Episode 47 (101) Purpose, Commitments, and The Eric Coryell Edge (16:41) The Time Audit: 3 Buckets to Get Your Calendar Back

In this episode, Vistage Master Chair Tom Cuthbert shares how a single definition from Vistage speaker Eric Coryell reignited his focus on group purpose. A real issue is any issue that affects the team's ability to achieve purpose. Using that as his foundation, Tom walks through how he recently rebuilt his group's purpose statement, ideal member profile, shared fate framework, and his personal commitments to every member. He also shares the opening commitment statement his group now reads aloud at the start of every meeting. Show Notes Why every group drifts over time and how a written purpose statement stops the slide from peer advisory group to lunch club Tom's group purpose statement: achieve better decisions, personal growth, and business results through accountable peer advisory How to define an ideal member based on who that human being is, not their revenue size or industry The concept of shared fate and why it is the secret sauce that separates a high-performing group from a networking event A real example of shared fate in action: one member's $2 million hiring decision processed by the group saved over $500,000 in measurable impact Tom's ten commitments to his members, including full presence in every one-to-one, challenging the hardest questions, expert speaker vetting, and tracking group measures The member non-negotiables: real issues, candor from your own perspective, confidentiality, full presence, and embracing feedback The opening commitment statement Tom's group now reads aloud at the start of every meeting A challenge to every Chair: write your purpose, write your commitments, and build a metric board to track both Tom's Tips and Tricks: The Time Audit - 3 Buckets to Get Your Calendar Back Tom shares the three-bucket framework he uses to audit his calendar and protect his time across a large, multi-group practice while working four days a week, forty weeks a year. Bucket one is stop doing, using a zero-based calendar approach to question every recurring commitment. Bucket two is could someone else do it, with four diagnostic questions to identify what to delegate and where you are the bottleneck in your own practice. Bucket three is start doing, anchored by the question from Gary Keller's book The One Thing: what is the one thing that, if I did it this week, would make everything else easier or unnecessary? Tom closes with a direct challenge to block 30 minutes this week, print out the three buckets, and do the audit now. Show Notes / Resources: https://www.accountableteams.com/ - Eric Coryell tomcuthbert.com/highperforming — Issue Processing Form & High-Performing Behaviors tomcuthbert.com/goals — Annual goals process chairlifepodcast.com — Subscribe & past episodes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K_WdCJKHTbrZqR7ejtE4R-Byzb2-GDA8_BNXEnwuTUM/edit?usp=sharing