Cultivate Excellence
Most failures don’t happen because we don’t know what to do. They happen because someone forgot, skipped a step, or made a bad assumption.
The job of a leader is to develop operational muscle memory through simple processes/frameworks...A way to make sure the basics happen every single time, even under pressure, even with smart people.
That's the job of a leader - building systems where excellence is repeatable.
So the next time a project derails or a deal falls through, don’t just post-mortem the mistake.
Ask: What checklist would have made this a non-issue?
Ideas are easy. Execution is hard. Systems make execution easier.