The 5 Choices
Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, Leena Rinne
My 6 highlights
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Be very aware that direct reports tend to assume everything you ask for is needed now.
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Help them learn that to be successful in their new role as a leader, they need to focus on different things than they did in the past.
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IS IT IMPORTANT? (PAUSE, CLARIFY, DECIDE)
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Even more powerful than a Q2 Role title is the more specific vision of what success in that role looks like to you, including the kind of activities you will be doing to create that success. That is captured in a Q2 Role Statement.
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you must decide what is most important (Choices 1 and 2), then schedule your weeks and days in such a way that you can focus your precious attention and energy on those things first (Choice 3).
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What are the one or two most important things I can do in this role this week?