With the world menaced by COVID19, why did many businesses finish 2020 as their best year ever?
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Douglas A Wick
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Practice: Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Topics: Culture of Discipline, Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage, Company Culture, Culture, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
As a leader/CEO, we can trip when we get too comfortable and fail to maintain our self-awareness.
Read MoreTopics: Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni, Effective Leadership, CEO Leadership Focus, Five Temptations of a CEO
When Positioning Systems started in 1998 my intention was to help businesses discover their unique and valuable position. For 20 years I helped business create messages to differentiate from their competition. Jack Trout and Al Ries’ classic marketing book Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind provided this impetus. A classic positioning example was 7-Up’s, The Uncola!
Read MoreTopics: strategy, strategy decisions, Strategy - How, Low-Cost Strategy, Differentiation Strategy, Strategy Question, Competitive Strategy, Key Attribution Framework, 3HAG WAY
Michael Porter’s Definition of Strategy is: the creation of a unique and valuable position, involving a different set of activities.
Read MoreTopics: strategy, market dynamics, Strategy - How, Differentiation Strategy, 3HAG WAY
Topics: strategy, competitive advantage, Strategy - How, Differentiation Strategy, Competitive Strategy, 3HAG WAY
Topics: Annual Plan, Annual Planning
If you’re not approaching your Annual Planning process by asking your staff what you should start, stop, and keep doing, I strongly recommend you START doing it.
Read MoreTopics: Employee Feedback, Annual Plan, Employee Survey, Press Release, Annual Planning, Start Stop Keep Survey
Topics: Annual Plan, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose, Decisions Equal Success, Annual Planning
Ever since I had a bone marrow transplant, I’ve had a condition called “dry mouth.” Sleeping while breathing through my mouth exacerbated this condition, forcing me to always have a glass of water next to my bed.
Read MoreTopics: employee performance, performance, People Development, Breath, James Nestor,, Personal Health
Topics: human behavior, human behavior performance, Human Potential, Humanocracy