Small to mid-size business require Four Decisions to achieve sustainable growth.
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Douglas A Wick
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Topics: Four Decisions, How Does Your Business Measure Up, Four Decisions Needs Assesment
Several decades ago, three teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area were selected for a research project on teacher expectations.
Strategic Discipline Simplified – Priority, Metrics, Meeting Rhythms
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 14, 2017
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Cadence of Accountability, meeting rhythms, priority, Execution, Key Metrics
In our Gazelles and Strategic Discipline’s Monthly Meetings there’s a segment of the meeting dedicated to What’s Working and What’s Not.
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, monthly meetings, 4 Disciplines of Execution, What's Working & What's Not
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
Topics: Topgrading, Topgrading, People Decisions,, People Development, Talent Review, Growing Your People
Topics: Coach Advisor, Catalyst, business coaching, Testimonial
Topgrading Competency Interview – Uncover Candidates Key Data
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 27, 2017
We’re in the process of interviewing two very qualified candidates for the position of Operations Resource at a supply chain management company, World Class Industries.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, Topgrading, The Right People, Core Competencies, Tandem Interview
Drama Triangle Inhibits Productivity; Limits Employee Engagement
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 24, 2017
Topics: People, Process/Productivity Drivers, The Coaching Habit, Drama Triangle
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.
Read MoreTopics: quarterly meetings, The Coaching Habit, Quarterly Plans, Short Term vs. Long Term Achieving