Up-Close with Chin Teik: Re-Think Series
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Up-Close with Chin Teik: Re-Think Series
Up-Close with Chin Teik: Disciplined Leadership
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Up-Close with Chin Teik: Re-Think
Disciplined Leadership
1 Requirement: Keeping Performance on Track
Jim Collins says that a culture of discipline is not a principle of business, but a principle of greatness.
Self-discipline is the base for disciplined leadership. A simple definition: 'Self-discipline is about leaning into resistance. Taking action in spite of the how you feel. Living a lifestyle by design, not by default.
John C Maxwell says that motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
Disciplined leadership includes:
- A consistency in words and deeds to the purpose and values of the organization
- Providing clarity for focused execution
- Following the 2-Rhythm
- Following the 2-Rules of Feedback
- Following the rule of subtracting
- Helping each employee to find their intrinsic motivation (Will) and equipping them on the new How to new goals, projects and roles.
Disciplined Leadership
Keeping Right Performance on Track
Jim Collins says that a culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.
In the framework of Keeping Right Performance on Track, there is 1 requirement and 2 elements. Disciplined Leadership is the one requirement, which I will be unpacking in today’s podcast. The two elements are employee breakthrough performance and culture of execution.
Execution requires a discipline of habits and system. Habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. Tony Robbins says: It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently. Thus habit can be formed and extinguished.
Self-discipline is the base for disciplined leadership. Here is a simple definition by writer Samuel Thomas Davies “Self-discipline is about leaning into resistance. Taking action in spite of how you feel. Living a lifestyle by design, not by default. But most importantly, it’s acting in accordance with your thoughts – not your feelings.”
My version. “It’s not about how I feel, it’s about what I need to do in spite of resistance and feelings. It is leading-managing self, first by design to my Constancy of Purpose.”
Disciplined leadership is a requirement to visibly scale the organization on breakthrough performance and the culture or habits of execution. It requires the leader-manager to communicate constantly and consistently as well as teach and demonstrate the prioritized habits. They need to have system is in place to reinforce and reward the use of prioritized habits.
John C Maxwell says: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing
Disciplined leadership for Keeping Right Performance on Track includes:
- A consistency in words and deeds to the purpose and values of the organization
- Providing clarity for focused execution
- Communicating what’s important (vital few) 1,000 times
- Constantly connecting the why to the how for work to be seen as meaningful
- Using supportive and directive behaviors for relationship and results – Being a Situational Leader-Manager
- Following the 2-Rhythm – relationship & accountability
- Following the 2-Rules of Feedback – positive feedback & advice
- Following the Rule of Subtracting – courage to say no and taking things off employee’s plates for focused execution
- Helping employees find their intrinsic motivation (Will) and equipping them on the new How to new goals and projects and roles
I always say to myself and other leader-managers: “There is no good or bad day for your role as leader-manager, there is only the same day living the 4P and 4T.”
Peter Drucker said: To do the most good requires saying no to pressures to stray, and the discipline to stop doing what does not fit. To me that’s the principle behind the act of subtracting.
Thank you for being with me, pausing and listening to my language. I will leave you with this saying to wrap up today’s podcast: “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.”
Be Well