Herm Edwards

One of my favorite NFL analysts is Herman “Herm” Edwards. He played professional football for nine years, coached the game for eighteen years, and has been an analyst for the last seven years. He was known as one of the first of a new generation of coaches who used leadership principles to coach and develop his players. I absolutely love hearing him talk about the game; about coaching, teamwork, personal responsibility, and the occasional “Hermism” that makes me smile.

With the NFL season just around the corner, Herm was a guest recently on our local sports radio station. While talking about the quarterback position, he made a statement along these lines:

This isn’t a passing league; it’s a completion league.

In other words, it doesn’t matter how many passes a quarterback attempts. What matters is how many he completes.

We can apply that to our work as leaders, too, can’t we? It doesn’t matter how many goals we set; what matters is how many we successfully achieve. It doesn’t matter how many hours we work; what matters is what we accomplish in those hours. It doesn’t matter how many projects we start; what matters is how many we see through to the end.

How are you measuring success? By the “passes” you attempt, or those you complete?

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Photo credit: 2015-08-21 15.17.26, by Brian Cantoni and used with Creative Commons license.