There are two tricks to amazing delivery:
- Own your piece of the world. If something lands in it, take the lead and ensure things get done.
- Don’t just do the minimum, do what is necessary for a good to great result. If you are going to do a job, do that job well.
When someone is looking for you to deliver something, always give them more than they are expecting. Classic under-promise, over-deliver. But the trick to truly great delivery, is to create an expectation of consistent good delivery. It sounds easy but is very hard.
Many people don’t want to own their world. It’s far easier to be an advisor or strategist than to be the person that gets the job done and stamps their name publicly to the work. You usually get more praise and recognition by being the “high-level” person. But true value comes from doing work.