Complete or Credit

When facing outside resistance to a task, ask a simple question: do you want the outcome, or do you want recognition for your accomplishment? The answer should guide how public, formal, and political your approach needs to be.

Do you want something done, or do you want credit for your work?

• Decide whether success is the outcome you want or the recognition attached to it.
• Quiet execution often moves faster.
• Public execution invites review, alignment, and interference but establishes ownership.
• Quiet execution carries the risk that someone else receives the credit.