Strategic Discipline Blog

Change is Good!

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Topics: employee engagement, Decision-Making, change, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey, Effective Leadership

"It's conceivable that someday our suppliers could try to go direct to consumers and cut us out partially or entirely from our most profitable customer base." Dudley Fleck, Fleck Sales, Cedar Rapids, IA

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Topics: strategy, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Trends, Strategy Decision

Small to mid-size business require Four Decisions to achieve sustainable growth. 

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Topics: Four Decisions, How Does Your Business Measure Up, Four Decisions Needs Assesment

“A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.”

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Cadence of Accountability, meeting rhythms, priority, Execution, Key Metrics

In our Gazelles and Strategic Discipline’s Monthly Meetings there’s a segment of the meeting dedicated to What’s Working and What’s Not.

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, monthly meetings, 4 Disciplines of Execution, What's Working & What's Not

In Great by Choice Jim Collins asks and answers: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not?

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Topics: Great by Choice, Productive Paranoia, Effective Leadership, Leadership Core Behavior, Core Behaviors, Leadership Decisions

I grew up in Wisconsin.

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Topics: Topgrading, Topgrading, People Decisions,, People Development, Talent Review, Growing Your People

A CHANCE MEETING

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Topics: Coach Advisor, Catalyst, business coaching, Testimonial

We’re in the process of interviewing two very qualified candidates for the position of Operations Resource at a supply chain management company, World Class Industries.

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Topics: People, People Decisions, Topgrading, The Right People, Core Competencies, Tandem Interview