Our newsletter article this week hit home with me.
You see, last month Xcution officially landed in the # 2 spot for the 2011 Fastest Growing Businesses. I caught myself thinking "Wait a second. In all of Houston...Could this actually be true? We were just hoping for a top 10."
Then I thought... "holly crap, what did we do right? Let's keep doing that!" After a week or two, I finally settled down, and remembered that it was because we pushed the status quo of strategic execution...
We delivered accountability structures inside Fortune 100 companies that allowed organizations to capture the deemed "unattainable" business opportunities. That allowed "failed" teams to strive. That allowed managers to break through the performance ceiling. Lastly, we moved organizations because we partnered with those that believed it was possible - the "We go or No go" rule.
We are not just going to sit. Time to take it to the next level....I hope to hell we fail a few times...giddy up.
"I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?""
- General George S. Patton
Sincerely,
Jane Henry
Co-Founding Partner
