Topic: "Discovering Execution - The Ultimate Gamechanger
What does it mean to “discover” execution when everyone knows what execution is?
It means transforming a vague notion of execution as a good skill to have into realizing how critical and radical mastering execution can be for both individuals and organizations in terms of what they can and do accomplish.
A distinguished consultant and executive coach, Gary Tomlinson puts his lifelong learning and 50 years of experience to work helping senior executives discover, apply, and manage “execution.” Designed to bridge the huge gap between planning and implementation, Gary’s unique approach has helped guide many organizations on the journey to execution excellence as a competency.
Key takeaways: the audience will learn...
- Until one discovers execution, there is nothing to manage.
- Execution happens at an individual level.
- About leadership through the lens of execution.
- The four ways execution breaks down in an organization.
- About the execution cycle – this one practice can transform both individuals and organizations.
Gary’s Biography:
Having founded six successful businesses, Gary is well versed in the areas of entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational execution, and communication; and he speaks regularly on such subjects, including lecturing at North Carolina State University’s College of Management for over 30 years. His two favorite keynote topics are: Discovering Execution – The Key to High Performance Organizations and Art of Telling – Communicating Your Way to the Top. At the core of each talk, Gary’s guiding mission is that the golden rule not only makes good moral sense, but it makes good business sense too.
From the time he was an operating room technician more than 50 years ago, Gary saw the value in learning by doing, as well as by teaching. Later, as the youngest pioneer of US Surgical stapling instruments, he went the extra mile for his customers by providing one-on-one training, in-service programs, and workshops.
In 1978, when Gary co-founded his second business, a medical equipment home care company, he capitalized on his teaching skills and love of learning to create corporate culture that thrived on team work, collaboration, community learning, and outside experts – concepts that were unheard of at the time.
When Gary founded Med Covers, Inc., a medical manufacturing company in 1984, his creative thinking and leadership philosophy had a profound impact on the firm and its growth. By adopting a unique objective – “to lead and do business with the human spirit as the firm’s primary customer” – it became clear that it valued and built on its core competencies. This, in turn, enabled Med Covers to obtain and retain their customers – and drive profits.
Gary is a founding board member of Comfort Zone Camp of North Carolina, a bereavement camp for children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver.