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Douglas A Wick
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Pre-suade Customers and Employees to Change - – Dr Robert Cialdini – San Antonio Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 1, 2017
Topics: People, Customer, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Robert Cialdini Pre-Suasion, Dr. Robert Cialdini
Pre-suade Your Prospect Before Your Message – Dr Robert Cialdini – San Antonio Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 29, 2017
“Tell me what you are paying attention to; and I will tell you who you are” ~ José Ortega y Gasset
Read MoreTopics: People, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Robert Cialdini Pre-Suasion, Influence
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.
Read MoreTopics: Marketing, Conscious Capitalism, The Coaching Habit, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Robert Cialdini Pre-Suasion, Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi
Steve Job’s Last One Thing – Scaling Up Summit San Antonio
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 22, 2017
There are a lot movies, criticism, and accolades for Steve Job, yet none can deny his ability to innovate.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Organizational Structure, Verne Harnish, Scaling Up Verne Harnish, Scale Up Summit San Antonio
12 Steps to Topgrading – Scaling Up Summit (San Antonio)
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 22, 2017
Ever been in a situation where you’re working on something, when suddenly more information arrives to help you?
Read MoreTopics: People Decisions, Growth Summit, Topgrading, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Scale Up Summit San Antonio
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
Build an Elite Team - 10-80-10 Principle - Above the Line
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 15, 2017
Topics: People, People Decisions, Execution, The Right People, Above the Line, Urban Meyer
Great Performance is 1% vision and 99% alignment – Above the Line
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 11, 2017
In Good to Great Jim Collins emphasizes the importance of getting your team aligned to achieve great performance.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, Alignment, The Right People
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
The following blog was written on May 8th 2014 shortly after the NFL Draft. I’ve decided to reprint it with some new ideas and include an offer from Topgrading to help you improve your Hiring Batting Average.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, hiring decisions, The Right People, Performance Matrix, Your Hiring Batting Average