How important is culture to your organization? The Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions for Growth offers the outcome of The People Decision is a harmonious culture of accountability.
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Douglas A Wick
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Sales Advice from an Expert - Jack Daly Las Vegas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Topics: Sales Process, People, People Decisions, Growth Summit, Sales Training, Systems & Process, Leverage
Probably the most disappointing presentation at the Growth Summit was Kenneth Cukier’s, Data Editor for The Economist. Speaking from London, without video, the presentation was interrupted or dropped several times, making it disruptive. You may catch the irony here. Big Data is one of the leading factors in the Disruptive Innovation and exponential growth our first speaker, Salim Ismail got our attention with.
Drive Versus Passion – Randy Komisar Las Vegas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 10, 2014
Topics: Core Purpose, Growth Summit, Passion, Exponential Organization, MTP, The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Lif
Love ‘em or Lose ’em Beverly Kay - Las Vegas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Nov 6, 2014
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, People, Growth Summit, Employee retention
You’re interviewing a candidate for a sales position. You like their responses to your questions, so you ask a typical question often required of sales candidates, “Sell me something!” In this case it's a jug of water on your desk.
Topics: Growth Summit, persaussion principles, Power of Persausion
You may recall in People: Teaching Willpower Spurs Starbucks’ Business Growth we discussed how habits changed ordinary people like Travis into an extraordinary service provider. If you don’t know how hard that might be, read the blog to discover how Travis behaved at McDonalds.
Topics: customer service, Growth Summit, daily huddle, customer loyalty, Starbucks
Disruptive Innovation:The Exponential Organization - Las Vegas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Oct 28, 2014
Topics: Business Growth, Growth Summit, Esponential Growth, Salim Ismail
With the Growth Summit starting Tuesday and our Gazelles Coaching meetings not beginning until Monday this is a modification of a blog (Subjectivity & Objectivity – Required Business Disciplines) written in September of 2010 and another (Critical Numbers - People/Relationship Drivers)in December 2012 . Flying on Delta to Las Vegas reminded me of an example we often provide on the critical need for balance in setting priority for your business. I’ve updated the content to reflect the emphasis to balance the two drivers, people and productivity, in your business.
Topics: One Thing, Balanced Priorities, Process/Productivity Drivers, People/Relationship Drivers, Balance, Balanced Metrics
Scale up - Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 4 Decisions Workshop
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 23, 2014
Have you considered whether or not your business needs a business coach? Do you have the right structure for Annual and Quarterly Planning? What elements of Strategy or Execution can your business do better to achieve increased results?
Topics: quarterly meetings, Accountability, 4-3-2-1 formula for business growth, Catalyst, Annual Plan, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions, Alignment
Considering that you’re the leader of your business it naturally makes sense that you should plan and command the leadership role in your annual planning and strategy session.
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee performance, Annual Plan, leadership, Four Decisions, Leadership Team