During challenging times you discover a lot about yourself and the people you work with.
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Topics: People, People Decisions, leadership, Purpose, Effective Leadership, Leadership Decisions, Coronavirus, COVID19
Patrick Lencioni’s, feels he should have written his new book, The Motive, first. He almost decided not to write it because one of the leaders he admires most, Alan Mullaly, disagreed with him on leadership involves suffering.
Read MoreTopics: leadership, Patrick Lencioni, leadership commitment, Purpose, Effective Leadership, Leadership Core Behavior, The Motive
A CEO’s Two Most Important Jobs – New Orleans Scale Up Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 21, 2018
The New Orleans ScaleUp Summit 2018 starts Tuesday. As Gazelles Coaches we always get the first sneak peek at Verne Harnish’s presentation, ahead of business leaders attending the Summit.
Read MoreTopics: Effective Leadership, ScaleUp Summit Learning, CEO Leadership Focus, ScaleUp Summit New Orleans 2018
Topics: employee engagement, Decision-Making, change, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey, Effective Leadership
In Great by Choice Jim Collins asks and answers: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not?
Read MoreTopics: Great by Choice, Productive Paranoia, Effective Leadership, Leadership Core Behavior, Core Behaviors, Leadership Decisions
Solving the Leadership Puzzle – Leadership Circle Profile (360) – San Antonio ScaleUp Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 3, 2017
Topics: Leadership Training, leadership, Effective Leadership, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Mastering Leadership, Leadership Circle Profile
In football, they call this a reverse. My intentions in my last blog were to discuss Productive Paranoia from Jim Collins Great By Choice.
Read MoreTopics: Leadership Training, Growth Summit, Strategic Learning, Think Week, Effective Leadership
The most rewarding part of being a business coach is watching the business and people you coach grow and succeed. If you’re in business, I’m sure you share this feeling.
Read MoreTopics: Discipline, priority, Leadership DNA, Effective Leadership, Attitude, Trends
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain - Authenticity
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 24, 2017
Every business I work within my coaching practice has a weakness. Often, it’s more than just one. One or more of these weaknesses limits the businesses’ growth.
Read MoreTopics: Decision-Making, leadership, Level 5 Leadership, How the Mighty Fall,, Effective Leadership
Get Your Boys in the Boat – Strategic Discipline Builds Harmonious Leadership Teams
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 6, 2017
“Rowing a race is an art, not a frantic scramble. It must be rowed with head power as well as hand power. From the first stroke all thoughts of the other crew must be blocked out. Your thoughts must be directed to you and your own boat, always positive, never negative.”
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Leadership DNA, leadership commitment, Effective Leadership, leadership meetings, The Boys in the Boat