Brian Johnson breaks down lead versus lag measures from the Four Disciplines of Execution. Lag measures are outcomes you can't fully control, like a golfer's score. Lead measures are the behaviors that drive them, like pre-shot process. Professional golfers keep two scorecards to track both.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one.
While we're on a roll with the four disciplines of execution, let's circle back and talk a bit more about the lead versus lag measures. This is an important concept to get.
It's basically another way to frame the.
Whole systems versus goals and process versus.
Outcomes discussions we have all the time.
So again, our lag measures the goal we want to achieve.
It's super important to know that we.
Don'T have control over this variable. We can influence it, but we can't absolutely determine it. So imagine a professional golfer. Their lag goal is to score well enough to win the tournament.
Fantastic. But focusing on that is not going to lead to the outcome they want.
In fact, that's a good recipe to choke. Now, the lead measure is so powerful because A is it's within our control and B, it's what actually creates the results we want. Let's go back to our professional golfer. They want to get clear on the behaviors that when they do them, give.
The highest chance of success.
Then they want to keep track of how frequently they execute those things. In finding your zone, peak performance guru.
Michael Larden tells us that he has.
Golfers keep two scorecards, one for the lag measure or actual score on the hole, and the other, much more important.
Card for whether or not they executed.
Their process before each shot. So what do your two scorecards look like?
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