Rod Davis
Objective > Gameplan > Execution (in that order)
Simple really, you don’t have to be a tech head to learn that one. Still, most people screw it up, me too… and I should know better. Each aspect is as important as the next and they must be taken in order. That order is key, and is the most common mistake when it comes to achieving what you originally set out to do.
It does not matter if you want to do the America’s Cup, race in this
year’s Commodore’s Cup, win the club championships, or fly to the moon. Objective > Game Plan > Execution. In that order! Objectives need to be clear, definable, realistic and thus achievable.
Once you have objectives, write them in big letters and put them up on the wall so that everyone can see them. Kinda ‘this is who we want to be’. Next comes the gameplan, the mechanics of achieving the objectives,
including a timetable of milestones. If the objective relies on other key people then you need to get them involved here. Not people who will work under you for you, no ‘yes men’. We need to flush out the opposing views in the gameplan. Like a war game, we do this to set up that. All good but to go to the final… oh wait, Ralph, one of my non-yes
men, just pointed out this won’t work because there is not enough time to finish part one before moving onto part two. Time and money are about the two biggest obstacles in anything in life. Don’t blindly believe the first gameplan you come up with will be
robust enough… or the best. It might take version five before you are really happy that it is the best you can do to achieve those objec- tives on the wall above you. Don’t rush it; think it all the way through to the end. Then write up the gameplan (this is really the blueprint of how you are going to meet your objectives) on the wall under the objectives – smaller font but easy to ready from anywhere in the room. That bit’s important.
28 SEAHORSE Situations may change, so gameplans may have to change. If the
situation has shifted enough to modify a well thought-out gameplan it will be well worth repainting the new plan for all to see and play towards. Finally we are down to execution: roll up your sleeves, the hard
part is about to start. Namely taking that flawless (at least no flaws we could find!) gameplan and making it happen. Nothing left out, nothing left on the table or discarded, and make it happen within the agreed timetable. The bigger the objectives are the more you rely on others, and the
slicker you need to be – communication, motivation, monitoring progress, delegation, trust, ownership and all that stuff book upon book are filled with. The best game plan always fails miserably without great execution. Although the three are equal in importance Objective > Gameplan
> Execution; in terms of effort, it goes Objective 30%, Gameplan 40%, Execution 100%. Let’s talk real life. The OK Worlds are in Auckland in February 2019
and I am taking them on. Objective: to be the best I can be to compete at the Worlds and
beyond. Don’t have a clue if that means I will be in the top 10, 20 or 30. I do know, however, that I am 40 years too late to compete against the up-and-comers in the class. I also know I want to tick all the boxes that I can, and be the best I can be for the event.
Gameplan – broken down into four parts 1) Boat Build the best boat possible (12 months ago I had a very good boat but then I had ideas to make it even better, so I did, with plenty of time, seven months, to work out any issues). 2)Mast and sailsWith the OK you think of these as one. Mast and sail might just be more important than the boat. So any serious OK
MAX RANCHI
GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
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