The driving force for any business starts with your people. Despite the Great Resignation, and fallout from people wanting to work from home, great people are the energy to grow your business.
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Topics: Clarity of Purpose, use of energy, Purpose, Vision & Purpose, Meaning
“Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance. Performance, health, and happiness are grounded in the skillful management of energy.”
Read MoreTopics: The Power of Full Engagement, use of energy, Strategies for Getting Better Sleep, Sleep
Topics: People, time management, productivity, use of energy, Smart Tribes, Christine Comaford
Why Your First Time Block is Vacation – Your One Thing...
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Feb 4, 2016
In The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller shares the following story to emphasize the power of Time Blocking:
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, One Thing, planning, meeting rhythms, time management, use of energy
The Ideal Growth Tree – Five Must Do’s To Live Your Core Purpose
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 28, 2012
As a business coach I’ve discovered there are two opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to why a business doesn’t create a set of ideals, or as Jim Stengel calls it the Brand Ideal.
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, Strategic Discipline, Core Purpose, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the Wo, use of energy
Green You Grow, Ripe You Rot - Leadership Discipline Requirement
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Mar 24, 2011
Last blog, Tortoise or Hare, Which Discipline do you Follow, we discussed three fundamental principles for sustaining high performance. Let’s look at the first principle, that we cannot expect growth or improvement in any dimension of our lives without intentionally and regularly challenging our current capacity.
Topics: leadership, use of energy, stress
Have you ever found that when you go on vacation you come up with great ideas for your business? Seemingly impossible challenges suddenly become simply resolvable when you are away from work? It’s not surprising. Michael Gelb, Author of “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci” wrote, “Where are you when you get your best ideas? Almost no one claims to get their best ideas at work.”
Topics: employee performance, time management, human behavior, The Power of Full Engagement, use of energy