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Doug's Four Decisions Workshop has allowed our company to focus on our top priorities for the year. With the use of the 1 page strategic plan, company and individual dashboards we are better able to track performance and measure results. For the first time we have a clear company goal with everyone working towards that common goal. We are extremely excited to continue working with Doug in the future.

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"Mike Schulte, VP Sales, Fleck Sales Company ~ Cedar Rapids, IA

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The Toughest Thing – Knowing What You Want

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 28, 2025

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In Change Your Mind. Create New Results training, we learn that the average person has 60,000 to 70,000 thoughts a day. Remarkably, 90–95% of them are the same thoughts as yesterday.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, Culture, High Performance Culture, Change Your Mind Create New Results

The Refractory Period - A Key to Emotional Intelligence and Culture Change

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sun, Jul 20, 2025

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In our last blog, we explored how it’s possible to become addicted to emotions. Today, we go a step further to uncover something just as critical: the refractory period — how long you remain emotionally reactive after an experience or event—and how this affects your personal well-being, leadership, and workplace culture.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, emotional intelligence, Culture, Refractory Period, Change Your Mind Create New Results, Emotional Addiction, cultural change

Nine Traits Define Mind-Set & Character Traits for Hiring Managers

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 21, 2023

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, hiring decisions, Company Culture, Business Discipline, Hiring, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture

1% Plan, 99% Behavior

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 14, 2023

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, human behavior performance, Company Culture, Business Discipline, High Performance Culture, 1% Plan, 99% Behavior, Behavior Never Lies

Managing Your Team - Where Should Your Saltshaker Be

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 24, 2023

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In Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business, Danny Meyer shares a lesson he learned as he struggled to get his team to meet his standards of excellence.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, Company Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture

Develop a Culture of Discipline - After-Action Reviews

Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Jul 5, 2021

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What’s your culture like?

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Topics: People, Training, Culture of Discipline, Jim Collins, performance, Execution, human behavior performance, Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, After-Action Reviews

Build a Highly Cohesive, Culturally Strong Team - 5 Steps to Create an Empowering Culture

Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Apr 26, 2021

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The CEO owns culture.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, Business Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Monty Moran, Love is Free. Gauc is Extra, Empowerment

Practice: Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 1, 2021

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With the world menaced by COVID19, why did many businesses finish 2020 as their best year ever?

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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

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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.

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Topics: Culture of Discipline, metrics, Business Vision, Execution, Vision, Alan Mulally, American Icon

Discipline - How to Achieve Greatness!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 30, 2019

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“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.”

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Topics: Good to Great, Discipline Plan, Culture of Discipline, Turning the Flywheel, Business Discipline

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