Last week I attended a week long Vistage Academy. It was one of the best trainings I've been through in my entire career. In this week's news letter, I'd like to reflect and share with you some of the learnings that have wide application for any business leader. These practices expand on the Be Great …
A scorecard is the best way to ensure progress toward your vision. Completing rocks and action items and resolving issues is only valuable if it can eventually be measured on the score card that demonstrates results are achieved and you are working toward your Vision. Scorecards check the health of the business model by monitoring …
Many leaders fail to recognize when issues hold them back. Others decide to work around them or fail to fix root causes. Issues continue to nag at their success and make work less enjoyable. Let's explore how a well run, recurring problem solving approach can 10x any team's success. In my experience, the most successful …
Judge success not by the cost of possessions, but by the quality of time spent and richness of experiences.
If you have direct reports, you are a leader and manager. Your most important job is to create a productive culture and motivate your team. Many fail. ACT is a pneumonic that is useful in reminding leaders how to motivate and create great cultures. It is an acronym standing for: Accountability: getting things done by …
Many leaders see putting themselves first as greedy and self absorbed. But, it can be one of best ways to help others and your business. Here is how self-care makes you a better leader. Putting yourself first does not mean prioritizing your needs and desires at the expense of others'. Instead, it means taking time …
Most business leaders assume that by working harder in the business, they will reach their vision. Instead what they need is a StrategyOS that delivers success in a dependable way. What is a Strategy OS and how can you use it in your business? Much like a computer operating system that runs programs to create …
A hard lesson this year was that a vision without a shared process to get there and the right people to execute it leads to wasted effort. - Work in the business - Work on the business - Work on the process to work on the business - Work on the team to execute it …
This post is the second in a series describing how a Strategy OS delivers your Business Model. In Part 1, I described the elements of your Business Model. In this post, I give an overview of the Strategy OS itself that delivers that business model. Many businesses view strategy as an event that happens as …
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As you make personal New Year's resolutions this year, include adding a strategy process to your business. Resolving to implement a process leads to more success than goal setting alone. Process creates the habits that lead to goal attainment. Resolve to make these 7 habits part of your business processes for increased success this coming …
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