You know we’re always talking about the execution and that nothing else is more important to drive business results than that. Obviously execution is about getting things done and the question then is rather who is executing?

I read the result from this survey from our friends at McKinsey & Co. where they found that there’s been a shift in how individual leaders lead during the past year. Respondents say that during the crisis, they have seen far more leaders focus on monitoring individual performance. This is a trail you have to walk carefully though. Leaders going micro managing and monitoring progress on activity are up for some problems.

As the respondents in this survey also notices it’s really about inspiring others and defining expectations and rewards. We talk about this as a manager’s duty to monitor and measure performance but really manage potential. Helping individuals on the right track to get all their inherit talent to propel the business forward. The more you use your talent potential the more output and the more it grows. No one really signed up for doing only part of what they can anyway. Anyway hopefully we got some good coming out of this current storm are the same ones they say will help their companies thrive in the future. The right people want to get it done so help them with that or get out of their way. If they don’t then yes you change that or you get them out of their way.