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4 Rules of Positive Reinforcement

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 5, 2013

The behavior of people is the only way anything is accomplished in business.  Organizational accomplishment is dependent on behavior.  Improvements in quality, increases in productivity, or creativity are the result of asking people to change.

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Employee Recognition, employee performance, positive reinforcement

Applying The Stockdale Paradox to Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 1, 2013

During my daily meditations I imagine myself healthy.  My blood clot is gone, my occasional dizzy spells a distant memory, my appetite is good, I taste and enjoy food as much as I once did. (Just not as much of it!)  I imagine myself exercising, enjoying walks with my wife, eating at restaurants and socializing with the people I love and care about. 

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What’s Your Strategic Statement of Values Worth?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 29, 2013

Maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.

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Topics: employee engagement, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the Wo, Brand Ideal, Stengel 50, Strategic Statement of Values

Strategic Statement of Values – Gaining Employee Engagement

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Organizational direction in your company can come in several forms.  I’m going to divide them into the emotional and objective since they serve two different but critical purposes.  On the emotional side we look at what might be labeled as “Strategic Statement of Values.”  On the opposite side, the objective is the Strategic Objective Statement which produces the Strategy Statement we’ve discussed in previous blogs. 

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Topics: employee engagement, strategy, Business Culture, Q12, Employee Survey

Why Mentoring Fuels Business Growth

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 22, 2013

At a recent client monthly meeting we discussed their new employee orientation (onboarding) process and how someone is always included to mentor the new person.  The mentoring program isn’t structured. Its primary intent is to provide an opportunity for feedback and concerns that they might not feel they can address with their supervisor.  The CEO played a video on why mentoring is important this company.  Immediately he observed there were additional opportunities mentoring offers to grow their business.

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Topics: employee engagement, Leadership Training, Leadership DNA, Connecting, Cost of Mis-hire

Secret Weapon for Business Growth

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 18, 2013

Inside your business there’s a secret weapon that probably lies dormant.  You’re unaware of the latent potential it possess or didn’t realize how you can develop it in order to increase your capacity to grow.

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Topics: employee engagement, People, Organizational Health, Business Culture, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey

Create Your Strategic Learning Cycle

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 15, 2013

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Cadence of Accountability, meeting rhythms, Strategic Learning, Five Killer Competencies, Strategic Learning Cycle

Natures Lesson on Strategy “Never sit still”

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 11, 2013

Nature generates variations through a massive and ceaseless set of experiments.  Mutations test a wide range of survival strategies.

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Topics: strategy, Strategic Learning, Strategic Planning

Brown M&M’s - Tripwire for Business Discipline?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 8, 2013

 

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Topics: Work Process Flow Charts, Businesss Disciplines, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and W, business tripwire

Another Stockdale Paradox

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 1, 2013

Life isn’t fair, so get over it.

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Stockdale Paradox

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