The 4 Disciplines of Execution - Book Study 2022-23 by Piedad Kaye https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d en-us 2022-08-11 20:59:06 UTC 2025-09-26 16:06:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Routines, structures, and daily behaviors (no matter how small) are critical to goal attainment or establishing positive habits that lead to results. It is the "slight edge" mentality. Take small positive actions each day. If, like my son, you want to learn piano, then practice 10-15 minutes daily. This habit and daily practice compounded over time leads to skillful play. He began in April and has not missed a day. He knows several songs now and often practices beyond the ten minutes that he set for himself. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259814315 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259814315 The pen is quick but does not lead to lasting results or allegiance to a leader's desired action. Behavioral change strategies take more effort, attention, and consensus building but will garner stronger results. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259815370 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259815370 The Whirlwind is just that. A storm that can't be avoided. It is all of the tasks, emergencies, and duties that must be performed to keep the organization afloat. What I have learned is that I need to schedule time for the Big Rocks. The actions, like thinking through the WIGs and designing a pathway towards goal attainment, that will keep the focus on the target that beckons. I am going to add "Get Wiggy With It" to my schedule next week for three one-hour sessions next week so I can further develop my thinking and progress towards writing these goals. And when that scheduled time comes up, it is up to me to step out of the Whirlwind and focus on the goal. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259819881 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259819881 4DX is the protocol for execution. Goals without specific actions are worthless. It serves as a check-in for our teams to ensure we are on our way to the LAG. If we wait until the LAG measure to determine whether we are winning, it is too late. 4DX works in tandem, all disciplines intertwine and compliment each other. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259821536 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259821536 The graphic on page 25 caused me to pause and reflect. I am in the process of writing 4 WIGs (Science, Social Studies, ELA Units, & Heggerty) and the chart states 4- 10 goals leads to 1-2 achieved with excellence. The author suggests a focus on 2-3 because it creates a winnable scenario. If everything is wildly important, nothing is. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259823653 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259823653 LAG is an autopsy and the measure is typically out of your control. Leads are behaviors you can control and when done consistently, should positively influence your LAG. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259824349 MC]]> 2022-08-12 13:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2259824349 granadae https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266588982 You can't move all the dials at once.  It doesn't work.  You get failed initiatives.  This is the less is more approach.  I think this is what Fullan said in Nurance in his "go slow to go fast" approach. EFG]]> 2022-08-21 16:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266588982 granadae https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266589410 An elephant is too big to eat. You have to do it a bite at a time. It is the same in a long Kayak trip. You can't look at the end goal. It's too overwhelming. You need to look at the lead indicators...paddle to the next drop and have a snack....paddle to the forest preserve and stretch. Follow the lead indicators to get you to the end of your long trip. EFG]]> 2022-08-21 16:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266589410 granadae https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266589836 There is no doubt that the whirlwind sucks the life out of administrators. It is that discipline the lead indicators that will get us through the storm. EFG]]> 2022-08-21 16:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266589836 Whirlwind: A Thought granadae https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266591100 One of the things I did reflect on in the book was the story of the factory that always had broken equipment. They couldn't even begin to get where they needed to go with everything always broken. They didn't have the infrastructure. This became the WIG. I do think we need to look at the sub crisis through this lens. Simply put...administrators can't keep themselves out of the whirlwind without a working infrastructure when parks break down. I think a future WIG probably needs to address this. Thoughts?]]> 2022-08-21 16:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2266591100 hervasj https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2270875274 Lag measures are summative assessments. They only inform of what has already happened. They do not generate a change of course. It is too late to do anything about it.
Lead measures are the formative assessments that show you if you are going on the right track and if you are meeting the milestones to reach your goals.
JEH
]]> 2022-08-25 02:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2270875274 hervasj https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2270881220 This is something I can relate to. Sit down at a restaurant, open the menu, flip through a hundred pages, and can’t decide what to order. This phenomenon is known as paradox of choice. When humans are giving a multitude of choices, it is a lot harder to make one. If you have a to do list with several items, it can be difficult to know where to start. If you have one or two things to do, you only have one or two things to do. If you only have one or two goals, you will focus on them because there are no distractions.
JEH
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The whirlwind is all the things that happen on a daily basis that cannot be anticipated or perhaps out of someone’s control. Some examples are: the teacher that has a nervous breakdown, the bathroom that gets a clogged pipe, the parent who forgets to pick up their child, the substitute teacher who does not show up to school, etc. 
A lot of the school day is spent managing the whirlwind. It needs to be taken care of because issues usually don’t solve themselves but they don’t add value or don’t get you closer to the goal/s.
JEH
]]> 2022-08-25 02:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2270889329 granadae https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2273405049 Stroke of the pen are the easiest to solve. Often times this can help with the short-term whirlwind problems. However, this does not solve the longer term, larger behavioral changes that produce lasting change. IE: You can buy new special ed software for the classroom....but your long-term recruiting effort to secure the best sped teachers is what is going to produce the most change. EFG]]> 2022-08-27 14:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2273405049 I think the focus of the book talks about "focus." How do we keep goals and initiatives at the center of what we do and how we make decisions. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2307636994 2022-09-21 22:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2307636994 These are daily activities that must be addressed but are not urgent. But sometimes the whirlwind may become a WIG and then fixed, and returned to the whirlwind. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383355954 2022-11-14 17:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383355954 Without discipline, the whirlwind will take over and the WIGS will become less important. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383487686 2022-11-14 19:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383487686 Behavioral strategies are used to change actual behavior and motivate staff to buy into the process. Stroke of the pen means someone may just be compliant because they are required to. There is very little buy in and intrinsic motivation. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383490776 2022-11-14 19:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383490776 These are daily activities (management activities) that are critical to running a school and must be addressed. They could include email, meetings, parent drop in, phone calls, paperwork and student conferences. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383493704 2022-11-14 19:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2383493704 Focussing on a few goals is much more effective and easier toi execute. They talk of adjusting too many dials at once. You cannot forget about all the dials and the whirlwind, but to move the needle only a few WIGS should be written. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400457669 2022-11-28 15:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400457669 Many times we focus too much on the LAG measures and put energy and resources into analyzing these type of measures. After establishing the WIGS the energy needs to be on the LEAD measures. When concentrating on the LEADS, the LAG measures will follow. In education terms: what can improve reading scores (KPI's) is more important than looking at the end of the year data and how students did on IAR or MAP. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400464293 2022-11-28 15:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400464293 LEADs you can control, effect or manipulate. LAGs are the end goal to tell you if your LEADS are working. petrolinea https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400466073 2022-11-28 16:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2400466073 The whirlwind are the activities you do everyday but not a WIG. These activities are important and need to get done but are not a high priority or not high leverage toward your WIG. https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2404031848 2022-11-30 18:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kayep1/yrxd4f51jca9654d/wish/2404031848