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Strategic Discipline Blog
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Culture of Discipline, Meetings a Cadence of Accountability
As a leader the biggest kick I received was seeing my people succeed. Years ago while still in the broadcasting field I attended an industry conference in Dallas. There a former sales person approached me and fawned over the training and experience she’d gained working for me. She was now a radio station general manager and doing extremely well for a sizeable radio station group in Minnesota. I was overwhelmed. I had no idea how well she had done, nor would she attribute much of her success to my contribution.
Topics: employee engagement, Accountability, weekly meetings, employee performance, Business Dashboards, Build Business Dashboard, productivity
Weekly Meetings - Solve Your Company’s Most Pressing Issues
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 29, 2013
There are a lot of reasons to not like meetings. This is certainly the case if they are ill defined, lack structure, and are devoid of purpose.
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Annual Plan, meetings
Performance Appraisals - Is the System Irrevocably Broken?
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 26, 2013
Topics: weekly meetings, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, performance, daily huddle, system
Conflict Norms Provide Better Decision Making Meetings
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Conflict is good. It leads to better decisions by providing a forum for your leadership team to be open and free with their opinions.
Topics: weekly meetings, Decision-Making, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni, better decisions through conflict
Happy Halloween! It’s one of my favorite holidays! It reminds me of the responsibility parents face to ensure their children are safe and that in the face of receiving a deluge of candy they don’t get sick or over indulge in the very incentive the Halloween Holiday presents.
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, meeting rhythms, performance, productivity
The Rules are changing. As noted in How Companies Win – Prepare for A Demand-Driven Economy we’ve been moving from a supply-based to demand based economy. The book How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You're In, by authors Rick Kash, David Calhoun examines this and my blog specifically provides an example from the book on how McDonalds has successfully negotiated this change already.
Topics: Customer Feedback, weekly meetings, meeting rhythms, Demand Based Economy
The last three Strategic Discipline blogs emphasize the importance of getting your culture right. The reward? Businesses that have great cultures grow at an unprecedented pace compared to their competition and the market itself.
Topics: employee engagement, weekly meetings, Organizational Health, The Advantage, Business Culture
Topics: Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, positive reinforcement, priorities, Balance
Employee Feedback – The Need for Frequent Positive Reinforcement
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 22, 2011
How often do you need to reinforce? Dawn of Impatience shares Aubrey Daniel’s Bringing Out the Best In People’s view why since 1984 the influence and commitment to positive reinforcement has steadily increased.
Topics: Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, employee performance, positive reinforcement