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Scott Bennett, Nations Financial Group ~ Cedar Rapids, IA

Doug's Four Decisions Workshop has allowed our company to focus on our top priorities for the year. With the use of the 1 page strategic plan, company and individual dashboards we are better able to track performance and measure results. For the first time we have a clear company goal with everyone working towards that common goal. We are extremely excited to continue working with Doug in the future.

Greg Mercurio ~ IFTI Independent Floor Testing & Inspection, Inc, Concord, CA

Daily Huddles are by far the best thing we've learned. Lots of our operations decisions have been made through the use of the daily huddle process. Having four daily huddles each day is a pain, yet it's the most productive and best thing that's happened to me as a manager.

Burges Kerawalla ~ Autopia Car Wash, Fremont, CA

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Tyna, Charge Team ~ JPMA

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"Mike Schulte, VP Sales, Fleck Sales Company ~ Cedar Rapids, IA

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Solve Big Problems, Test New Ideas in Just Five Days - Sprint!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 11, 2019

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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz, sounds like an impossible task.

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Topics: strategy, Innovation Process, Innovation, Strategy - How, Measure What Matters, Sprint: Solve Big Problems & Test New Ideas

Discovering Your Hedgehog Concept – Your Move To Greatness?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 4, 2019

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Many consider Good to Great by Jim Collins the seminal book for creating a great business.

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Topics: Good to Great, Jim Collins, Hedgehog Concept, One Phrase Strategy, Strategic Advisory Council

OKR’s – Establish a Cadence Of Accountability

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 28, 2019

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“How did this come about?” I asked my lunch guest, a CEO who up until a year ago had been a customer.

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Topics: Accountability, Strategic Discipline, Cadence of Accountability, Meetings a Cadence of Accountability, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, Measure What Matters

OKR’s Pairing Key Results – Counterbalance

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 21, 2019

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Objective and Key Results are performance tools to measure and focus your teams progress.

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Topics: Counter balance, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, Measure What Matters, New Year, Pair Qaulity with Quantity in OKR's, Paired Key Results

FOCUS - Measure What Matters. OKR’s Start at the Top

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 14, 2019

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The World’s best run companies, like Google, share a commonality – Execution Excellence.

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, positive reinforcement, Focus, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, CEO Leadership Focus, Measure What Matters

Annual Planning & Strategy Meeting

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 7, 2019

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If you’ve already completed your Annual Planning & Strategy Meeting for 2019, congratulations!

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Topics: Annual Plan, Strategic Learning, Strategic Planning, Strategic Learning Cycle, Strategy vs. Planning

The Law of Life – Living & Giving, Happy New Year

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Jan 2, 2019

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It’s been about three weeks since my last blog. Business Travel, the holidays and then a sudden bout with the flu have prevented me from writing.

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Topics: Relationship Drivers, Relationships and Productivity, New Year

Does Your Business Measure What Matters?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 10, 2018

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“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.” ~ John Doerr, Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

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Topics: measurement, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, Measure What Matters, John Doerr, Achieve Execution Excellence

Blitzscaling is Counterintuitive. Is it for You? Denver ScaleUp Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 3, 2018

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What’s Blitzscaling?

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Topics: ScaleUp Summit Learning, ScaleUp Summit Denver, Blitzscaling, 7 Counterintuitive Rules of Blitzscaling, Chris Yeh

P-SQUARED (PASSION AND PURPOSE) Morten Hansen, Great at Work – DENVER ScaleUP Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 26, 2018

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Have you struggled to find your purpose?

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Topics: ScaleUp Summit Learning, Morten Hansen, Great At Work, ScaleUp Summit Denver, P-Squared (Passion & Purpose)

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