West Point Graduate Becky Margiotta Thought She Would Get an A for Effort Instead of Managing Outcomes

<p>Cofounder and owner of<a href="https://www.billionsinstitute.com/"> The Billions Institute, LLC</a></p> <p><a href="https://markgraban.com/mistake179">Episode page with video, transcript, and more</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #179 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-margiotta/">Becky Margiotta</a>. She is the author of the book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3wxb8ur"><em>Impact with Integrity: Repairing the World Without Breaking Yourself</em></a>, a cofounder and owner of<a href="https://www.billionsinstitute.com/"> The Billions Institute, LLC</a>, and the host of the <a href="http://www.unleashingsocialchange.com/">Unleashing Social Change Podcast</a>.</p> <p>In this episode, Becky tells her favorite mistake story about thinking she would get an “A” for effort when working toward a bold goal of getting 100,000 homeless people into homes. Why did she “lose track of the outcomes” and how did she adjust and get back on track?</p> <p>We also talk about questions and topics including:</p> <ul> <li>What was the approach for reducing homelessness?</li> <li>Looking at measures more continuously along the way</li> <li><a href="https://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/Completed/5MillionLivesCampaign/Documents/Overview%20of%20the%20100K%20Campaign.pdf">100,00 lives campaign</a> connection through IHI</li> <li>“Here’s what you’re doing wrong…” actually better ways to say it?</li> <li>Story about how people don’t want the answer…</li> <li>Leadership lessons from the Army and Special Operations that are transferrable?</li> <li>Outcomes focus? Commander’s intent? (<a href="https://amzn.to/3AUiiLW">McChrystal book</a>)</li> <li>“Mission first, troops always”</li> <li>“First woman to command special operations…”</li> <li>Tell us about the Unleashing Social Change podcast</li> </ul> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/favorite-mistake/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/favorite-mistake/suppor