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Decide! The One Common Denominator of All Great Leaders by Gino Wickman 24 input on the successes and failures that this particular With an open and honest organization, the Issues List individual had. I was able to weigh out the good and the becomes a device and a discipline to keep all of your issues bad, and realize that this was not the right position for this out in the open and organized in one place. There should person. The hardest thing I had to do was let him go. He be three types of Issues Lists in your organization: was one terrifc guy, but just not in the right seat and I was not helping him by keeping him on. 1. Long-term Issues Lists: These are company issues that can be shelved beyond ninety days. These issues “I was hurting myself and the company by not accepting are tackled in future meetings. The issues that aren’t a this reality and by throwing my focus onto one individual big enough priority for this week or this quarter must be rather than developing my team. Since then, I’ve replaced stored somewhere so that you don’t lose sight of them—a him with someone who not only gets the culture and the back parking lot, if you will. The long-term Issues List is service aspect but cares about and drives the numbers! the place for those issues. The reason for sequestering We found the round peg! He is always willing and wanting them is that you don’t want them bogging you down by to learn and be better, and with an open mind. He’s in the being on one of the following short-term Issues Lists. right seat! He wants it, he gets it, and he has the capacity! This long-term Issues List will include issues as diverse as new product ideas, key employee issues, technology “This decision was a turning point for me. I learned to trust needs, offce relocation, capital needs, and the need for HR my leadership team. I learned I could count on them to policies. They go there if this isn’t the quarter to solve them back up my decisions and help me with the tough aspects because you have bigger fsh to fry. of my job when I doubt I can do them alone. It was the frst time I went to the team for advice on a big change in 2. Weekly leadership team Issues Lists: The time the company, and though this took a very long time to do, frame on these items is much shorter. These are all of the it helped me to trust my team.” relevant issues for this week and quarter that must be www.eosworldwide.com