Strategic Discipline Blog

“THE MINUTE WE BEGIN TO THINK WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, WE FORGET THE QUESTIONS.”

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Topics: People, Process/Productivity Drivers, The Coaching Habit, Drama Triangle

Last blog, FOCUS  - Beware the Busy Manager, we shared a 2002 Harvard Business Review article of the same name.  The research conducted indicates only 10% of managers have the right focus and energy to work on the stuff that truly matters.

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Topics: quarterly meetings, The Coaching Habit, Quarterly Plans, Short Term vs. Long Term Achieving

In The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, author Michael Bungay Staniera shares 2002 Harvard Business Review article, “Beware the Busy Manager,” Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal. The research suggests only 10 percent of managers have the right focus and energy to work on the stuff that matters.

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Topics: Focus, quarterly plan, The Coaching Habit, Failing to Meet Quarterly Objectives, Better Decision-Making

Why is it some organizations continue to Win year after year?

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Four Disciplines of Execution, Execution, 4 Disciplines of Execution, Winning Habit

In our previous blog Write Yourself a Swimming Pool – Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi – San Antonio ScaleUp Summit, we shared a formula to help you improve your marketing efforts and return.

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Four Disciplines of Execution, Execution, Decisions Equal Success, Big Question

“John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool.'” – Paul McCartney

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Topics: One Thing, Marketing, strategy, strategy decisions, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi

It’s this simple.  If you can’t scale leadership you can’t grow your business.

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Topics: Leadership Training, leadership, Effective Leadership, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Mastering Leadership, Leadership Circle Profile

Would it surprise you to discover most of the challenges with profitable growth are internal factors versus external factors?

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Topics: strategy, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, The Founders Mentality, Strategy Decision, ScaleUp Summit Learning, Chris Zook

What's your Core?

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Topics: One Phrase Strategy, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, The Founders Mentality, Strategy Decision, Chris Zook

15 years consulting and research at Bain & Company helping customers Scale Up, provides Chris Zook with insights into how businesses fail to utilize the distinctive, powerful assets, and capabilities they own in their Core Business.

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Topics: Scale Up Summit San Antonio, The Founders Mentality, Strategy Decision, ScaleUp Summit Learning, Chris Zook