Many business and leadership skills are counter intuitive. Take the idea of less is more. Most of us believe if we tackle more we get more done, when precisely the opposite is true.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, leadership, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Strength Based Leadership
Discretion at the operating level of your business can absolutely destroy your business! When you fail to be consistent, customers come away with a different experience every time. This headline, “Eliminate Discretion at the Operating Level of Your Business” is a mantra from Michael Gerber’s E-Myth, Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. It is the principal of systems at its core. A starting point for systems take precedent over people. (See Topgrading - Was Michael Gerber Wrong)
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, E-Myth, People, customer satisfaction metrics, Business Culture, E-Myth Revisited, Eliminate Discretion at the Operating Level of You
One of my very good clients in Florida is a season ticket holder for the Florida Marlins. Naturally he’s been very disappointed this year with the Marlin’s performance. Expectations were high with opening a new stadium, brought in a new manager (Ozzie Guillen) and new ball players (Jose Reyes) to make a strong drive for the playoffs and possibly the World Series.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, priorities, metrics
As a Senior E-Myth Consultant for nearly ten years we had a specific process labeled “Special Decision Techniques” that we were able to provide for our clients to help them in decision making. This process noted four factors that make business decisions difficult:
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Topics: Decision Paralysis, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Great by Choice, Jim Collins, The Right People, How the Mighty Fall,
The range of emotions I’ve been through since learning I had Acute Myeloid Leukemia have often left me exhausted. Yet another range is the deep appreciation and sense of gratitude.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Jim Collins, Stockdale Paradox
Recently I’ve had a lot to be thankful for (See Faith, Quantum Physics, and Stockdale Paradox and Lack of Discipline: Workaholism – Good News/Bad News). I confess that there have been more than I few moments when I’ve broken down in tears sitting with my family or my wife simply because it feels so good to be home, to be with them and to know that the cancer that had been constantly challenging me is in remission.
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Topics: employee performance, Patrick Lencioni, Organizational Health, The Advantage, How to Motivate Employees, human behavior performance
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Topics: Discipline, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, time management, human behavior, The Power of Full Engagement, Michelle Wick
It’s difficult to describe the respect I have for Admiral Stockdale. The torture he faced at the hands of the Vietnamese was incredible. Yesterday I received some more brutal facts about how things might look moving forward.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, meeting rhythms, Stockdale Paradox, The Advantage
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To say the last several weeks here in the hospital have been challenging might be an understatement. I’m sure my wife, Michelle, and my family thought I was worse than I did. Despite a lack of energy at times I still found time to work my routine and enjoy my passion for working with my clients.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, One Thing, Stockdale Paradox, routine, Michelle Wick
Should leaders hold their people accountable privately during one-on-one sessions or Group meetings? Although every case is a little different, generally Patrick Lencioni and Positioning Systems experience leads us to support that on cohesive teams, accountability is best handled with the entire team.
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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Accountability, Patrick Lencioni, Organizational Health
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