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A review by parkershepherd
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Sean Covey, Jim Huling, Chris McChesney
4.0
The 4DX process was implemented by my employer over the last year, and we were challenged to read the book to help follow its principles better.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution proscribes a process to untangle metrics you want to impact (Lag measures) from actions you are capable of taking (Lead measures), and then some helpful methods for maintaining accountability over the long term.
Once you read through some of the concepts they will feel very obvious (in hindsight), but consistent application in the real world goes against how most people's brains are wired. I wonder how much is the counter-intuitiveness of the approach, and how much is the book's ability to generate demand for "4DX coaches" you can hire when you struggle to follow it's process.
The book is a bit long-winded, and perhaps too open-ended on the implementation side of things, but it has shaped how I approach any project that is intended to change a human behavior.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution proscribes a process to untangle metrics you want to impact (Lag measures) from actions you are capable of taking (Lead measures), and then some helpful methods for maintaining accountability over the long term.
Once you read through some of the concepts they will feel very obvious (in hindsight), but consistent application in the real world goes against how most people's brains are wired. I wonder how much is the counter-intuitiveness of the approach, and how much is the book's ability to generate demand for "4DX coaches" you can hire when you struggle to follow it's process.
The book is a bit long-winded, and perhaps too open-ended on the implementation side of things, but it has shaped how I approach any project that is intended to change a human behavior.