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10x Focus: Simplicity Grows Clarity, and Results
The power of focus, both at the individual & organizational levels - increased focus equals increased growth
Graham Peelle
July 15, 2024
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Performance Management - Measuring what matters with visibility and focus
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10x Focus: Simplicity Grows Clarity, and Results
The power of focus, both at the individual & organizational levels - increased focus equals increased growth
Opening Remarks
Look in the mirror, at your own work, at your team, at your business, at your office - are you focused?
At some point in our career as a leader, we will lose focus in some way, getting distracted or trying to do it all. It’s time to reframe and reset, and not wait for the year in review. START NOW. The minute you get focused on your core work, objectives, and obstacles, everything is more simple to navigate. Navigate confidently with knowing what you are here to do, and how you are going to do it. Learning how to keep your “eyes on the prize” has more value than you think.
10x-Exec: Big Idea
If you want others to be able to help get your message out there to be able to refer others to evangelize your message to understand to really take in your messaging you’ve got to get really clear and focused. And I don’t mean just a little focused I mean Hyper focused. You’ve got to pick one thing to go to market or study. You may do other things, but similar to you cutting down to your top three to five things you’re doing out of your Top 20 (Warren Buffett - Eisenhower Principle), you’ve got to cut out everything except your one thing that’s how people are going to find you.
I’ve certainly learned the hard way over my career as I have various interests, experiences and abilities, but you’ve got to pick one thing to start from. You’re willingness and ability to drill down to your niche is what is going to dictate your level of success. Your level of focus equals your level of revenue and future profits.
One thing, that is your thing.
No Limit Leadership Lecture
Focus has so much power in your career, job, or as a company:
Drives everything
Niche or time
Topic or subject
Effort or attention
Expertise or knowledge
Enthusiasm or boredom
Research for acceptance
Outcomes
Success or failure
Win or lose
Novice or expert
Profit or loss
—> Learned scattered mind equals scattered results
—> Focus and deep work with relationships over time can’t be beat
—> Lacking focus creates opportunities for distraction by making up work, or work about work
Frank Slootman Points of Philosophy
Narrow the focus
Dazzling your customer
Rethink and reimagine
What if timeframes weren’t challenging or had nothing already
War against incrementalism “because it assumes status quo”
“Think like a start up like I have no history, i have no past, i have no customers, i have no because that’s what your competition is doing right there ”
One priority, not multiple priorities
Resource utilization on narrow focus
Narrow the plane of attack- customers need problems solved, not proposed solutions
Trust is the foundation of everything. Earn it
Got your back and don’t leave anyone behind
Opportunity cost
Reexamine continuously
Knock it out if it must be done
“Look at things the way they are, not the way you want them to be” when evaluating the situation.
Own your own destiny when you own your own distribution
Source: Invest like the Best
Business Case for Great Leadership
Consider this- the level of focus you have as a leader, directly translates to your team. All of the things you are going through roll downhill:
If you’re all over the place, your team is likely to be scattered also
If you’re unclear, your team is lost
If you’re searching for answers, your team is too
If you lack vision, your team is working aimlessly with no end goal or guided journey
If you have split effort, your team splits its effort
You see the point. Getting more focused is about you, but it’s way bigger than that. Your leadership focus compounds for a scaling impact based on your ability to focus and translate that across your team.
Get focused with one North Star.
Closing Bell
Some great John Paul Getty quotes:
“The modern business mania is to build greater and ever greater paper shuffling empires.”
“The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration, then more practice and concentration.”
“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by being a conformist.”
“If you can create a vision and take responsibility for that vision, success will follow.”
'“The best way to enhance your own value is to help others increase theirs.”
“To be successful in business, you have to see the big picture and not be overwhelmed by small obstacles.”
“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”
“Don’t allow unnecessary overhead to become a habit.”
-John Paul Getty
Source: John Paul Getty quotes Taken from https://www.bookey.app/quote-author/j-paul-getty, inspired by David Senra and the Founders podcast.
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Strategy & Scaling - Vision to Growth
Restructuring & Turnaround - Stabilization & Mitigation
People & Profitability Optimization - Operational Efficiency, Growth Drivers, and Cost Reduction
Client & Associate Retention
Leadership
Leadership Foundations - Performance Operations Culture, with a people centered approach
Leadership Operating System - How to lead with the 4 E’s: empowerment, empathy, efficiency, and effectiveness
Performance Management - Measuring what matters with visibility and focus
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