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In my experience a lot of business leadership teams invest an exorbitant amount of time discussing and making changes on the wheels of the vehicle the company is driving, while very little time is invested in the direction for the vehicle the ultimate destination.
Read MoreTopics: quarterly meetings, One Thing, Top Priority, Annual Plan, priority, quarterly plan, Scrum
One of the two most important attributes of effective leaders is their ability to predict. (The other is delegating.)
Read MoreTopics: Pearsons Law, . The two most important attributes of effective, Prediction, Forecast, Scrum, Effective Leadership, Gantt charts
Since I’ve begun reading Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland I’ve sent the book to several of my customers.
Read MoreTopics: Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity, Scrum, PDCA
In the movie “Saving Private Ryan,” the scene from Omaha Beach reinforces General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s quote, “Plans are Worthless, Planning is Everything.”
Read MoreTopics: Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity, Execution, Scrum
If you were over 6 years old in 2001 I’m sure you remember 9/11 all too well. I recall vividly where I was and the chaos and fear of the subsequent days. Do you recall what the 9/11 commission determined?
Read MoreTopics: Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity, Scrum, 9/11
In Scaling Up and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits Verne Harnish’s preaches leadership is 1% Vision, 99% Alignment.
Read MoreTopics: change, Pace of Change, Scrum
Topics: change, Pace of Change, Scrum
Time blocking is critical to achieving your One Thing. We’ve discussed Time Blocking in Live for Productivity – Time Blocking and Why Your First Time Block is Vacation – Your One Thing...
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Scrum, Move from E to P, Path to Mastery
You’ve experienced it. The person driving in front, beside you, way ahead or behind is driving erratically. Maybe they’re driving too fast, encroaching in your lane, or just plodding along and then making adjustments that disrupt others around them.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Execution, Scrum, Multi-tasking
In Chapter 15 Live for Productivity from The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller offers the most effective thing he did when he first began to time block, was to put up a sheet of paper that said, “Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!”
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, productivity, Time Block, Scrum
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