Several years ago, a CEO I worked with admitted he frequently failed to follow through on new initiatives he started.
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Douglas Wick
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Accountability - Avoid the Action Trap. Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Topics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Four Steps to Accountability, Results Pryamid, Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results
According to research from The Four Disciplines of Execution, a staggering 81 percent of employees surveyed are NOT held accountable for progress on the organization’s goals. Furthermore, goals are not translated into specific actions—87 percent had no clear idea what they should be doing to achieve the organization’s goal.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Do It, Four Steps to Accountability
“In today’s world, strategy is relatively easy to replicate, and capital is relatively easy to access. What gives you a real source of competitive advantage is your talent and culture.”
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Solve It
Culture is the sum of the experiences, beliefs, and actions enabling an organization to achieve its Key Results.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Own it
Topics: Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Below the Line
“The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is successful ones know the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse.”
Read MoreTopics: business clarity, Clarity, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right
Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right – Propeller
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Aug 9, 2021
Topics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right
CEO TEST - #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
The CEO Test: Master The Challenges That Make Or Break All Leaders, authors Adam Bryant, and Kevin Sharer provide the key elements a CEO needs for success. This is not a touchy-feely book, although it does address the need for establishing culture. Nor is it a prescriptive book about how to create the right strategy. It reveals Seven Key Tests to be a successful CEO with key insights from leaders who are provided as examples.
Read MoreTopics: Discipline Plan, Strategy Decision, Strategy - How, Strategy Question, Competitive Strategy, The CEO Test
At $30 Billion, 180-year-old Mass Mutual Insurance bright helium balloons at desks represent an ongoing experiment. The balloons are to stimulate discussion so new ideas and methods can be explored.
Read MoreTopics: Innovation Process, Big Little Breakthroughs, Josh Linkner, 10,000-experiment rule, Richard Sheridan, Menlo Innovations
EIGHT OBSESSIONS OF EVERYDAY INNOVATORS – Break it to Fix it
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Jul 19, 2021
In Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results, Josh Linkner shares a wealth of creative ideas on how small breakthroughs can lead to big innovations and results.
Read MoreTopics: Innovation Process, Big Little Breakthroughs, Josh Linkner, 10,000-experiment rule, LEGO