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The Most Important Element for Business Success

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 5, 2013

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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

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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? 

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Topics: Good to Great, Accountability, A Players, Topgrading, A Level, Job Summary Scorecard

Discipline - Make Your Day A Masterpiece

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Dec 21, 2012

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.

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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).

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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.

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Topics: Good to Great, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Business Growth, People, Jim Collins

Transplant Day Reached Through Discipline

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sun, Sep 9, 2012

Life can be ironic.  Positioning Systems 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. 

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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

“Doug loves a challenge!” 

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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. 

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Great by Choice, Jim Collins

Look Forward to Meetings?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 1, 2011

Do you look forward to meetings?

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Topics: Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, Topgrading

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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.

Our 3 disciplines include:

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