ABOUT EXECUTIVE OBSESSIONS From:  Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, by Patrick Lencioni Four Executive Obsessions (or Disciplines) 1. Build and Maintain a Cohesive Leadership Team How do you assess your team for cohesiveness? Are meetings compelling?  Are the important issues being discussed during meetings? Do team members engage in unguarded debate? Do they honestly confront one another? Do team members apologize if they get out of line?  Do they ever get out of line? Do team members understand one another? Do team members avoid gossiping about one another? 2. Create Organizational Clarity Clarity provides employees at all levels with a common vocabulary and set of assumptions about what is important and what is not.  It allows them to make decisions and resolve problems without constant supervision and advice from managers. 3. Over-Communicate Organizational Clarity Ask employees if they know why the organization exists, what its fundamental values are, what business it is in, who its competitors are, what its strategy is, what the major goals for the year are, and who is responsible for doing what at the executive level.  Then ask them how their job affects each of these areas.  Blank stares and incorrect answers are good signs that more communication is needed. 4. Reinforce Organizational Clarity through Human Systems Human Systems should include: Human Profiles Performance Management Rewards and Recognition Dismissal   ABOUT PERSONAL BRANDING “You already have a Personal Brand.  Everyone does. The question is, “Is your Personal Brand what you want it to be?”” ABOUT EXECUTIVE OBSESSIONS Four Executive Obsessions (or Disciplines)! ABOUT HIRING The Most Important Interview Question of All Time! © 2007 Hedges & Associates • All Rights Reserved. Design & Development By: IdeaHall