Great leaders are purposeful action-takers; this means they don’t get bogged down in the sometimes overwhelming amount of work on their desks – they purposefully work towards the achievement of their defined goal, whatever it may be. Great managers don’t try to do more things – they focus on doing the right things, and in getting them done. Becoming a purposeful action-taker is a process, with both organizational and personal parts. The personal part is to become a purposeful action-taker yourself; the organizational part is fostering purposeful action-taking in your corporation, so the manager can actually be a purposeful action-taker, and lead his or her employees to be the same.
CONTENTS
Introduction
The Personal Dimension
The Organizational Dimension
Purposeful Action-Taking
The Frenzied
The Procrastinators
The Detached
The Purposeful
Develop Your Energy and Focus
Build Your Reserves of Willpower
Align Your Emotions with Your Goals
Overcome the Traps of Inaction
Overwhelming Demands
Unbearable Constraints
Unexplored Options
Taking Action at the Corporate Level
Overcome Internal Challenges
Weave Action-Taking into the Culture
Give Your People the Freedom to Act
