Captive Adaptations

The topic I want to write about today encompasses many spheres of thought. Lets think about Planning and Execution for a moment. How many times have we succeeded, in executing all the good ideas or plans we come across in our daily lives, I think the problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do, but the absence of doing it. Everybody’s alibi, Lack of time. Well, I wrote about it on this blog here.
However, some of the Elementary questions I still need to get answers for are listed below.

• Is Execution just about setting clear goals and priorities ?
• Is it about the “Power Questions” and following through ?
• Is it about the “Personal Product” and Capability ?
• Is it about the “Responsibility” and Rewards ?
• Is it about Introspecting everyday, learning & making those small changes ?

It might be a combination of all of the above, but maybe deliberating here in a much smaller scope might give us some answers. Lets focus our topic on one gap which we so often encounter, finding the right resources for any initiative. The plan is always there, to get the best candidates who will embark on owning the initiative and delivering the goods. But the challenge of finding and retaining good talent can be surmounted only by executing it right.

What does it mean by “executing it right”? To me the challenge of finding and retaining the right people is simple. Go by the attitude of the person, rather than the intelligence or skills of the person. I think gaining the attitudes of tenacity and resilience take a much longer time, than gaining hot skills, but may be that depends on individuals, being a techie I think the skills may be easily acquired.

Is this true in general, however ? How much does Attitude matter over Intelligence or Skills, in matters related to Execution ?

Is it the Team’s Collective Intelligence or the Team’s Collective Attitude that overcomes any gap between Planning and Execution ?

Can attitude be imbibed in people through training, is the attitude of the subordinate truly influenced by the attitude of the leader ?

In short is it all about having a Mighty Heart ?