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Hope is a Beggar

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 3, 2022

Hope is a beggar. Jim Carrey’s Quote is appropriate. It clarifies the difference between Hope and Faith. In the dictionary, Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best or a particular instance of this feeling.

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Topics: Strategic Planning, AML, Strategy - How, 3HAG WAY, Metronomics

They Ask, You Answer – Transparency Builds Trust

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 26, 2022

On Wednesday, September 14th the Growth Institute hosted Boost Your Marketing & Sales: Marcus Sheridan @Conversations at The Edge (Live Podcast). Sheridan is the author of They Ask, You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today's Digital Consumer.

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Topics: Marketing, They Ask, You Answer, Marcus Sheridan, Content Marketing, Trust, Customer Focus

Can Leadership Be Scaled?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 19, 2022

What makes a good leader?

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Topics: Leadership Training, Leadership DNA, Mastering Leadership, Leadership Circle Profile, Scaling Leadership

Play Bigger – Category is the New Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 12, 2022

Failure is a feature, not a bug. You learn a lot from failure!

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Topics: Innovation Process, Innovation, Strategy - How, Strategy Creation, Play Bigger, Category Design

Exit Interview – 3 Steps

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 5, 2022

Exit Interviews.

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Topics: People, People Decisions, manager, People Development, People and Process, Exit Interviews

Boring Meetings

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 29, 2022

Meetings can be boring!

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Topics: Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni, meetings, Meeting Conflicts, better decisions through conflict

You Are Who You Hire

Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Aug 22, 2022

Who’s your ideal candidate?

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Topics: Topgrading, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Hiring, Reid Hoffman, Masters of Scale, Ideal Candidate, Hospitality Quotient, Danny Meyer

In this Restaurant the Staff Comes First – Enlightened Hospitality

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 15, 2022

Scaling any business is challenging. In Masters of Scale Reid Hoffman shares the story of Danny Meyer, who first opened Union Square Cafe in 1985, and whose restaurant company now extends beyond just restaurants to include Shake Shack, operational consulting, multifaceted catering and events business, Union Square Events, and a growth fund, under the umbrella of Enlightened Hospitality Investments (EHI).

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Topics: customer service, priority, Scale Up, Reid Hoffman, Enlightened Hospitality, Masters of Scale

Mysteries of Culture – Masters of Scale – Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 8, 2022

STRATEGY IS THE PROMISE THAT CULTURE MUST DELIVER Nature is clear. So is business: evolve or die. ~ Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch, Curt Coffman, and Kathie Sorensen

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Topics: Business Culture, Company Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch

What Does Leadership in the Hybrid Office Look Like?

Posted by Katie Brenneman on Mon, Aug 1, 2022

Dramatic changes have taken place in the work environment. Guest writer, Katie Brenneman offers insights on What Does Leadership in the Hybrid Office Look Like?

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Topics: positive reinforcement, Work Environment, Remote Working, Remote Workers, Hybrid Office

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