It’s often the place I find new customers resist reviewing and working on.
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Great Brands Start Inside – Denise Lee Yohn (Atlanta Growth Summit)
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 6, 2016
Topics: Core Values, People, Core Purpose, Growth Summit, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Great Brands
Last to First – Jim Whitehurst - (Atlanta Growth Summit)
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 2, 2016
Going from last (18th place among all major airlines) to first was the story that captured my attention with our second speaker at the Scale Up Fortune Atlanta Growth Summit..
Read MoreTopics: Growth Summit, Execution, The Open Organization, Jim Whitehurst, Delta Airlines
Understand How To Win – Gen. Stanley McChrystal (Atlanta Growth Summit)
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 31, 2016
Topics: People Decisions, Growth Summit, Execution, daily huddle, General Stanley McChrystal
One of the highlights of attending the Growth Summit for me as a coach is the day or two before the Summit when almost 200 Gazelles coaches meet to learn practices and sharpen our crafts. Monday we received a personal audience with Verne Harnish, the author of Scaling Up and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits.
Read MoreTopics: People, manager, Growth Summit, Scaling Up Verne Harnish
Communication is Leadership – Kip Tindell Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Nov 5, 2015
Verne Harnish has long lauded Kip Tindell’s book Uncontainable as one of the best business books he’s ever read. Perhaps it was my frame of mind or his voice, but I must confess that when I began listening to the audio version of Uncontainable I was less than impressed. Kip is the voice on the audio version and I simply found myself losing interest as he continued to preach his philosophy on The Container Store and how he influenced its growth.
Read MoreTopics: Growth Summit, Conscious Capitalism, Uncontainable
Twice the Work in Half the Time: Scrum – Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 2, 2015
Topics: Process/Productivity Drivers, Growth Summit, productivity, Execution
Customer Funded Business – John Mullins Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 29, 2015
John Mullins knowledge and work at Harvard Business Review (HBR) have been discussed here previously in Cash – How Fast Can Your Company Afford to Grow? His book, The Customer Funded Business was the topic of his presentation at the Dallas Growth Summit.
Read MoreTopics: Growth Summit, Cash
Topics: customer service, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, customer loyalty
Create Safety, Belonging, Mattering – Christine Comaford Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 1, 2015
If you lead a team, or business, or simply manage a group of people for your organization you know this feeling. An passion to help each person you lead or manage to perform at their highest level; to reach and exceed their potential capabilities.
Read MoreTopics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Smart Tribes
Find Waste, 2 Second Lean – Paul Akers – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 26, 2015
Ever received your airline boarding pass and been puzzled on how to decipher what it all means?
Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Leadership Summit, Paul Akers, 2 Second Lean