The One Thing

This is a powerful tool for yourself or your company.

The concept is basically this: define for yourself the "One Thing" in a given month, week, day that, if completed effectively, could have the highest level of impact for your organization's growth.WOW!

That's hard to do if you have multiple priorities (hmmm..like everyone). But when you sit down to think it through you give yourself incredible focus!

• You cut through the clutter - it's easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day. And give yourself excuses. By mapping out the One Thing at the beginning you can identify what doesn't need to be done (and maybe have the same or better result).
• You'll keep yourself accountable - you WILL get that One Thing done come hell or high water. How can you not get the One Thing done?
• It's measurable - or at least it should be! You'll know exactly when you accomplished the outcome and can celebrate it.
  

And from a management perspective...WOW! I know one particular company CEO who uses this and it allows him to have visibility on the whole organization in one sheet. He can, at a glance, get a pulse of the organization from the people doing the actual work. Yes, these One Things go through the chain of command and are often re-defined or fleshed out through the process but when it is done and submitted the guy at the top knows what is happening from the front door to the executive office and everywhere in between in a snapshot view. At the end of the month, a second report is generated that reports on how many One Things were accomplished. No pomp and circumstance, no filtering, no fluff. Yes or no. That's powerful! And the whole process takes just a few minutes from all participants and a focused session from the CEO to understand what activity will take place, or has taken place, in a given month.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

• Create your One Thing for the month. Write it down. Remember, it should be the single most important thing for the month and it must be SMART. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time Framed.
• Share this action and your "why" with your leadership coach (or other personal accountability partner) now
• Need a coach, some feedback or just want to share? Contact us! See top righthand side of page for contact information.
  

See also Focus is Power!