Strategic Discipline Blog
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, Four Decisions, priorities, metrics, Stockdale Paradox
Does Change Improve Employee Performance - Hanley Ramirez
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 9, 2012
One of my very good clients in Florida is a season ticket holder for the Florida Marlins. Naturally he’s been very disappointed this year with the Marlin’s performance. Expectations were high with opening a new stadium, brought in a new manager (Ozzie Guillen) and new ball players (Jose Reyes) to make a strong drive for the playoffs and possibly the World Series.
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, priorities, metrics
Discernment should be a gift we all have with the talent to use it wisely. One of the greatest challenges we face is how and where we spend our time.
Topics: Discipline, Acute Myeloid Luekemia, priorities, precision and specificity
Measuring results isn’t always easy. Let’s take my situation here in the hospital. The nurses, physicians and support team are all surprised and amazed at my health and attitude throughout my chemotherapy treatments. Beyond two short and slight fevers, plus a few rashes, and my hair loss I’ve had no real outward consequences from the chemotherapy. Yet never confuse efforts with results.
Topics: leukemia, One Thing, Top Priority, priorities, metrics
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, One Thing, priorities, Balance, Metric Balance
Someone once said that a vacation is anything you do that is outside your normal range of work. I guess that means I’m on vacation. At least that’s where I planned to be this week.
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Accountability, Strategic Discipline, priorities, metrics, rituals, meetings, routine sets you free
Topics: priorities, questions, metrics, daily huddle
Last blog we discussed how as your company grows and expands it seems harder and harder to communicate your vision. People at the tactical level of your company often don’t know what the strategy for your business is. In fact they don’t know a lot of things that are important for them to know about your business. There’s often a huge gap on how they work with prospects and customers due to poor communication of your vision and strategy, let alone company policies.
Topics: Discipline, Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, One Page Strategic Plan, priorities, metrics, Alignment
Albert Einstein, Compound Effect author, Success Magazine Publisher Darren Hardy, and Strategic Learning author Willie Pietersen all agree. Focus and compounding are the two most powerful forces in the universe. Developing clarity of focus is your springboard.
Topics: Strategic Discipline, meeting rhythms, priorities, metrics, Two Day Rockefeller Habits Workshop
In Four Decisions You Must Get Right to Achieve Growth I promised I’d provide you with a Personal Story about applying the One Thing principals. For a company example of One Thing, read this Blog from the Dream Manager. This story is about three years ago so as to provide some protection for my son Joshua. The point of sharing this is simple. Placing your primary focus on one thing, either for yourself or your company gets results. It’s extending the idea that less is more.
Topics: One Thing, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, priorities