executive tips

In Search Of Perfection

I

am the perfect execu-
• Entrepreneur: This
tive.
"E" is the future, the look-
Or perhaps not!
ing ahead; not what you are
There is the personal
today, but what you need to
desire to feel you have
do. Without the E, there is
reached that perfect spot
no energy in the group or
where you have years of
person.
experience, a successful
(In later columns, we will
work life and, in some
examine in detail each of
cases, the gray hairs to
F. Kevin Browett these "people" and traits;
now say, "Yes, I am the
there is a brilliant side to
Columnist
perfect executive!"
each and a dark side to each
But here's a hint: No one
— balance is a key. Knowing
really is or will ever be. That is a fact
when to be a capital or a small A, P, I
that has been spelled out in more busi- and E is a must for the perfect execu-
ness books and journals then I care to
tive.)
share. Here is the key fact: The perfect
By combining these elements, you
executive creates the perfect team and have the perfect executive and then
sees that a balance of the following
can deal with the critical balance of
skills exist based on the Adizes system what is most important to you and
your company during any
given time frame.
Producer: The one who can get it done.
You need to gain these
Integrator: The person/skill that brings people
various skills over time;
and teams together.
even if you're not an
Administrator: The rulebook keeper; the people/
expert, you at least need
to
have the seed of each
skills that focus on the rule of process.
in
your executive toolkit if
Entrepreneur: The future, the looking ahead.
perfection is your goal.
The one essential ele-
(Corporate Lifecycles: How And Why
ment for any successful executive is
Organizations Grow And Die and What to have the "I" — the integrator skill
To Do About It, Paramus, N.J., Prentice
— since you will always need to bal-
Hall 1989, by Dr. Ichak Adizes):
ance out the team and bring the right
• Producer: The "P" is the one who
person and the right skills to the table
can get it done, who works long and
for each task and each new challenge.
hard at tasks and gets them done;
Look for more on each in future
typically this is the sales team wanting columns as we delve into the details of
to do something all the time.
what makes up the good, the bad and
• Integrator: This "I" is the per-
the sometimes ugly characteristics of
son/skill that brings people and
each type of executive in the pursuit
teams together for consensus building of becoming the ever-elusive perfect
around the goal.
executive.
• Administrator: The ``,k) is the
rulebook keeper; these are the people
F. Kevin Browett is chief operating officer of
or the skills that focus on what is the
Jewish Renaissance Media, parent company
rule of process — how do we do it over of the Detroit Jewish News, former vice presi-
and over the same way. Lawyers and
dent at Troy-based Kmart Corp. and a past
accountants are good administrators
small-business founder and officer.

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