{"id":25282,"date":"2021-01-30T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=25282"},"modified":"2021-02-02T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:09:34","slug":"4dx-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/4dx-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4DX Methodology: A Path to Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the 4DX methodology? How does it offer a path to executing your goals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 4DX methodology comes from the book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-4-disciplines-of-execution\/\">The 4 Disciplines of Execution<\/a><\/em>. The disciplines are focus, leverage, engagement, and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for more about the 4DX methodology and how the disciplines work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the 4DX Methodology?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>4DX stands for the <strong>4 d<\/strong>isciplines of e<strong>x<\/strong>ecution. 4DX is an operational system containing the disciplines: <strong>focus, leverage, engagement, accountability. <\/strong>They are principles (not guidelines or practices) that help you not only achieve a particular strategy, but that <strong>create lasting behavioral change, therefore permanently amping up the performance of your team<\/strong>. 4DX has some ancillary benefits as well, mainly that your employees will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-engaged\/\">become more engaged<\/a>, and they can apply what they\u2019ve learned from 4DX in the workplace to their personal lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The four disciplines aren\u2019t new ideas or rocket science\u2014they\u2019re natural laws.<\/strong> Companies such as Weight Watchers have been successfully using similar methods for years. You\u2019re probably already goal-setting, collecting data, creating scoreboards, and holding meetings. However, 4DX takes you beyond <em>understanding <\/em>principles to actually <em>implementing <\/em>them. 4DX prescribes a specific, particular way of applying the four disciplines that should earn you the kind of results you\u2019ve never been able to achieve before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors researched the disciplines, experienced trial and error, and have offered the following list of research to assure you that the 4DX methodology is well-tested and will work in any country or field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Surveyed 13,000 people internationally<\/li><li>Surveyed 17 different industry groups<\/li><li>Internal assessments of 500 companies<\/li><li>Survey almost 300,000 leaders and team members<\/li><li>Worked with people in 1,500+ implementations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that the disciplines are laws of nature. <strong>It doesn\u2019t matter if you like them or even think they\u2019re necessary\u2014they will act on you.<\/strong> You may as well learn to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4DX is <\/strong><strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong><strong> designed for calming the whirlwind\u2014it is designed to help you execute strategic goals while still <\/strong><strong><em>maintaining <\/em><\/strong><strong>the whirlwind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 3 things to keep in mind while reading this book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The disciplines are easy to understand but hard to put into practice. <\/strong>They take a lot of effort over a long period of time. The end goal has to be wildly important to merit the commitment. <strong>When you achieve the end goal though, you\u2019re not just achieving that specific goal; you\u2019re training your organization to achieve more goals using the same methods.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The disciplines are counterintuitive.<\/strong> Some of the things you\u2019ll be asked to do will feel unnatural, or run against your instincts or what you\u2019ve always believed about execution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The disciplines work in tandem.<\/strong> Using only one might help, but they\u2019re most powerful when used together as they\u2019re interrelated. You must do them in the order they appear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the 4DX methodology? How does it offer a path to executing your goals? The 4DX methodology comes from the book The 4 Disciplines of Execution. The disciplines are focus, leverage, engagement, and accountability. 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