{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Successful Barrister","title":"Ep. 3 - Improve Your Execution With One Simple Formula","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2411,"description":"In this episode, Marc Whitehead and Diana Berry discuss The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling, also called 4DX. The system is making waves, with implementations from the Naval Medical Center to Marriott. Learn how the Four Disciplines can help your firm move past the daily whirlwind and execute their strategic goals. Determine your wildly important goals, your leading and lagging measures, and create your own scorecard so your team can visualize their contributions. Lastly, learn into why creating a cadence of accountability is both the simplest and the most difficult tenet of 4DX. For detailed show notes, read below and use the timestamps to navigate the episode:[0:45] Marc Whitehead introduces himself and Diana Berry and the topic of the episode, which is 4DX, which stands for the Four Disciplines of Execution. [2:02] 4DX has been in the news since the Naval Medical Center began to implement 4DX. Even the military, with hundreds of years of tradition, is looking for a new system! Marriott also implemented 4DX and saw impressive returns. [3:09] Planning is much easier than executing your plans. We all have our daily whirlwinds, or things we have to do every day, that leave us stuck and unable to execute the strategic projects that can move our firms forward.[4:46] Attorneys and litigators also deal with the daily whirlwind. Litigators especially have schedules that are subject to change, making it difficult to block out time. [6:27] Marc explains the Eisenhower Matrix, which was part of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. The Eisenhower Matrix splits your time into four quadrants: “important but urgent,” “important but not urgent,” “unimportant but urgent” and “unimportant and not urgent.” It advises people to live in the “important” quadrants of the matrix. [7:53] 4DX goes beyond dealing with what is important. It helps businesses get ahead and execute their...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Z3RXucwshxpw-Muy18ILlgR1sYl6tBEMs9ha8xpK1jA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZGY3/NWZkMWQ2MWMyODlk/OGYxYjY0ZjIwYmY1/YWU3Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}