Accountability. It’s a critical element in organizations that grow. Last Monday at about 2:15 AM one of the doctors took accountability for me, made a decision to send me to the ICU possibly saving my life, I didn’t want to go there, I liked being in the familiar. He looked at the larger picture. The trends he saw disturbed him. Continuing fever for two and half days. Hemoglobin being absorbed almost as fast as they could put it in me. Plus the disturbing rate my heart was pumping at, and the balance between the low and high number they give on blood pressure. (The bottom number is not good if it drops below 60.)
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
Accountability,
metrics,
human behavior,
Organizational Health,
human behavior performance
You’re clear on your One Thing. You feel there’s some traction in your leadership team, yet something seems amiss in your weekly meeting rhythm meetings. The meetings are sedate, absent excitement, conflict and drama that you feel might exemplify a team grinding together to get things done. Is this good or bad?
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
Accountability,
Five Dysfunctions of a Team,
Fundamental Attribution Error
Freedom. It’s what almost everyone wants, whether it’s your staff, leadership team or you.
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
Strategic Discipline,
One Thing,
Organizational Health
Yesterday started with good news as I got my blood work done at St Luke’s Physician Clinic in Cedar Rapids, the numbers all came back well above the point where I need a transfusion. Then Dr. Hosne Begum stopped in to say, “You’re Amazing!” And then added, “And your wife is more amazing!” I’d handled the fever well and despite being diagnosed with pneumonia through a CAT scan I still feel very good.
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
leukemia,
Strategic Discipline,
Bone Marrow Transplant,
Stockdale Paradox,
Mono Somy 7,
Michelle Wick
Discernment should be a gift we all have with the talent to use it wisely. One of the greatest challenges we face is how and where we spend our time.
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Topics:
Discipline,
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
priorities,
precision and specificity
One of the things I’ve prided myself on is carrying a good attitude and being positive no matter what this AML brought. Laugh, joke, smile and be thankful to the people who care for you and always expect the best. Always!!
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
employee engagement,
Balanced Priorities,
productivity,
Balance,
Balanced Metrics,
Michelle Wick
Over the past two weeks Bob Bloom, author of the Inside Advantage and the New Experts met with two of my clients who are focusing on growing their sales and revenue for 2012.
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
One Page Strategic Plan,
The Inside Advantage,
strategy,
consistently execute,
Alignment
In today’s world the consumer has turned the tables. Today’s consumer is in a position of power in just about every purchase transaction. That’s just part of the insight you’ll get by reading Bob Bloom’s The New Experts. Bob’s Blog on Five Most Serious Challenges CEO’s face in 2011 will give you quick insight into the consequences this shift in consumer awareness means to your business. I’m afraid these challenges remain for most CEO’s in 2012 as well.
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Topics:
Acute Myeloid Luekemia,
The Inside Advantage,
strategy,
Brand Promise,
Differentiation,
The New Experts
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