Intentional vs Reactionary

Some of the executive leadership at Access EForms, an industry leading technology company, share simple, yet profound disciplines they subscribe to. The effect on their production, as well as the organization fuels their ability to build momentum daily, and iteratively provide solutions to the industry. Moving the needle forward and go home with a smile on your face, can be a simple, but important accomplishment and we all want to be important. On the show, Access EForms CEO Tim Elliott, COO Davin Marceau, VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate, kick off a discussion on the concept of “Intentional vs Reactionary”, hosted by Customer Account Manager Reid Howells. See more from Access EForms in the show notes below: (1:01) Difference between Intentional versus Reactionary from CEO’s perspective and how being intentional being choice. There is a struggle associated with addressing individuals and their effect on the organization. COO Davin Marceau believes there is a true correlation to that concept by being a mindset challenge. (2:19) Busy versus being productive, as the individual responsible for strategy of an organization, you can get pulled into fire drills. VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate acknowledges that emails and those tasks are important, but can sabotage your strategic efforts. The physical feelings at the end of the work day are markedly different from the effect of either of being reactionary versus intentional. (3:29) When your partner asks about your day, you answer with “being busy” but nothing in particular comes to mind odds are it was a reactionary day. Most of the tasks you’re addressing aren’t energy producers, they drain your energy if you’re doing them at the wrong time of the day. (4:46) How do you rid yourself of being flooded by others personal emergencies, as a leader? (5:17) VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate asks about time blocking, the answer may surprise you - coming from the CEO. Tim addresses when he’s most creative, most productive related to tasks and a clear picture of what spells out accomplishment. (6:31) What gets your mind right on the ride home from work? COO Davin talks about podcasts and how that has helped with knowing where his mind is at the beginning of the day. Versus sports talk radio. (7:15) What is it about discipline that adds the most fuel to your day? VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate poses the question to former Army Ranger COO Davin Marceau. (8:15) Examples of being reactionary or intentional, VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate talks about needing to put thought to pricing, video, or email in the creative framework and the role that creative product plays into the larger picture. Reactionary examples are more from the posture of answering email or customer needs that are much more pressing. (10:20) VP of Strategy & Innovation Cody Strate outlines his day based on a Productivity Journal and helps him to produce the framework around his creative thought. This practice is executed by being very intentional the day before and even the (11:29) COO Davin Marceau talks more about making research notes, then quantifying whether or not they make it to his Trello board for action item. He even romances the idea of moving his tasks to the “done pile”. (12:31) CEO Tim Elliott admits that standing in front of the white board, or wading a post-it note that gets thrown in the trash equates to Davin’s Trello board’s “done pile”. (14:02) The value of vacation and taking a mental break. How does a hard-charger and type-A accomplish the implementation of this concept? (14:45) Crawl. Walk. Run. Do not look at your phone or email for 25 minutes and focus on one specific task. That gets your in a rhythm where you can develop the momentum necessary to create a new productive habit. (15:31) How ever you record your day - be sure to focus on measuring what got done. (15:46) CEO Tim Elliott talks about the value of focusing your attention at two things for one day. Measure how effective you were at the end of the day and choose two for the next. Each time you do this, the “stacking” of the tasks being done at the end of the week will give you energy. (17:07) Even as support personal, you may have the function in your job that is reactionary, but be sure to block the time and think like a leader (17:39) As a leader, it’s important to communicate the need for space in the day for people to be intentional with their time. We all strive to go home with a smile on our face each day and to feel important - everyone wants to be important, and we want to provide opportunities for folks to accomplish that. Subscribe and Follow to Maintain the “Leadership Mindset” Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AccessEFM/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Access_eforms?s=20 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessefm/ In this episode: Tim Elliott, CEO, Access EForms - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-elliott-b84b39a/ Davin Marceau, COO, Access EForms - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davinmarceau/ Cody Strate, VP of Strategy & Innovation, Access EForms - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-strate-26543412/ Reid Howells, Customer Account Manager -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-howells-0091a5124/