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Strategic Discipline Blog
Why Meeting Rhythms are a Critical Strategic Discipline
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 27, 2015
Topics: weekly meetings, Business Growth, Balanced Priorities, meeting rhythms, Business Dashboards, pattern recognition, Radical Change, Radical Stability
Topics: employee engagement, Strength Based Leadership, Q12, First Break All the Rules, Performance Management, Communication
Saturday, my son Noah, performed a solo and in a quintet at Solo and Ensemble, at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Watching him perform reminded me of the irony of freedom. It also reminded me of a quote I’ve used several times in my blog, that the will to win isn’t as important as the will to prepare to win.
Topics: Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, commitment, preparation
My plan for this blog originally was the irony of freedom. The past three days working with an enthusiastic and dedicated group of leaders from a new customer who started with me in February for a private two day Rockefeller Habits Workshop. They’d previously attended the Four Decision Workshop in November.
Topics: quarterly meetings, Core Purpose, Profit per X, Hedgehog Concept, BHAG, Core Competencies, quarterly plan, Quarterly Victories
“Without a purpose any problem is too big.” Ernest C. Wilson, The Week that Changed the World.
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Core Purpose, Built to Last, Jim Collins, Michelle Wick
How can your company go from Good to Great? We’ve been exploring this through 12 questions Jim Collins offered his Australian business owners and Growth Summit attendees at Melbourne this February.
Topics: Good to Great, Jim Collins, BHAG, 12 Questions, Stop Doing List
Jim Collins 12 Questions - Take Your Company from Good to Great # 6-9
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 6, 2015
Have you wanted to move your company from Good to Great? Jim Collins offered 12 Questions to help you do exactly that at the recent Australian Growth Summit.
Topics: Good to Great, Great by Choice, 10Xers, Fire bullets then Cannonballs, Productive Paranoia, Jim Collins 12 Questions, Clock Building, Return on Luck, How the Mighty Fall,
Take Your Company from Good to Great – Jim Collins 12 Questions: #3-5
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 2, 2015
Topics: Good to Great, Business Growth, Jim Collins, Hedgehog Concept, Stockdale Paradox, 20 Mile March
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, 10Xers, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leadership, FACe exercise: Functional Accountability Exercise
If you’ve been following this blog you know we’ve been covering the Four Decisions in growing your business that you must get right or risk leaving significant revenues, profits, and time on the table. These four decisions: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash. We’ve been sharing the Four Decision Growth Tools we provide for our Gazelles and Positioning Systems Customers to help them to consistently grow their business.
Topics: Four Decisions, Cash, Fundability Optimization Checklist, Recurring Revenue, Increase Equity Value of Company