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Annual Plan – It’s Not When You Plan It’s How You Execute

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jan 23, 2014

Question:  Why do most businesses fail?

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, Decision-Making, One Thing, Annual Plan, Four Decisions, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, leadership commitment, Execution

Four Decisions Three Disciplines

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 14, 2013

In these blogs we emphasize the importance of Four Decisions and Three Disciplines, the later a Positioning Systems foundation principle for  Strategic Discipline.

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, 4-3-2-1 formula for business growth, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions

Learn the Disciplines - Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions Workshop

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Aug 23, 2013

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions

Decision Making – Strategies Impact

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Determining the right strategy is the key to top line revenue growth.  Strategy is one of the Four Decisions every growth company MUST get right to succeed.  Just a reminder these include People, Strategy, Execution and Cash.

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Topics: Decision-Making, Decision Paralysis, Four Decisions, strategy

Top Ten Elements to Drive Business Growth - 4-3-2-1 Formula

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Nov 30, 2012

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Topics: 4-3-2-1 formula for business growth, Annual Plan, Four Decisions, best practices of growth companies, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, rockefeller habits 4-3-2-1 growth formula

My Leukemia Cure – Strategic Discipline

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 11, 2012

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, Four Decisions, priorities, metrics, Stockdale Paradox

Are Your People The Priority They Should be?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Sep 4, 2012

If you’re not a fan of college football, and you’re a business owner there’s one thing you should pay close attention to for growing your business.  It’s Jim Collins principal for Good To Great, First Who, Then What.  If you look at the college football rankings this week you’ll see a list of teams (Alabama, USC, LSU, Oregon, Oklahoma, Florida State, Georgia and Arkansas) that are perennially on the top ranked college football teams.  Why?

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Business Growth, People, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions, Jim Collins, A Players

Hope is Not a Business Strategy – A Sprinkle of Good News!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 14, 2012

Strategy is a fundamental principle of Gazelles coaching Four Decisions

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Topics: Four Decisions, The Inside Advantage, strategy, revenue growth

Four Decisions – Cash

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 13, 2012

As children you played the game monopoly.  The most disappointing part of the game is going bankrupt and being eliminated.

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Topics: Four Decisions, Two Day Rockefeller Habits Workshop, Cash Conversion Cycle, Cash

Execution – Alan Rudy’s Success Story

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Feb 9, 2012

If you believe that achieving success is about being in the right place and perhaps being born with a silver spoon in your mouth, then consider the story of Alan Rudy.

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Topics: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions, Rockefeller Habits Checklist, Execution, Alan Rudy

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The Strategic Discipline Blog focuses on midsize business owners with a ravenous appetite to improve his or her leadership skills and business results.

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