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Next Wave Innovations – Design To Grow, David Butler (Atlanta Growth Summit)

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 9, 2016

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Topics: Business Growth, strategy, Growth Summit, Innovation Process, Strategic Advisory Council

Great Brands Start Inside – Denise Lee Yohn (Atlanta Growth Summit)

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 6, 2016

It’s often the place I find new customers resist reviewing and working on. 

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Topics: Core Values, People, Core Purpose, Growth Summit, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Great Brands

Last to First – Jim Whitehurst - (Atlanta Growth Summit)

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 2, 2016

Going from last (18th place among all major airlines) to first was the story that captured my attention with our second speaker at the Scale Up Fortune Atlanta Growth Summit.. 

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Topics: Growth Summit, Execution, The Open Organization, Jim Whitehurst, Delta Airlines

Understand How To Win – Gen. Stanley McChrystal (Atlanta Growth Summit)

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 31, 2016

Change. 

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Topics: People Decisions, Growth Summit, Execution, daily huddle, General Stanley McChrystal

Changing the Role of Manager

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, May 25, 2016

One of the highlights of attending the Growth Summit for me as a coach is the day or two before the Summit when almost 200 Gazelles coaches meet to learn practices and sharpen our crafts. Monday we received a personal audience with Verne Harnish, the author of Scaling Up and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits.

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Topics: People, manager, Growth Summit, Scaling Up Verne Harnish

Stonewall Jackson’s SWOT – Great General, Poor Teacher

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 23, 2016

Are there some skills sets you find you’re not very good at?  Every one of us has strengths and weaknesses.

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Topics: People, People Decisions, Strength Based Leadership, Performance Management, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Performance Matrix

Hiring for Attitude

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 16, 2016

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Topics: Topgrading, hiring decisions, Cost of Mis-hire, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Attitude

A Lack of Focus

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 9, 2016

On Wednesday last week, I delivered a Toastmasters speech including the following admonishment: Your past shortfalls can be traced, at their root, to one major oversight: you haven’t committed yourself to living by the truth that your thoughts have consequences so great that they create your reality.

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Topics: Accountability, One Thing, Success, Attitude, High Self-Esteem

A Hero In Your Business Is a Problem

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 5, 2016

A Hero!

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Execution, Scrum, Waste

Work Longer – Make Poor Decisions

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 2, 2016

What’s the biggest reason to work less?

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Topics: Decision-Making, less is more, productivity, Willpower, Scrum, Scrum, Execution

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