Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time by Laura Stack
As an MBA student, Laura Stack was inspired by Peter Drucker’s classic 1969 book The Effective Executive. But a lot has changed since it was written. And while Drucker’s advice on what to do remains brilliant, he didn’t give much detail on the how. This keynote detailing how today’s leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results with their time by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness, Stack says, is identifying and achieving the best objectives for your organization—doing the right things. Efficiency is accomplishing them with the least amount of time, effort, and cost—doing things right. If you’re not clear on both, you’re wasting your time. As Drucker put it, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Stack identifies twelve practices that will enable leaders to be effective and efficient, grouped into three areas where they spend their time, called 3T Leadership: Strategic Thinking (Business), Teamwork (Employees), and Tactics (Self). For each practice, Stack offers advice from her 25 years in the trenches, working with thousands of leaders globally. You’ll receive scores of new ideas on how you, your team, and your organization can boost productivity.
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Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time by Laura Stack
- 1. DOING THE RIGHT THINGS RIGHT: How the Effective Executive Spends Time
- 3. The Effective Executive “Management is about doing things right – Leadership is about doing the right things.” -Peter F. Drucker
- 4. Effective vs. Efficient by Peter Drucker DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.” EFFECTIVENESS IS DOING THINGS RIGHT; “EFFICIENCY IS “There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.”
- 6. Who is an Executive? Someone who executes
- 7. 1. Understand and control where time goes 2. Focus on results 3. Build on strengths 4. Prioritize tasks 5. Make effective decisions Drucker’s Effectiveness Practices
- 8. 1 GOALS Align strategy and objectives 2 CHANGE Embrace innovation and adaptability 3 COMMUNICATION Share mission, vision, and expectations 4 DECISION-MAKING Resolve and execute decisions promptly Practices My
- 9. 5 ENVIRONMENT Build an open team culture 6 PERFORMANCE Forge a results-oriented team 7 MOTIVATION Harness creativity and loyalty 8 GROWTH Emphasize continuous improvement My Practices
- 10. 9 VALUE Focus on high-impact activities 10 TECHNOLOGY Master data handling and workflow 11 AGILITY Maximize speed and flexibility 12 BALANCE Sustain your physical and mental health My Practices
- 11. 3T Leadership STRATEGIC THINKING Acting as the organizational strategist who focuses on business goals TEAM FOCUS Serving as the conscientious leader who focuses on employee productivity TACTICAL WORK Being the productive performer who focuses on task completion
- 12. The 3T Leadership Model: Three Areas Where Leaders Spend Time www.3TLeadership.com
- 13. Where Time is Spent Senior Leadership (VP/C-Suite) TACTICS TEAM THINK
- 14. Where Time is Spent Director TEAM TACTICS THINK
- 15. Where Time is Spent Manager THINK TACTICS TEAM
- 16. Where Time is Spent Individual Contributor THINK TEAM TACTICS
- 17. What’s Included with Your Book Purchase
- 18. Bonus Materials!
- 20. 1 GOALS Align strategies and objectives STRATEGIC THINKING
- 21. STRATEGIC THINKING2 CHANGE Embrace innovation and adaptability
- 22. 3 COMMUNICATION Share mission, vision, and expectations STRATEGIC THINKING
- 23. STRATEGIC THINKING4 DECISION-MAKING Resolve and execute decisions promptly
- 24. TEAM FOCUSTEAM
- 25. TEAM FOCUS5 ENVIRONMENT Build an open team culture
- 26. 6 PERFORMANCE Forge a results-oriented team TEAM FOCUS
- 27. 7 MOTIVATION Harness creativity and loyalty TEAM FOCUS
- 28. 8 GROWTH Emphasize continuous improvement TEAM FOCUS
- 30. 9 VALUE Focus on high-impact activities TACTICAL WORK
- 31. 10 TECHNOLOGY Master data handling and workflow TACTICAL WORK
- 32. 11 AGILITY Maximize speed and flexibility TACTICAL WORK
- 33. 12 BALANCE Sustain personal health and mental acuity TACTICAL WORK
- 34. The 3T Leadership Model: Three Areas Where Leaders Spend Time
- 35. Weekly productivity bulletin theproductivitypro.com/subscribe Doing the Right Things Right Book site 3TLeadership.com Link with me linkedin.com/in/laurastack Join me on Facebook facebook.com/ProductivityPro Follow me twitter.com/laurastack Email me Laura@TheProductivityPro.com