If you’re the CEO, President, or an business executive team member, the following two quotes should strike fear or at the very least alert you to the critical need for your company to change and innovate to meet the 21st Century’s dynamic environment.
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Douglas A Wick
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Topics: strategy, pattern recognition, strategy decisions, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION
Topics: Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, metrics, The One Thing, Extraordinary Results
The Anatomy of THE ONE THING QUESTION: Build a Success Habit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 9, 2017
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Top Priority, The One Thing, Focusing Question, First Domino, Success Habit
Topics: productivity, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose, The One Thing, Focusing Question, First Domino, AML
Topics: Execution, The One Thing, Six Lies between you and success
Company Colonoscopy: Start, Stop, Keep, Employee Survey
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Dec 29, 2016
Tuesday a high school class mate of mine decided to have a colonoscopy performed for the second time. I’ve written about Steve before in It Starts With the Right People. He let me know late Tuesday he is still the perfect asshole!
Read MoreTopics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, People Decisions, The Right People, Employee Survey, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey
Purpose - The Dickens of Your One Thing – Merry Christmas
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 26, 2016
Christmas Eve I made time to watch Scrooge with Alistair Sims. Which I have now on DVD. I almost know most of the lines by heart, since I’ve been watching it for so long.
Read MoreTopics: Purpose, The One Thing, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Merry Christmas
A Virtual Bench is a deep pool of talent that you have cultivated over time and can tap into when you need to, based on organizational needs.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, The Right People
Every day, every week, every month, every year, your people either feel defeated, excited, or undistinguished about their performance.
Read MoreTopics: employee performance, measurement, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, Execution, Profit
Multiply Your Time – the 30X Rule – Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Dec 1, 2016
Delegating. Verne Harnish in Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up calls it one of the two most critical skills or leadership. The other is forecasting.
Read MoreTopics: time management, Execution, Growth Summit. Learning, Dalllas Growth Summit, 30X Rule, Procrastinate on Purpose, Focus Funnel