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Fall in Love with Boredom

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 4, 2023

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Character, Atomic Habits, James Clear, Flow State, The Goldilocks Rule

Five A’s for Effectively Addressing Mistakes

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 28, 2023

Shit happens! "C'est la vie"

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Topics: employee performance, Business System, customer and employee feedback, Mistakes, Cohesive System, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, A Great Last Chapter

Nine Traits Define Mind-Set & Character Traits for Hiring Managers

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 21, 2023

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, hiring decisions, Company Culture, Business Discipline, Hiring, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture

1% Plan, 99% Behavior

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 14, 2023

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, human behavior performance, Company Culture, Business Discipline, High Performance Culture, 1% Plan, 99% Behavior, Behavior Never Lies

Danny Meyer’s 49% Task, 51% Feeling Hiring Rule

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 7, 2023

As a radio station sales manager, it was challenging to find people who could sell.

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Topics: human behavior, hiring decisions, human behavior performance, Hiring, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture, Standards of Excellence, Hiring Rule

Clean Your Desk – What’s Your Standard of Excellence

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 31, 2023

How do you develop standards of excellence?

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Topics: human behavior, human behavior performance, Danny Meyer, Standards of Excellence, Success Forces, Clean Your Desk, Joe Sugarman

Managing Your Team - Where Should Your Saltshaker Be

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 24, 2023

In Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business, Danny Meyer shares a lesson he learned as he struggled to get his team to meet his standards of excellence.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, Company Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture

Paint Your Financial Picture - Spencer Sheinin - Metronome’s Tip Top Summit 2023

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 17, 2023

Accounting reporting is painful. At Metronome’s Tip Top Business Growth Summit, Spencer Sheinin shared ideas on how to put your financials in a format that can be more easily understood and acted upon.

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Topics: Power of One, The Power of One, Leaders Are Learners, Metronome's Tip Top Business Growth Summit 2023, Financial Reporting, Financial Picture, Spencer Sheinin

Arlene Dickinson – Four Messages Leaders Need to Share With Their Team - Metronome’s Tip Top Summit 2023

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 10, 2023

“Learn the lesson in the moment!”

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Topics: leadership, leadership commitment, Leaders Are Learners, Metronome's Tip Top Business Growth Summit 2023

10 Ways to Improve Employee Communication During Work Hours

Posted by Odessa Powell on Mon, Jul 3, 2023

Office communication can be improved in several ways. I just returned from a Quarterly Planning Meeting where we took a full day to work through Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The team enjoyed it, felt closer, set rules for conflicts, and built a theme to improve accountability! Odessa Powell contributed this article while I’m on vacation, sharing additional ideas on how to improve team communication.

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, employee performance, Better communication, Employee Wellbeing, Great Teams

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