Enhancing your Business Execution with Marc Lavallee

<p>74% of strategic plans are never executed, and 72% fail to get executed due to poor leadership. As if that’s not shocking enough, a study by Deloitte says that only 15% of employees know their corporate goals. In this episode, I have Marc Lavallee.</p> <p>Marc is an entrepreneur and a manager. He has spent nearly 25 years contributing to the success of large companies and high-growth start-ups. Analytic and structured, focused on developing and implementing strategic plans, its goal is to create a context for leaders to surpass themselves and for their teams to achieve great goals.</p> <p>Marc and I will have an in-depth conversation on execution in business. Grab a notebook and pen; you might need to take notes.</p> <p>What does great business execution involve?</p> <p>Execution starts by knowing where you want to go and having a goal. This will keep you focused on the right things that you need to contribute, and it will end up helping you align to your strategy.</p> <p>What is Great Leadership</p> <p>People often think that a leader is meant to be served. That is a wrong assumption. A leader is meant to serve the team through guidance, mentorship, and helping them become better people. A leader is to help those under him/her become better versions of themselves.</p> <p>Marc’s Inner Superpower</p> <p>Marc believes his superpower is his ability to identify super entrepreneurs. He has had opportunities to work with businesses that he first felt were such a difficult task, but in no time, he manages to bring out the best in the entrepreneurs, thus helping them shine.</p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p>[03:10] What is Mark involved with?</p> <p>[01:50] Execution in business</p> <p>[03:08] The three execution pillars</p> <p>[11:35] Benefits of Celery juice</p> <p>[18:34] Mark’s inner superpower</p> <p>[23:24] Advice to people wanting to get out of 9-5</p> <p>Quotable Quotes:</p> <p>“Define crazy goals that you stretch to the maximum to find a new way to grow.”</p> <p>“It takes a lot of discipline. It tak