What is preventing your business from growing? Why do only .3% of the nearly 30 Million US businesses every get beyond $10 Million dollars?
Strategic Discipline Blog
Topics: Accountability, Business Growth, Work Process Flow Charts, Barriers to Business Growth, Execution
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Culture of Discipline, Meetings a Cadence of Accountability
As a leader the biggest kick I received was seeing my people succeed. Years ago while still in the broadcasting field I attended an industry conference in Dallas. There a former sales person approached me and fawned over the training and experience she’d gained working for me. She was now a radio station general manager and doing extremely well for a sizeable radio station group in Minnesota. I was overwhelmed. I had no idea how well she had done, nor would she attribute much of her success to my contribution.
Topics: employee engagement, Accountability, weekly meetings, employee performance, Business Dashboards, Build Business Dashboard, productivity
Weekly Meetings - Solve Your Company’s Most Pressing Issues
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 29, 2013
There are a lot of reasons to not like meetings. This is certainly the case if they are ill defined, lack structure, and are devoid of purpose.
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Annual Plan, meetings
I’m a history lover and perhaps the story I offer today will not make the same point it made on me. Hopefully this Civil War recounting will help you understand the value of clarity, the importance of everyone’s oars moving in the same direction, and how despite setbacks you can achieve success through persistence and determination.
Topics: Accountability, Strategic Discipline, Strategy Statement, CSS Hunley
Topics: Accountability, meeting rhythms, Death by Meeting, Execution, 4 Disciplines of Execution
t’s most appropriate that on Valentine’s Day that I share with you the person in my life that inspires me and that has proven to be a “Super Star” in the category of a Catalyst. On Valentine’s Day it is my sincere hope you have someone special in your life that is so loving, caring, and determined to help you live to your fullest. Share your love for her this day. My wife Michelle is without a doubt the person that has helped me the most through my AML and Bone Marrow Transplant. In many cases I’m not even aware of everything she is doing to contribute to my recovery and remaining clear of any germs and immune deficiency issues.
Topics: Accountability, Catalyst, Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Michelle Wick
Topics: Accountability, Strategic Discipline, whirlwind of business, employee performance, Business Dashboards, The Advantage, Alignment, Execution, 4 Disciplines of Execution, business clarity
Versatile Accountability Tool: Topgrading Job Summary Scorecard
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Jan 8, 2013
When you move into hiring phase for your business are you absolutely sure what you are looking for? In fact when you look at your current staff positions are you confident each of your people know exactly what’s required of them to fulfill their jobs on a daily basis?
Topics: Good to Great, Accountability, A Players, Topgrading, A Level, Job Summary Scorecard
Happy Halloween! It’s one of my favorite holidays! It reminds me of the responsibility parents face to ensure their children are safe and that in the face of receiving a deluge of candy they don’t get sick or over indulge in the very incentive the Halloween Holiday presents.
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, meeting rhythms, performance, productivity