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Drama Triangle Inhibits Productivity; Limits Employee Engagement

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 24, 2017

“THE MINUTE WE BEGIN TO THINK WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, WE FORGET THE QUESTIONS.”

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Topics: People, Process/Productivity Drivers, The Coaching Habit, Drama Triangle

What Are You Exactly Saying Yes To

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 20, 2017

Last blog, FOCUS  - Beware the Busy Manager, we shared a 2002 Harvard Business Review article of the same name.  The research conducted indicates only 10% of managers have the right focus and energy to work on the stuff that truly matters.

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Topics: quarterly meetings, The Coaching Habit, Quarterly Plans, Short Term vs. Long Term Achieving

FOCUS  - Beware the Busy Manager

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 17, 2017

In The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, author Michael Bungay Staniera shares 2002 Harvard Business Review article, “Beware the Busy Manager,” Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal. The research suggests only 10 percent of managers have the right focus and energy to work on the stuff that matters.

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Topics: Focus, quarterly plan, The Coaching Habit, Failing to Meet Quarterly Objectives, Better Decision-Making

Empower Your People - Five Questions –– The Coaching Habit - San Antonio ScaleUp

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 5, 2017

This blog comes with a warning: If you believe you can read this and get the full measure of its impact, you’re WRONG!

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Topics: People, The Coaching Habit, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Five Questions

Highlights ScaleUp Summit San Antonio Day 1

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 23, 2017

An outstanding group of speakers today, starting with Dr. Robert Cialdini, author of Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade, Joe Polish, Average Joe’s Marketing Book: The Missing Manual for Marketing and Growing Your Small Business, Dean Graziosi, Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway To Wealth & Prosperity, Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, Raj Sisodia, Co-Author of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business along with Bob Chapman Co-Author of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family.

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Topics: Marketing, Conscious Capitalism, The Coaching Habit, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Robert Cialdini Pre-Suasion, Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi

How to Build A Habit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Mar 6, 2017

Last Tuesday I visited my lunch buddy AJ at school.  A teacher thanked me in the school lobby for what I was doing.

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, habits, Execution, The Coaching Habit

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