Moran decided to focus on three core things:
Moran explains why priorities are so critical, “It seems obvious that a leader should focus on those things that are most important. But what is less obvious is how powerful it is to focus on only the very top priorities, all of the time. The top few priorities, in my experience, tend to be more important than all the rest put together. In other words, failing to advance one of the top priorities, and getting the next twenty right, is usually a worse result than getting the top few right, and nearly ignoring the next twenty. The key when picking priorities is finding the things that, if done well, will affect the most positive change in all areas of the company. Also, it is important to pick priorities you know can be improved and will have a long runway.”
In our Scaling Up February Summit, Monte shared how one person couldn’t do much to affect the business. He recognized by empowering others to be their best he could do much more than simply being HIS BEST. After spending time in the field, talking to his people, he realized the best way to make a difference was to make the manager position at Chipotle a great position. To do that he had to change the culture.
Moran decided to make his top priority, his One Thing Focus, building a team of empowered top performers: The result? A healthy culture.
Choosing Your Priorities
Don’t get discouraged choosing the same priorities each year or quarter. Just because they’re repetitive doesn’t mean they’re not your priority. I’ve seen remarkable growth and achievement when customers focus on the same One Thing each year.
How To
Choosing a Priority requires developing a set of activities to measure your success. Building a team of empowered top performers governed the majority of Monty’s actions. Early actions included:
Activities like these are the backbone of measuring your results. Use a dashboard to Measure activities to ensure your success.
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Growth demands Strategic Discipline.
Discipline sustains momentum, over a long period of time, laying the foundations for lasting endurance.
A winning habit starts with 3 Strategic Disciplines: Priority, Metrics and Meeting Rhythms.
Meeting Rhythms achieve a disciplined focus on performance metrics to drive growth.
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Monte Moran believed the general manager was the most important position at Chipotle. If every GM became a great leader, Monte knew Chipotle would have profound success. Why expectations are so important and how Monty achieved this through the Restaurateur Program next blog.