The Joy of Letting Go
Back in March – while checking in during a session – one of my clients said something profound. This founding entrepreneur and Visionary reminded me what building a great organization is all about. It’s worth repeating.
Is That a Rock?
Rocks are just priorities — the 3-7 most important things you must accomplish in the next 90 days. Company Rocks are priorities for the company, departmental or team Rocks are priorities for your department or team, and Individual Rocks are priorities for you. As simple as that sounds, it’s easy to over-complicate Rocks.
Five Steps to Achieving Organizational Accountability
In the last four years, I’ve asked several hundred leaders from nearly 100 entrepreneurial companies to rate the level of “Organizational Accountability” in their companies from 1-10, with 10 being best. The average response?
Making the Case for Results
Are you really focused on Results?
Are You Getting What You Want From Your Business?
When you think of where you want to take your business 5-10 years from now, is the picture clear? Or are there challenges, obstacles and hardships that blur the image?
Business Vision – Where is Your Business Taking You?
To say my dear grandfather is a “serial planner” is something of an understatement. A high-school math teacher and slide-rule expert, his love of details, structure and discipline is legendary. Whenever he travels anywhere, friends and family receive copies of a detailed itinerary well in advance, carefully hand-printed on a pristine sheet of – you guessed it – graph paper.
Getting More From (the Right) People
I have asked hundreds of entrepreneurs what prompted them to start a business, and not one of them has ever said, “Because I just LOVE managing people.”
People Issues – Sleep Better Tonight by Curing the “Yeah Buts”
Entrepreneurs often say, “People Issues are complicated.” Are they?
Become a Successful Entrepreneur – Do Something Unreasonable
Seth Godin’s excellent blog post yesterday and one of my clients served to inspire this message. Godin offers one or two posts daily – generally short and packed with insight. If you’re not already a subscriber, it’s worth adding to your list.
A Great Day = A Great Scorecard (and Vice Versa)
Recently several of my clients asked for help putting together company or departmental scorecards. For many organizations and leaders, finding the right set of 5 to 15 leading indicators that provide an absolute pulse on the business (or the department) is a difficult challenge. Often it takes several months or longer to truly fall in love with your Scorecard.