Strategic Discipline Blog

In Jim Collin’s new book Great by Choice he asks the question:  What’s coming next?

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Annual Plan, Jim Collins

Monday’s blog will continue insight from Jim Collins “Great by Choice.”  One of my clients and partner provider wrote a blog that provides insight into the current economy that I thought my readers would find interesting.  Read his short blog Ray Dalio says this is no recession. 
Dalio runs the biggest hedge fun and has received a better return on his investments than Warren Buffet.  You can read more on Dalio in this Wall Street Journal article Ray Dalio Down on Europe, High on Fed.  If you read it I’d be interested in your perspective on his views on the economy.  Please provide a comment on my blog.

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Topics: Annual Plan, Four Decisions, Growth Summit

At Positioning Systems and Gazelles you know by now that we’re big fans of Jim Collins books Good to Great, Built to Last, and How the Mighty Fall.  When Collins new book, Great by Choice arrived last week I just had to pick it up.  If you receive Verne Harnish’s weekly newsletter you know that he’s reading it as well. 

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Great by Choice, Jim Collins

Imagine it’s the biggest moment of your life.  Your opportunity for glory.  The moment professionally you’ve practiced and prepared for. Now imagine it’s in front of a live audience and millions of TV viewers.  In fact it’s the biggest stage in the world!  It’s a critical moment for you and the people you work with. 

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, Sports World

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Topics: Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, positive reinforcement, priorities, Balance

Aubrey Daniels in Bringing Out the Best in People insists leaderships’ role in the employee feedback loop is, “… is not to find fault or place blame, but to analyze why people are behaving as they are, and modify the consequences to promote the behavior they need.”

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, leadership, positive reinforcement, Balance

Usually during tough times managers get tough.  They succumb to the pressure and use more punishment and negative reinforcement.   Why is this a recipe for disaster? If both positive and negative reinforcement get results why should we care? 

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee performance, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement

Where does positive reinforcement need to start in your organization?

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Topics: employee performance, positive reinforcement, Rockefeller Habits Checklist

We’ve looked at the importance and frequency of positive reinforcement in previous blogs, How the Best Managers and Leaders Deliver Positive Reinforcement and Employee Feedback – The Need for Frequent Positive Reinforcement. Employee Feedback falls into Strategic Discipline's fundamental practices for effective meeting rhythms.  When we address customer and employee feedback in workshops and with our clients, frequently there’s confusion and misunderstanding about what this means.  It’s often because companies have their rhythms with regard to employees and staff and forget how critical their happiness and engagement can impact the bottom line growth of their business.

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee performance, positive reinforcement, metrics, productivity

How often do you need to reinforce?  Dawn of Impatience shares Aubrey Daniel’s Bringing Out the Best In People’s view why since 1984 the influence and commitment to positive reinforcement has steadily increased.

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Topics: Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, employee performance, positive reinforcement