In my last blog Discipline Scheduling - Three Keys to Building Effective Rituals we looked at three keys to building effective rituals. The three keys are:
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Topics: Discipline, rituals, precision and specificity
How well do you get things done? Do you get your daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly priorities completed on time? How well do your people do at this?
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Topics: Discipline, priorities, rituals, precision and specificity
One of my clients got me involved in Sports World, a non-profit organization that speaks to students about making positive choices. In preparing for our second effort in my area I’ve recognized how powerful their message is even to business.
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Topics: Discipline, priorities, rituals, habits, top priorities
I’m on vacation this week and thought I’d direct you to a couple of blogs and an interesting video that may directly or indirectly offend some people. I thought about discussing political correctness however that is a blog that could go on for quite some time and I’d miss my plane this afternoon. The blogs stress getting the right people and how discipline in choosing the right people can dramatically influence productivity.
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Topics: Discipline, productivity, The Right People
One of my clients reminded me this week of an important leadership lesson. Quit answering your subordinate’s questions. I’ve blogged on this before The Problem with being the Chief Problem Solver, yet it bears repeating. My client had one of his managers ask him “what should I do?” Many leaders and managers would immediately provide an answer. It’s fast, painless, and allows you to move on to your own issues. Yet what does that teach? What’s more what does it continue to do?
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Topics: Discipline, leadership, meeting rhythms, questions
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Topics: Discipline, Strategic Discipline, Multipliers, Rockefeller Habits Checklist
Last blog I discussed the importance of rituals and routines in developing accountability. A recent article in the New York Times caught my attention since it focused on successful companies and the importance of getting the right people to make a business great. People decisions are extremely important to making your business successful, and too often we fail to recognize how keeping the wrong people in our business holds us back. We don’t see this as a piece of the accountability puzzle.
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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Accountability, People, The Right People
Saturday evening I attended my youngest son Noah’s concerts. The coordination between orchestra sections and individual students at the sixth, seventh and eighth grade level can be challenging, yet it’s surprising how much harmony a group of 60 or more 12-14 year olds can offer. This orchestra mixed students from the different high school middle schools in the area. They only had a couple of practices and yet performed remarkably well. When it comes together it really is inspiring.
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Topics: Discipline, Strategic Discipline, One Page Strategic Plan, Rockefeller Habits Checklist
You already know I’m a Packer fan, and of course this weekend they play the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game. The Bears and Packers rivalry is the longest in the NFL. It conjures up images and memories of Vince Lombardi and George Halas, figures that represent the trophies that are at stake this week and for the Super Bowl.
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Topics: Discipline, meeting rhythms, rhythm
The NFL football playoffs started this weekend, and fortunately my team won [Green Bay]. In reading an article before the game I was drawn to a set of beliefs legendary San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh had which he used to prepare for big games. Several of the rules apply to business. They reminded me that too many business people approach their operations with no set of guidelines, nor any discipline to prepare themselves or their team for success.
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Topics: Discipline, priorities, Strategic Planning
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