You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader by Mark Sanborn

Author:Mark Sanborn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780385520102
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2006-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

LEADERSHIP ACTION POINTS

ELIMINATE ACTIVITIES THAT DON’T ADD VALUE

None of us has more than twenty-four hours in each day. Your goal should be to spend as much of this precious resource as possible on the things that are important to you.

Have you attended a meeting in the past week that was a complete waste of time? If you find yourself in the midst of a meeting with no payoff to you or the other participants, excuse yourself to attend to a more pressing matter (and at that point, any matter qualifies). Better yet, work to avoid such meetings altogether.

The great advancements of history came about as a result of the ways individuals used their resources: their time and expertise, and the time and expertise of others.

How you manage those precious resources will determine how effective you are in life—whatever your title.

IDENTIFY YOUR MVP ACTIVITIES

In sports, “MVP” stands for Most Valuable Player. For leaders, I use MVP differently. When applied to leadership, MVP activities are those that are Most Valuable and Profitable.

If you’re like me, you do fifty, seventy-five, or a hundred different things every day. The dilemma is that only a few of those activities really count for much.

What six to eight MVP activities give you the biggest payback on your investment of time and energy? Develop a list of your MVP activities….

Now work to spend 60 to 80 percent of each day doing them. You still have 20 to 40 percent of each day to deal with interruptions, requests, putting out fires, and emergencies that you couldn’t plan for.

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