> > A certain family has been disturbed by a group of mice for a long time, so they bought a big cat that is fierce and good at catching mice. As a result, the mice fell into deep trouble. One day, they got together to discuss how to solve this confidant. It is definitely impossible to hunt big cats, but it is possible to detect the whereabouts of big cats and take precautions early. >

> > One of the mice proposed to hang a bell around the big cat's neck. As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into applause, and everyone thought it was a great idea. >

> > At this moment, a low voice came from the corner: "But, who is going to hang the bell?" >

The famous management scientist Thomas Peter once said: "A suitable strategy, if not implemented effectively, will lead to the failure of the entire strategy; effective implementation can not only ensure the success of a suitable strategy, but also save an unfortunate one. appropriate strategy, or reduce losses.”

It can be seen how important execution is to an organization

What is executive power?

Execution refers to the operational ability to implement strategic intentions and accomplish predetermined goals.

For example, if success is a door and an idea is a key, then execution is the process of inserting the key into the keyhole and turning it open.

Without this step, everything is empty talk.

Therefore, in an enterprise, the first element to measure whether an employee is excellent is whether he completes the task on time, in quality and quantity. Ensuring the completion of tasks is the most basic professional quality of an employee. No matter how difficult the conditions are, we will implement it without making excuses, and complete the task no matter what.

Jack Ma once said: "Compared with first-class ideas and third-class execution, I prefer third-class ideas and first-class execution."

So, a business always has to do two things: strategy and execution. Often, strategy is relevant to only a few decision makers. And execution is related to almost everyone, and it is the normal state of everyone's work every day.

There is no doubt that execution is of unparalleled importance for individuals, teams and businesses. It should be said that first-class execution makes first-class employees, first-class employees make first-class teams, and first-class teams make first-class enterprises.

So, how to build executive power?

Leaders must first become leaders in execution

Why do leaders need to be the top performers? Ramcharan, a professor at Harvard Business School, said: "The purpose of leadership development 'execution' is to provide a good example for the organization, so that the organization can form a culture of knowing and doing, which in turn promotes the improvement of the execution level of leaders at all levels."

Dell's success can largely be attributed to the execution of its founder, Mr. Michael Dell. After he has determined a strategy, he will personally go into battle and lead the entire company to implement it thoroughly.

It can be said that the behavior of the leader determines the behavior of the subordinates. Therefore, to improve team execution, business leaders must first make themselves a leader in execution.

Set clear goals

Execution has three driving forces: goals, interests, and crises.

Why are employees not being able to execute? Because there is no direction and goal, I don't know where to go, and I don't know what result I want to achieve.

Without goals in life, it is equivalent to eating and waiting for death; without goals in work, you can only live by. Therefore, if you want to have high execution, first of all, you must have a clear goal.

If there is a goal, there will be hope, and if there is hope, there will be motivation.

Develop a clear reward and punishment plan

As we all know, before anyone does something, they want to clearly understand what kind of reward they will get after doing it well, and what kind of punishment they will get if they don’t do it well. Therefore, in the process of performing a job, be sure to give team members a clear indication of the reward and punishment plan for doing this.

According to the four methods of positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, non-reinforcement and punishment for shaping behavior in psychology, it can be seen that if a company wants to stimulate the potential of employees, it is essential to formulate a clear reward and punishment plan, and the building of executive power is no exception.

Interest and crisis are two of the three drivers of execution.

Interest, that is, positive reinforcement, plays the role of positive guidance and stimulation; while crisis is equivalent to negative reinforcement and punishment, that is, through the method of negative stimulation, to achieve positive expected results.

When there is reward, there is motivation; when there is punishment, there is pressure. Motivation and pressure are both effective ways to improve execution.

Find clear enforcement guidelines

Often in the workplace, we will see employees who have a good attitude and work hard, but always have insufficient execution. When asked, they found that they had no idea what the final standard of execution was.

Therefore, in the process of execution, they either can't start all the time, or they start blindly and execute according to their own preferences and personalities, and the final results are very different from their expectations.

For example, the company needs to carry out 5S inspection, and the administrative manager requires employees to wear shirts tomorrow, otherwise they will be fined 100 yuan. On the second day, all the employees wore shirts, but they were all different. In the end, they were deducted points because of the inconsistent image. Although the administrative manager explained the matter, but did not give a clear standard, so the final implementation did not achieve the effect.

Establish clear accountability

In a team, there will always be some employees who cannot keep up with the progress of the team and hinder the team. How do you treat these people? Open one eye and close one eye, or teach them how to do it? Or dismiss them outright?

Treating these employees must not be lenient. Every employee has a certain responsibility for their own work. No matter whether this responsibility is an active sense of responsibility or a passive sense of responsibility, as long as they are in this position, they must take it. This must be established at the beginning of every job.

Bill Gates said, "A person can be not great, but he can't be irresponsible."

In execution, respect for accountability is critical, and accountability is key throughout the action plan. Only when each member takes his responsibility and completes the task can the smooth execution of the overall action be guaranteed.

Develop a strict management system

A system is an organization and group that requires members to abide by the rules of work and the code of conduct.

As the saying goes: "No rules, no square."

The system is like a stove in winter. If you don’t touch it, it will bring warmth. Once you touch it, you will be scalded.

The system is an important guarantee for the implementation of various tasks. An unsound enterprise system will inevitably lead to low execution.

Ensure effective communication

Communication can be smooth, 98% of the conflicts come from misunderstandings, and 98% of the misunderstandings are due to the lack of effective communication! Teacher Ju Hai Chengjie said: "Management is communication. The management of an enterprise is communication in the past, communication now, and communication in the future."

With good communication, there will be efficient execution. If the subordinates are not clear about the ideas and goals of the superiors, and do not dare to ask, the implementation will be completely different.

Effective communication is essential for a team to perform well. Effective communication can not only improve execution, but also improve cohesion and save time and cost.

Have reasonable guidance and supervision

According to the statistics of the US "Fortune" magazine, only 10% of the strategies formulated by enterprises are effectively implemented, and more than 70% of the strategies that fail are due to execution problems.

Every enterprise is emphasizing execution power, but neglects the guiding power in execution. As a leader, if you can't effectively guide your subordinates, how can your subordinates implement the strategy? How is the execution ability reflected?

Therefore, when carrying out work, leaders should give subordinates some methods to achieve their goals, and give continuous guidance during the implementation process, so as to ensure that the results of implementation meet the standards.

At the same time, reasonable inspection and supervision are also required. Kazuo Inamori said that in order for employees to perform correctly and efficiently, they must monitor the progress of their work at all times.

Everything is result oriented

I'm sure everyone has heard such a story.

> > There are two very strange guys, one keeps digging holes, the other keeps filling holes behind, the person in front digs one and the person behind fills in. Passers-by are very puzzled, what are they doing, so they ask, what are they doing? One of them replied: "We are planting trees, my job is to dig soil, his job is to fill the soil, the guy who put the saplings is on leave today." >

After listening to this story, everyone will think that these two people are silly and funny at first. However, when we think about it, do we often encounter such two people in the process of work execution, thinking that as long as we complete our own work, even if the execution is strong, as everyone knows, it does not produce any value for the results.

Teacher Ju Hai Chengjie said: "Hard work without credit, everything is in vain." Execution is to turn our strategy into results. In other words, the core of execution is that everything is result-oriented.

Build a culture of execution

Barney Wick, former chairman of ABB in the United States, said: "5% of a company's success lies in its strategy and 95% in its execution." Without execution, a company will have no competitiveness.

Of course, if you want to build the executive power of your employees and teams, you should also work on building an “execution culture” within your company.

Only when employees and teams maintain a high degree of unity with leaders in terms of mission, vision, values ​​and corporate culture, and that they are concentric and resonate at the same frequency, can they achieve all arrows and improve organizational execution.

Employees with high executive power must be the backbone of the enterprise. How can such employees be obtained? There are two ways: one is to cultivate; the other is to attract. Teacher Ju Hai Chengjie said: "Excellent leaders are not limited to their own excellence, but to cultivate more excellent talents and use people who are more powerful than themselves." Cultivation is a long-term process. The premise of attracting is that the team itself is very executive. Therefore, to build executive power, leaders must lead by example in order to cultivate and attract more executive talents.