Strategic Discipline Blog
The Captain Class – Surprising Insights on Leadership – Influencing Team Effort
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Apr 29, 2024
Topics: People Decisions, Effective Leadership, Great Teams, The Captain Class, Sam Walker, Winning Teams
Invest in Your Worst & Best Employees – The Story of Two Tails
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Despite Google’s efforts to always hire the best, like most organizations, they’re susceptible to hiring mistakes.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, People Development, Work Rules - Insights from Inside Google, Laszlo Bock
Hiring is the Single Most Important People Activity in Your Organization
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 10, 2022
“Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren’t as good at it as we think. Refocusing your resources on hiring better will have a higher return than almost any training program you can develop.” ~Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, hiring decisions, Hiring, Work Rules - Insights from Inside Google
Topics: People, People Decisions, manager, People Development, People and Process, Exit Interviews
Good Jobs Strategy - People Are Not a Cost - They Are an Investment
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Oct 11, 2021
Topics: People, People Decisions, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Rewards & Compensation, Scaling Up Compensation
Scaling Up Compensation - 5 Design Principles for Turning Your Largest Expense into a Strategic Advantage
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Oct 4, 2021
Scaling Up Compensation by Verne Harnish, and Sebastian Ross offers great examples of companies that have turned one of the most challenging and thorny issues a business can face into a strategic advantage.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, Business Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Rewards & Compensation, Scaling Up Compensation
Topics: People Decisions, Jim Collins, key seats, People Development, Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, Replace or Develop?
“One central idea I try to communicate in my courses is that history is the study of choices. It follows no predetermined script. History is determined by the choices made by people both famous and unknown.”
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, People, People Decisions, Jim Collins, The Right People, Key Metrics, Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
“Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers – and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people.” Nick Saban, Alabama football coach.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, The Right People, People Development, Growing Your People, Humanocracy, Meritocracy
Topics: People, People Decisions, Execution, Work Environment, Technology