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What are the traits that separate successful small businessesreport hopes to explain why only 1 in 2 small businesses will survive more than five years, according to Small Business Administration figures. The study - called Six Dimensions That Characterize Success-Oriented Small Business Owners - is based on analysis of a survey of 1,100 small businesses with between 2 and 99 employees. The survey discovered six important traits including:
Topics: Strategic Discipline, priorities, small business
The principle of Strategic Discipline consists of three disciplines, meetings, metrics, and priorities. These are the essential tools that John D Rockefeller used to build Standard Oil into the largest company in the world. They are still the essential disciplines that help your business communicate better and establish the fundamental principles to grow.
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Work Process Flow Charts, Michael Gerber, Brand Promise, emyth, Business System, E-Myth Revisited
Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Strategic Discipline, Aubrey Daniels, Discipline Plan, positive reinforcement, Pearsons Law, Jim Collins, negative reinforcement
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Core Values, Discipline Plan, Zappos, Locus of Control
Some time ago I wrote a blog about Pearson's Law. Few people are aware of it yet when quoted most nod in agreement. Pearson's law states that, "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates."
Topics: Accountability, Strategic Discipline, Discipline Plan, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Pearsons Law, Quantification
Patrick Lencioni, author of Five Dysfunctions of Team, Death by Meeting, The Five Temptations of a CEO, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, The Dream Manager, and most recently Getting Naked spoke to our group of Gazelles coaches at our monthly meeting on Monday.
Topics: Accountability, Strategic Discipline, Core Values, Zappos
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Jim Collins
Eric Keiles and Mike Lieberman authors of Reality Marketing Revolution, asked thought provoking questions and let us know that the old model for marketing is broken. The good news you can change your behavior and find a way to position your company as remarkable.
Topics: Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, Marketing, Business Vision, Quantification, Strategic Planning
Topics: Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, Discipline Plan, priorities, Business Vision, Strategic Planning
Yesterday was the first half day of Gazelles International Coaches Summit in advance of the Fortune Sales & Marketing Growth Summit here in Las Vegas. One of the breakout sessions pooled our coaches on the resources and techniques they use to discover our client's Brand Promise and BHAG.
Topics: Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, One Page Strategic Plan, priorities, BHAG, Promise
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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:
- Priorities
- Metrics
- Meeting Rhythms
