Strategic Discipline Blog

There’s one limitation I’ve been unable to overcome: Lack of faith or belief.

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Topics: strategy, Strategy - How, Execution, It's the Same as Strategy, Strategy, A Cascade of Choices

In A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management EffectivenessRoger Martin believes execution is the same as strategy.

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Topics: Execution, strategy decisions, Strategy Decision, Strategy - How, Winning Strategy, Execution What it's the Same As Strategy, Roger Martin, A New Way to Think

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”

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Topics: Discipline, Strategic Discipline, Purpose, preparation, Resilience, Growth Framework, Recession, Bootcamp

I played and officiated basketball. Somewhere I heard, “Basketball is a game of momentum.”

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Topics: employee engagement, People, Extraordinary Results, People and Process, Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results

Can you think of an occasion when blaming someone, or criticizing has helped?

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Topics: Performance Management, People Development, Responsibility, Criticism

The driving force for any business starts with your people. Despite the Great Resignation, and fallout from people wanting to work from home, great people are the energy to grow your business.

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Topics: Clarity of Purpose, use of energy, Purpose, Vision & Purpose, Meaning

Every business is looking for an edge.

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Topics: Radical Change, Core Behaviors, All In: Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results, Burning Platform, Engage Head and Heart

Anthropologists have uncovered Paleolithic grave sites which include tools, an ax, some clothing, and a pouch with berries and dried venison. Sites like these are scattered across Europe and Asia.

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Topics: Willpower, Stategy - Why, Why Power, All In: Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results

I,s it okay to pay a salesperson 2, 3, 10 times or more what other salespeople make?

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Topics: measurement, Performance Management, Work Rules - Insights from Inside Google, Reward Top Performers, Power Law, Fairness: Pay commensurate with contribution

What’s the best training you ever experienced? Did it change your behavior?

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Topics: Training, training and education, measurement, Work Rules - Insights from Inside Google, Measure Learning, How to Measure Training Effectiveness