead measures.

Important (you act on them) Tend to focus on LAG measures

because they are what matter
Goals (New Activities) and they're easier to measure.
Also, they track you down.
The challenge is executing on
goals in the midst of the The 4 Disciplines of Execution
whirlwind
Will be different for every team
on every WIG

1. Clarifies the organization's

priorities, separating the wildly Holds the lead and lag measures
important from the whirlwind. from disciplines 1 and 2

2. Engages every member of the Rule #1: Simple. Think about

Three primary outcomes/benefits
team in a winnable game how many football statistics
there are vs. how many are on
3. Create a compelling
the scoreboard. This is a player's
3. Allows the organization to scoreboard
scoreboard, not a coach's
achieve its goals in the midst of
scoreboard.
the whirlwind

Rule #2: Visible to all players.

Needs to feel a little like a game

Rule #3: Show both LEAD and
LAG measures so that players
can see that they can affect the
score (LEAD) and that it's
making a difference (LAG).

Rule #4: Be able to tell

immediately whether we're
winning or losing.

20-minute meeting that happens

every week for every team

Do NOT discuss the whirlwind.

Every member of the team shows
up thinking about: "What are the
1-3 things I can do this week to
4. Create a cadence of
impact the scoreboard?
accountability.

Report on last week's

commitments

Review and update the

Each person takes a minute to
scoreboard accordingly
report on 3 things

Make commitments for the

Mind map summary created by Eryc Eyl. The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a coming week to impact lead

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