This document outlines strategies for transforming a good team into a great one. It discusses developing a culture of discipline where execution is a core element. Teams must confront brutal facts by setting clear goals and addressing underperformance while also maintaining optimism. Leaders should walk slowly among their team, giving credit and encouragement while also paying attention to issues. A red flag system can help address root causes rather than symptoms. Great vision requires finding the right people and leaders before charting a course, and change should be enacted rigorously but not ruthlessly. Good is the enemy of great, and accomplishing great things requires humility, resolve, and settling for nothing less than great.

1. Transforming a Good team
to GREAT
Recruiting Definitions
MSgt Sawyer
Robert A. Sawyer

2. A Culture of Discipline
 Execution is not just tactics – it is a
discipline and a system
 Strategies should be designed as a roadmap
 Quantify your performance
 Execution is the missing link between
aspirations and results
 Execution must be a core element of an
organization’s culture

3. Confront the Brutal Facts
 Optimism must be balanced with realism
 Have unwavering faith that you will prevail
 Never confuse faith with facts
 Set clear goals and priorities
 Address underperformance
 Commit yourself to develop a leadership
team

4. Walk Slowly Among Your Team
 Leadership is influence not coercion
 Create a healthy balance of personal and
professional interest
 Pay attention when people avoid you
 Give your team credit by acknowledgement
 Build you team up by encouragement
 Empower your team to succeed

5. Develop a Red Flag System
 Tune into information that cannot be
ignored
 Address the root cause not the symptoms
 Research your opinion to find the answer
not to prove yourself right
 Data provides clues but is not conclusive

6. Find Who Then What
 Get the right people on the bus then chart
your course
 Great vision without great leaders is
irrelevant
 When you need to make a change…ACT!
 When in doubt…keep looking
 Rigorous not ruthless

7. In Closing…
 Good is the enemy of great
 Humility + will = accomplishment
 Demonstrate an unwavering resolve to do
what must be done
 Settle for nothing less
 There is no silver bullet

8. Questions?