With the world menaced by COVID19, why did many businesses finish 2020 as their best year ever?
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Practice: Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Topics: Culture of Discipline, Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage, Company Culture, Culture, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
American Icon – Path for Scale Ups & Strategic Discipline
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 14, 2019
A customer of mine, who I’ve worked with on and off for the past ten years, recently contacted me to start our coaching relationship again.
Read MoreTopics: Culture of Discipline, metrics, Business Vision, Execution, Vision, Alan Mulally, American Icon
“The flywheel fits within a framework of principles we uncovered through more than a quarter-century of research into the question of what makes a great company tick.”
Read MoreTopics: Good to Great, Discipline Plan, Culture of Discipline, Turning the Flywheel, Business Discipline
“A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.” ~ Jim Collins, Good to Great
Read MoreTopics: Discipline, Strategic Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, Businesss Disciplines, Turning the Flywheel
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Discipline Plan, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel, Turning the Flywheel, Flywheel
Many customers ask, how do we apply Jim Collins’ work to make the leap from Good to Great?
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, Discipline Plan, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel, Turning the Flywheel, Flywheel, Roadmap from Good to Great
Topics: Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel, Turning the Flywheel, Flywheel
Topics: Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel, Turning the Flywheel, Flywheel
Are you open to learn from your errors? If you’re open to learn from your mistakes, often they can launch success and opportunities that would never have occurred without accepting failure.
Topics: Employee Feedback, themes, Culture of Discipline, Company Culture, Scaling Up Verne Harnish
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