As today’s Fortune Growth Summit came to a close one of the coaches next to me, Howard Shore, whispered that this might be the best Growth Summit yet. I’d have to agree. Verne Harnish always wraps up the show with a short conclusion, several sponsor messages and today a comedian who is also a Jewish Rabbi. Rabbi Stephen Baars offered excellent comedic relief as well as an exceptional message on thinking. More of that in another blog. Todd Klein, author of Built to Change and Sally Hosghead, consultant and author of Fascinate: Seven Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation had great messages and ideas all share in the coming weeks.
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Topics:
leadership,
Growth Summit,
performance,
emotional intelligence
The first day of the Fortune Gazelles Growth Summit is an avalanche of information. I’ve already collected 18 pages of notes containing many incredible insightful ideas for you to apply to your business.
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Topics:
Pearsons Law,
Growth Summit. Learning,
competitive advantage
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
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
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