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• Archive: The key to successful management is to spot a few things that will make a difference in your organization and then concentrate on doing them.
• Successful organizations are smart and healthy.
• A smart organization shows its intelligence in its thoughtful strategies, well-designed products and solid financial infrastructure.
• Healthy organizations are unified, not splintered by politics and infighting.The model in The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive is further explored in Pat’s latest title, The Advantage DISCIPLINE 1: BUILD A COHESIVE LEADERSHIP TEAMThe first and most critical step in a healthy organization is creating a cohesive leadership team that is committed to do the ongoing work of developing and maintaining a high-performing team and mastering the five behaviors outlined in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.Take the Team Assessment to learn how to create a more cohesive team.DISCIPLINE 2: CREATE CLARITYCreating clarity at the executive level is essential to building and maintaining a healthy organization.
• There are six simple but critical questions that need to be answered, eliminating all discrepancies among team members.Use our Six Critical Questions worksheet to help create clarity on your team.DISCIPLINE 3: OVERCOMMUNICATE CLARITYOnce a leadership team has become cohesive and established clarity around the six critical questions, they need to communicate the answers to employees over and over again.