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Brand Promise Guarantee – Seven Strata of Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Jan 3, 2014

What’s a Brand Promise Guarantee and how is it different from your Brand Promise?  

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Topics: Business Growth, Seven Strata of Strategy, Brand Promise, catalytic mechanisms

Seven Strata of Strategy - Brand Promise

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 30, 2013

Let’s continue to explore the Seven Strata of Strategy, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits author, Verne Harnish key strategy elements, discovered from mid-sized business owners after the last recession which moved the needle to increase revenue.  For a copy of Verne Harnish’s Fortune article on The Seven Strata of Strategy and the worksheet to identify yours send me an email with Seven Strata of Strategy in the title.

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Topics: customer service, strategy, Seven Strata of Strategy, Brand Promise

Seven Strata of Strategy – Words You Own

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 23, 2013

In Four Decisions – Strategy we discussed the Seven Strata of Strategy.   Verne Harnish discovered these key strategy elements were what mid-sized business owners had concentrated on after the last recession to yield excellent results in moving the needle on increased revenue.    Starting with this blog we’ll explore these seven strata, taking a look at what they are and why they have had such an impact on the company’s that identify them, and why they can also impact your revenue growth in 2014 and beyond if you choose to identify and develop them as well.

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Topics: Business Growth, The Inside Advantage, strategy, Seven Strata of Strategy, Words You Own

Cascade Your Annual Strategy & Planning

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Dec 20, 2013

92% of CEO’s feel their leadership team can communicate their strategy!  The same survey revealed that only 2% of their leadership team actually could! 

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Topics: quarterly meetings, themes, Annual Plan, One Page Strategic Plan, Alignment, Strategy Statement, 3-5 year plan

What’s Does Effective Delegation Look Like?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 16, 2013

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Topics: Business Growth, leadership, manager, Leadership Team, effective delegation

The Number Two Function of Leadership

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Dec 11, 2013

Monday I spent 8+ hours with one of my clients working on strategic and annual planning for 2014.  I purposely say strategy and planning because they are two separate elements to work on. 

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Topics: leadership, Compounding, Leadership Team, effective delegation

The Number One Function of Leadership

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Dec 4, 2013

What’s the number one function of a leader?  It’s the ability to predict. 

The fundamental journey of a growing business is to create a predictable engine for generating wealth as it creates products and services that satisfy customer needs and creates an environment that attracts tip talent.” Verne Harnish, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits

Unless a company has the ability to determine where it is today and project where its’ going to be this week, this month, this quarter, and this year, it’s not on a trajectory for growth.  It might not even be on track for survival.  A favorite quote of mine is, "When you’re green you grow, when you’re rip you rot!"

Ultimately the reason for imposing structure and instituting systems is to achieve predictability.

This is why Strategic Discipline is such a critical piece to success.

Determine your priorities. Create and monitor metrics. Develop Meeting Rhythms to build a Cadence of Accountability

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, planning, Annual Plan, leadership, strategy, Leadership Team

Three Barriers to Business Growth - #3 Market Dynamics

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Dec 3, 2013

The third barrier to business growth is:

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Topics: Business Growth, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, market dynamics, Barriers to Business Growth

Three Barriers to Business Growth - #2 Process

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Nov 27, 2013

What is preventing your business from growing?  Why do only .3% of the nearly 30 Million US businesses every get beyond $10 Million dollars?

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Topics: Accountability, Business Growth, Work Process Flow Charts, Barriers to Business Growth, Execution

Three Barriers to Business Growth - #1 People

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 25, 2013

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Topics: People, leadership, Barriers to Business Growth, Leadership Team, . The two most important attributes of effective

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The Strategic Discipline Blog focuses on midsize business owners with a ravenous appetite to improve his or her leadership skills and business results.

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