Having a vantage point over your competitor is always a good thing. In war armies seek the high ground to provide an advantage over their enemy. As we move toward another Fourth of July I’ve been spending some of my free time reviewing books on the greatest battle that occurred on American soil. In the three days leading up to July 4th in 1863 the Federal army occupied the high ground around Gettysburg, turning it into an advantage that defeated General Lee’s confederate armies. The victory eventually led to the reunion of our nation. At Gettysburg the high ground determined the victor.
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Topics:
Strategic Discipline,
Business Dashboards,
metrics,
measurement,
Strategic Learning
Are you one of those people who says, “Whenever I hear “discipline,” I tune out—the last thing I want is bureaucracy mucking up my entrepreneurial business.” How will Strategic Discipline improve performance without crushing creativity?
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Topics:
Discipline,
Bringing Out the Best In People,
employee performance,
measurement,
The Compound Effect
The popularity of shows like The Biggest Loser and ABC’s recent foray into this with Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition I believe stems from the encouragement and reinforcing belief in ourselves we receive by watching someone achieve success in reaching their goals. It’s the same attraction that has us spend so much money on sporting events.
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Topics:
Discipline,
One Thing,
E-Myth,
Growth Summit,
The Compound Effect
Over the past week I’ve had the good fortune of working with a beverage distributor in my area. We’ve broken up the Two Day Rockefeller Habits Workshop into four half day sessions. In our first half day we defined their organizational structure to identify the key seats in their organization, where, if any, there are multiple people in key seats and where are their empty key seats. At the same time I’ve been reviewing Jim Collins’ How the Mighty Fall. It’s reminded me of Collins emphasis from the Dallas Growth Summit Your Company Key Indicator for People - Corrections.
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Topics:
Accountability,
People,
Jim Collins,
Two Day Rockefeller Habits Workshop,
key seats,
How the Mighty Fall,
Who do you admire most? This is a question I frequently ask candidates in interviews. I urge you to consider this question in your interviewing process if you aren’t already using it.
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Topics:
Discipline,
rituals,
routine
Whether you’re a business person considering hiring a coach or concerned whether your employees will respond to your coaching there’s just one major factor that determines success. The biggest challenge Marshall Goldsmith noted is selection. If they don’t care or you don’t care don’t waste your time. As a coach or a business owner you can’t change those who don’t want to change. You can only help if the person you are working with wants to change. Inner motivation is the key to successful coaching.
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Topics:
Discipline,
Good to Great,
People,
Pearsons Law,
Jim Collins
Since hearing Darren Hardy speak about the Compound Effect and the discipline required for success I’ve been working on establishing the rituals he recommended. Although I’ve considered myself to be a pretty disciplined person, the disciplines Hardy describes require a tenacity and determination that few are willing to follow.
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Topics:
Discipline,
Top Priority,
priority
After hearing Darren Hardy of Success Magazine speak I went to Amazon to check out his book The Compound Effect and read the reviews. It’s interesting to read the negative responses. Most of them offered that what Hardy offered was nothing new, just a rehash of success formulas and ideas provided in books like Think and Grow Rich, etc.
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Topics:
Discipline,
Success,
failure
Have you answered the following questions yet?
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Topics:
Discipline,
Success,
priorities
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