Finishers

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The world needs more Finishers. Finishers get things resolved. They’re not always creative idea generators, nor are they the best project managers. But they can bring things to a close.

I’ve known a lot of Finishers in my day. The best ones are always looking for powerful, but tactful, ways to get things wrapped up through their team, their network, or by themselves. They want the BLUF. They want to know if this happens, what will happen next? And then what needs to happen to get things finished?

I hesitate to use the word “Closers” to identify these people, because it’s a bad word with a bad sales connotation. Finishers are valuable for work beyond selling. Having a salesperson who’s a Finisher means you’ve got a person who not only wants to sell business quickly, but looks for ways to streamline procedures internally; who wants to cut through red tape; who wants to strike things off todo lists as completed.

Finishers are great members of teams. Sometimes they ruffle feathers by glossing over details, but the payoff is worth it. They don’t procrastinate. They don’t set things aside. They get things done with little talk or “updates” along the way.

Are you a Finisher?

closing, getting things done, GTD