Great leaders are purposeful action-takers; this means they don't get bogged down in the sometimes overwhelming amount of work on their desks – they purposefully work towards the achievement of their defined goal, whatever it may be. Great managers don't try to do more things – they focus on doing the right things, and in getting them done. Becoming a purposeful action-taker is a process, with both organizational and personal parts. The personal part is to become a purposeful action-taker yourself; the organizational part is fostering purposeful action-taking in your corporation, so the manager can actually be a purposeful action-taker, and lead his or her employees to be the same.

CONTENTS

Introduction

The Personal Dimension

The Organizational Dimension

Purposeful Action-Taking

The Frenzied

The Procrastinators

The Detached

The Purposeful

Develop Your Energy and Focus

Build Your Reserves of Willpower

Align Your Emotions with Your Goals

Overcome the Traps of Inaction

Overwhelming Demands

Unbearable Constraints

Unexplored Options

Taking Action at the Corporate Level

Overcome Internal Challenges

Weave Action-Taking into the Culture

Give Your People the Freedom to Act