Bill Canady says employees truly adopt a goal when they use it to talk with each other, not just state it. Leaders must spend 2 to 3 months reinforcing it and turning down opportunities that don't fit. A 100-day execution plan coordinates strategy, structure, and meetings like a piece of music.
Number 3, you're not done when you say it. You're done when they say it to each other. That's the adoption test. It takes 2 or 3 months of constant reinforcement. And the thing that converts it is watching you turn something down attractive because it does not serve the goal. Hard to do. It's on you though. And when you get to the end of your 100 days and when the goal is set, the strategy is chosen, the structure is aligned, and the cadence has started. Oh, it's like music, isn't it? There's one line to close on. I use it every day in the 100 meetings that I ever run, and I don't dress it up. Now, this is our plan. We're going to execute with discipline. No one else will do it for us. No one's coming to save us. We have to do this.
