Are there some skills sets you find you’re not very good at? Every one of us has strengths and weaknesses.
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Douglas A Wick
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Stonewall Jackson’s SWOT – Great General, Poor Teacher
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 23, 2016
Topics: People, People Decisions, Strength Based Leadership, Performance Management, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Performance Matrix
Topics: Topgrading, hiring decisions, Cost of Mis-hire, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Attitude
On Wednesday last week, I delivered a Toastmasters speech including the following admonishment: Your past shortfalls can be traced, at their root, to one major oversight: you haven’t committed yourself to living by the truth that your thoughts have consequences so great that they create your reality.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, One Thing, Success, Attitude, High Self-Esteem
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Execution, Scrum, Waste
Topics: Decision-Making, less is more, productivity, Willpower, Scrum, Scrum, Execution
Topics: less is more, time management, productivity, Scrum
Topics: Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity, Scrum
Routine Sets You Free – Disciplined Preparation Sets You Up
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 21, 2016
If you recall when I first got into the hospital I wrote a blog Can Routines Really Set You Free? Little did I realize that getting back home would be a routine changer as well. Football legend Bear Bryant said, “It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.”
Topics: leukemia, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, priorities, metrics, Michelle Wick
Topics: Employee Feedback, Strategic Discipline, Aubrey Daniels, Scrum
Friday I met with a good friend of mine who is struggling with what to do in his job. His struggle is essentially the issue offered in The Greatest Crime. He feels limited by his company. Ideas he suggests get sidelined or ignored. His company doesn’t hold any meetings to keep him engaged. He feels isolated and unable to contribute.
Read MoreTopics: consistently execute, Execution, daily huddle, Scrum, Execution