Routines, timelines, and structure to establish control are non-optional components of success. You don’t have to manage them yourself if discipline is not one of your strengths. But you must make sure someone is managing them.
We’ve seen far too many leaders build teams of really smart people, aligned around really smart strategies that don’t produce results because no one followed through to make sure the important things actually happened. Getting your team on the same page through an imperative process is essential. But it’s not sufficient.
We lay out a relatively simple, straightforward milestone management process in The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan. It’s fine. There are other operational processes that are at least as good. The issue is not which system you are going to use. The issue is following through to make sure things happen.
