May 1996, Paul O’Neil, (discussed in One Thing: Are Meeting Rhythms Keystone Habits?) had been at Alcoa for a decade. His leadership is studied at Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government, he’s mentioned as a candidate for commerce secretary or secretary of defense, the employees and union give him high marks. Alcoa’s stock price has risen over 200%. He’s an acknowledged success.
Strategic Discipline Blog
Douglas A Wick
Recent Posts
Would You Fire Someone for Violating Your Core Values?
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 15, 2014
Topics: Business Growth, Top Priority, Core Values, habits, Business Culture, Keystone Habit
Topics: Business Growth, One Thing, meeting rhythms, The Power of Habit, routine, Keystone Habit
Ever since reading Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey Daniels I’ve been a big fan of his techniques for improving work performance. A recent blog by Aubrey Daniels, 6 Things To Do Instead of Performance Appraisals, offers his insights why performance appraisals are a poor investment for improving business performance.
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, People, People Decisions, Aubrey Daniels, performance
Topics: quarterly meetings, meeting rhythms, best practices of growth companies, meetings
We spoke on confidence before in Where Does Confidence Come From? Giving Positive Reinforcement. A reader posted a comment to LinkedIn reminding me of another place where confidence comes from.
Topics: quarterly meetings, Coach Advisor, Catalyst, positive reinforcement, confidence, mentor
What’s more important? Want to or how to?
Topics: Business Growth, People, Core Purpose, Business Culture
Topics: employee engagement, Business Growth, Leadership Training, leadership, effective delegation
Where Does Confidence Come From? Giving Positive Reinforcement
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 21, 2014
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, positive reinforcement, confidence, precision and specificity
Winners Never Cheat – Why Jon Huntsman Became Rich and Gives so Much
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 18, 2014
Why does a self-made multi-billionaire choose to give so much to charitable, education, and health organizations? Why is giving Jon Huntsman’s favorite topic?
Topics: Business Growth, Give and Take, cancer, Philanthropy
Core Values in Candidate Selection – Zappos “Are You Lucky?”
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 14, 2014
I’m on vacation this week and decided to repost two blogs that I feel have a message that needs to be repeated. The following blog is from February 6th, 2014. People as noted in Jim Collins Good to Great are the #1 factor in business success. Making sure you are hiring the right people is critical to ensuring your business success. Rockefeller Habits best practices demand creating Core Values. How do you use those Core Values? If you’re not using them to develop questions to determine if you have the right candidates to fit your culture, you should consider developing them. Here’s an example from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh on how to use Core Values as they do to discover whether potential employees are a good fit in their culture.
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Core Values, People, Bone Marrow Transplant, hiring decisions, Mono Somy 7, Best Business Practices, Michelle Wick






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