Strategic Discipline Blog
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, Business Priorities, Business Dashboards, Jim Collins, Businesss Disciplines
Learn the Disciplines - Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions Workshop
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Aug 23, 2013
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions
Versatile Accountability Tool: Topgrading Job Summary Scorecard
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Jan 8, 2013
When you move into hiring phase for your business are you absolutely sure what you are looking for? In fact when you look at your current staff positions are you confident each of your people know exactly what’s required of them to fulfill their jobs on a daily basis?
Topics: Good to Great, Accountability, A Players, Topgrading, A Level, Job Summary Scorecard
Can you remember the anticipation of Christmas Eve when you were a child, or perhaps the joy and satisfaction of going to bed on Christmas night filled with contentment over all the gifts you received that day? I count myself fortunate to have lived in a middle class family where Christmas evening brought us just about everything we wished for each December 24th. It was hard falling asleep both Christmas Eve and then Christmas night in anticipation of what was to come and in complete joy in having received everything you expected. My mother and father were extremely good to us, both in listening to what we wanted and then making sure we received it.
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, leukemia
Three Questions to Fill Your Key Seats Organizational Structure
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 19, 2012
In Good to Great, Jim Collins’ offered three very important questions once you have answered the question “do we have the right people on the bus?” (A team with common Core Values, Purpose and commitment to the Vision).
Topics: Good to Great, leading and lagging indicators, key performance indicators, key seats, Organizational Structure
Networking & Making Connections - Critical For Business Growth
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Sep 12, 2012
Last Blog we discussed the irony in life. Another irony learned through my challenge with AML is the critical value of continuing to network and make connections. As the CEO of Positioning Systems, and perhaps even more so on a personal level one can tend to pigeon hole yourself on who you associate and make connections with. You can take a very selfish perspective on who you should market to, and even who you should have in your network of friends.
Topics: Good to Great, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Business Growth, People, Jim Collins
Life can be ironic. Positioning System's fundamental coaching principles surround the ideals of discipline. The reason Positioning Systems focuses on Strategic Discipline for meetings, metrics, and priorities is due to my personal beliefs in the foundational teachings from Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Jim Collins in Good to Great. They remain to me the most important element in achieving business growth and success.
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Jim Collins, Bone Marrow Transplant
A Lesson from Good To Great Stockdale Paradox – 3rd Biopsy Results
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Mar 30, 2012
Topics: Good to Great, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback, meeting rhythms, Stockdale Paradox
Jim Collins' New Book “Great By Choice” Supports Strategic Discipline
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Oct 18, 2011
At Positioning Systems and Gazelles you know by now that we’re big fans of Jim Collins books Good to Great, Built to Last, and How the Mighty Fall. When Collins new book, Great by Choice arrived last week I just had to pick it up. If you receive Verne Harnish’s weekly newsletter you know that he’s reading it as well.
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Great by Choice, Jim Collins
Topics: Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, Topgrading