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What Separates the Best from the Rest

Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, May 16, 2022

A moment working with a customer stands out as a reminder of what the best leaders do. It’s revealed in Good to Great, and it occupies a chapter in the book I just finished CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest, by McKinsey senior partners Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra.

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Topics: Good to Great, Bringing Out the Best In People, Level 5 Leadership, Best in the World at, CEO Leadership Focus, CEO Excellence

Winning on Purpose - NPS Leaders Out Pace Good to Great Companies

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Mar 21, 2022

In October of 2008, I wrote a blog Even in a difficult economy Customer Service can Make a Difference! My car wash customer was looking to improve his business during the summer, due to skyrocketing gas prices. The solution: measure customer satisfaction. Autopia Car Wash in California was one of the first customers I shared Fred Reichheld’s Ultimate question, Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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Topics: Good to Great, customer survey, Net Promoter Score, customer satisfaction metrics, Jim Collins, customer loyalty, Fred Reichheld, Winning on Purpose

Discipline - How to Achieve Greatness!

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

“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

Why Identify Your Flywheel?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 9, 2019

Jim Collins’ Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great released February 26th this year.

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Topics: Good to Great, Jim Collins, Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel, Turning the Flywheel, Flywheel

Discovering Your Hedgehog Concept – Your Move To Greatness?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 4, 2019

Many consider Good to Great by Jim Collins the seminal book for creating a great business.

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Topics: Good to Great, Jim Collins, Hedgehog Concept, One Phrase Strategy, Strategic Advisory Council

HEDGEHOG CONCEPT Three Circles Signal Greatness

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 25, 2016

Would you like to find a predictor for your business achieving greatness?

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Topics: Good to Great, Core Purpose, Jim Collins, Profit per X, Hedgehog Concept, Brand Promise

From Good to Great - Collins 12 Questions – #10-12

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 9, 2015

How can your company go from Good to Great?  We’ve been exploring this through 12 questions Jim Collins offered his Australian business owners and Growth Summit attendees at Melbourne this February.

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Topics: Good to Great, Jim Collins, BHAG, 12 Questions, Stop Doing List

Jim Collins 12 Questions - Take Your Company from Good to Great # 6-9

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 6, 2015

Have you wanted to move your company from Good to Great?  Jim Collins offered 12 Questions to help you do exactly that at the recent Australian Growth Summit. 

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Topics: Good to Great, Great by Choice, 10Xers, Fire bullets then Cannonballs, Productive Paranoia, Jim Collins 12 Questions, Clock Building, Return on Luck, How the Mighty Fall,

Take Your Company from Good to Great – Jim Collins 12 Questions: #3-5

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 2, 2015

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Topics: Good to Great, Business Growth, Jim Collins, Hedgehog Concept, Stockdale Paradox, 20 Mile March

12 QUESTIONS to Take You From Good To Great - #1 & 2

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Mar 30, 2015

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, 10Xers, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leadership, FACe exercise: Functional Accountability Exercise

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