Your True  Hourly Wage is not what you are paid but how much you get to keep and use. In this episode, I breakdown how to get to this important number. Be careful, though. This knowledge may lead to serious changes in your decision-making!

Systems eat willpower for breakfast.

In A3 problem solving, a robust implementation planning process ensures the required tasks are defined, but also the SPA (single point of accountability), a timeline, measurement, and checks/reviews. In this episode, we dive in to tools to build strong implementation plans to get from your current state to your desired future state.

Learn:

* How to select the right elements to measure

* What is Leader Standard Work and how it can focus your activities

* How to build in accountability

* The 4 keys to taking action.

Once you’ve defined the vision of your ideal future state, it’s time to figure out how to get from your current state to that future state.  Learn how to seize that opportunity by identifying the key enablers that will move you forward by adapting the “5 Whys” approach from A3 problem-solving.

Defining your ideal future state creates clarity and simplifies decision making.

There is a powerful exchange between Alice (in Wonderland ) and the Cheshire Cat:

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

Learn how to craft a powerful statement that will drive growth and move you forward.

A3 Thinking is a fantastic tool in the Lean toolbox. It is also elegantly simple and extremely useful in making change in your career/life. The first step in the A3 process is to determine your Current State. It’s tough to get where you want to go without first understanding where you stand now.

In this episode outlines 2 tools to help evaluate your current state: the Personal SWOT and the VITALS check.

Gemba – this is a phrase I learned from the Lean world. “Go to where the real process happens”. If you want to know how things work, you need to get up and go to the actual place where the work is done, then observe, ask questions and learn. Try a Gemba Walk for the questions you have about your career and your life. Go and See, don’t Sit and Wish!

Routines are a powerful tool in keeping you focused and moving you forward. Learn how to use routines to set you free. Committing to a new routine might be the key to jumpstart your efforts.

We’ve never been through this before. Build resilience to get through the “first times”.

Two part structure to help achieve your 2020 goals