What is a High-Performance Culture?
Creating and maintaining a high-performance culture is the goal of many mid-market CEOs that work with..
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Rhythm Systems is a business coaching and consulting firm with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations of all sizes create..
Performance management is an essential part of any successful business. It helps to ensure that employees meet their goals and expectations..
Topics: Strategies for Growth
What is Organizational Peak Performance in Business?
Organizations strive for excellence to achieve their highest possible performance. It..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Employee Health and Retention
From the boardroom to the classroom, goal setting is a key part of success. Now, with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can set..
Topics: Increasing Sales, Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
Have you ever wondered how to measure your business objectives' success accurately? How can AI help you set better Objectives and Key..
Topics: OKRs
Are you looking for ways to improve your organization's performance? Power habits are the answer. Power habits are small, consistent..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Recruiting Employees
There is a lot of pressure on executive teams to perform well. Not only do they need to achieve their own goals, but they also need to..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Go the Second Mile
Team meetings are a vital component of any business. It's essential that the employees know and understands what’s going on with the..
Topics: Effective Meetings
OKRs are an essential part of any successful organization. They help align everyone around common goals and objectives. But what exactly..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Go the Second Mile, OKRs
Business is moving faster than ever before, and these days your business needs to be as nimble possible to respond to the rapidly changing..
Master a Company Culture To Engage Your Employees To Their Peak Performance.
The Key to Creating Peak Performance at Work
The key to..
Topics: Increasing Sales, Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Go the Second Mile
Are you a part of an executive team looking to increase team performance while developing better alignment and engagement? The Peak..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Go the Second Mile
In my last blog, I talked about how most meetings suck. Now, I want to focus our energy on ways to fix them and have effective meetings...
Topics: Effective Meetings
What is a skip-level meeting?
As defined in an article by Jared Lewis, "In a skip-level meeting, upper-level management bypasses mid-level..
As a hiring manager, if you've experienced bad hires in the past, you know how expensive these can be.
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
Are you attending a business conference in Charlotte, NC, like the Rhythm Systems Breakthrough Execution Conference? If so, you're in luck!..
What is Scrum, and why do I care? Scrum is a term that has moved from the discussion in the server rooms and development area of..
Topics: Strategy Execution
Welcome to Charlotte, North Carolina! Whether you’re here for business or pleasure, you’ll find plenty of delicious restaurants to keep..
Payroll is one of the most important investments a company can make. It's the lifeblood of a business, but it's also an area that can be..
Are you feeling overwhelmed by how your team is measuring success? Are you looking for an easy-to-understand way to set targets and..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Go the Second Mile, OKRs
Leadership OKRs are a reliable way to connect workers to the company's mission and shared vision. Through this structure, managers can set..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Go the Second Mile, OKRs
The recent Oscar nomination of the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once has brought a lot of attention to exploring different..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
As strategy planning experts, we often get asked how to run a strategic planning meeting, as great strategic meetings don’t happen by..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning
Organizational performance is an essential aspect of any business. Being a growing business is great for attracting and keeping talented..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Accountable Leaders & Teams
Did you know that nearly half of all companies fail to meet financial targets? This lack of success can be traced back to poor annual..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning
Peak performance refers to the highest level of performance that an individual or organization can achieve in a particular task or..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, OKRs
5 Benefits of Attending a Strategy Execution Conference
Rhythm Systems is getting ready to host its 2023 annual breakthrough execution..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
It is that time again. I am working with my clients to help create quarterly execution plans with their top Company quarterly rocks so they..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning
At Rhythm Systems, we work with clients to ensure they are measuring the metrics that matter to allow them to achieve their dreams and..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
I hear time and time again from people that their meetings are a complete waste of time. In fact, they can often be a huge productivity..
Topics: Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings
As the middle market strategy execution experts, we get asked a lot of questions about KPI scorecards for firms to manage the metrics that..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
Rhythm Systems is proud to announce the release of its newest white paper, "The Unbeatable Return on Payroll of Engaged Employees,"..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
Is a 2023 recession on the horizon?
A recession is "a significant decline in economic activity reflected by a decline in aggregate demand,..
It’s a fact in today’s business world that meetings typically take up a large part of your day. In fact, some days are spent running from..
Topics: Effective Meetings
The body has four main vital signs that doctors use all around the world to determine the condition of a patient. The four vital signs are..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
Turn your existing 3-5 year strategic plan into a Rhythm Systems Winning Move. A Winning Move is an idea or project that will help you..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Annual & Quarterly Planning, KPIs & Dashboards
When you work with so many CEOs, you get to see how they approach problems. They may not always tell you everything, but they will share..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings
In working with hundreds of mid-market CEOs as a consultant at Rhythm Systems, I often get asked about KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards, Effective Meetings, OKRs
The world has changed dramatically over the past decade. Businesses have become increasingly globalized, competition has intensified, and..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards, Effective Meetings
CEOs spend their days working long hours, managing employees, and dealing with shareholders. They don’t have much time to focus on their..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams, New CEO
CEOs are busy people. They spend most of their time working hard to run their companies effectively. Objectives and Key Results, or OKRs,..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards, New CEO, OKRs
You've done it! You and your team have finished a significant project and are ready to celebrate. Your team did a great job adjusting to..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings
What does it take to become a successful new middle market C.E.O.?
Topics: Increasing Sales, Annual & Quarterly Planning, Accountable Leaders & Teams
In any industrial company, there are business goals to hit, KPIs to measure and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to complete. In..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, OKRs
Many companies have strong Annual Plans but fail to execute on them and miss their targets year after year. They know that they are missing..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning
Use the SMART Goals Framework
The SMART goals framework helps you set realistic goals that are measurable, attainable, relevant, specific,..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Annual & Quarterly Planning, Effective Meetings, New CEO
You know what? Weekly team meetings suck. There, I said it. I know many of you were thinking it, but I went ahead and put it out there...
Topics: Effective Meetings
Verne Harnish notes in his book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits that the difference between organizational vision and organizational..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, Accountable Leaders & Teams
How does culture play a role in team performance? What makes some teams perform better than others? Is it really possible to create a high..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Accountable Leaders & Teams
If you’re a hiring manager at your organization, chances are that you have had a couple of new hires that haven’t worked out the way that..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
In working with middle market CEOs and their employees and they often wonder about their employee productivity and professional..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
Leadership 101 tells us that it’s important to set clear and specific goals for ourselves and for our teams in order to achieve business..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
Recently, our digital marketing team sat down and talked about our annual plan. Marketing departments have many campaigns they focus on..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
Managing the daily, weekly, and monthly workload is a challenge for team members and leaders alike, but in very different ways. Teams have..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
I have to admit that I am a data geek. I do know that I have a unique personality type and most people aren’t interested in digging deep..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, KPIs & Dashboards, Effective Meetings
I recently had the opportunity to create content for Rhythm University, our knowledge center that is full of tools, tips, videos and lots..
Topics: Strategies for Growth
Creating Company, Group, and Individual priorities is a key success factor (a leading indicator KPI) to achieving both your short-term and..
How an employee moves through the ranks and advances in a company usually starts with them being an exceptional entry-level employee. The..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
Employee engagement for remote workers is a huge topic in the market today, especially with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) limiting travel and..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
It’s that time of the year again where we all wonder where 2017 went. It seems like it just started! Soon our friends and family will..
Weekly staff meetings are often a huge waste of time and money. Too often, they are just boring status updates that could have been better..
Topics: Effective Meetings
An acquaintance of mine has recently undergone a merger at her corporation. As a mid-level employee, she knew it was coming; her company..
Topics: Strategy Execution, Accountable Leaders & Teams, Mergers & Acquisitions
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts." -Arnold Bennett
Whether you or an external..
Topics: Strategy Execution
In my initial blog “How to Create KPIs that Drive Your Company's Success,” we focused on the most common form of metric, Key Performance..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
How can I better source ideas from employees, even when they are working from home?
When looking for new ideas, some large organizations..
In the past year, employee engagement has been a hot topic: how to encourage employees, how to measure it, and why it's important. Not so..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
I love my job! I get to work with people to make their business hopes and dreams come true. I mean, what is not to like about working with..
Topics: Strategy Execution
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Okay, I don’t want to create “holiday creep” where Christmas decorations are out even before the..
At Rhythm Systems we help middle marketing companies get the most out of their meetings, from annual planning meetings to weekly team..
Topics: Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings
Keeping track of all of the demands on our time can be a real challenge. Unfortunately, we can’t create more time in the day, but there are..
If you’ve gone through the exercise of determining your company’s core values, you’ve spent a lot of time (and a lot of meetings) thinking..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
At Rhythm Systems, one of our core values is to Keep Smart. In order to do that, we set aside an hour every week to come together virtually..
Topics: Strategy Execution
Whew….you’ve done it. You and your team just completed a major project and are celebrating! The group did a good job making adjustments and..
Topics: Effective Meetings
In working with many leading mid-market CEOs and their executive leadership teams on their growth strategies, I often ask these leaders..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution, Accountable Leaders & Teams, Mergers & Acquisitions
As the middle market growth experts, the Rhythm Systems consulting team gets a lot of questions about KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators...
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards
Wait. Did I read that correctly? I always learned that there is no I in team. How could you challenge my thinking like this? I haven’t even..
Summer is over, kids are back in school, and now it's time to turn your focus back to the workplace. Yes, I know it might not be as..
Topics: KPIs & Dashboards, Strategy Execution
Alberto P., one of our subscribers, asked, "What's a better way to manage my email?"
Great question! I get a LOT of email, and it sounds..
At Rhythm Systems, we are still celebrating the success of our inaugural Breakthrough Execution Conference. All of the feedback has been..
One of the biggest keys to success is putting your energy and effort into the most important tasks at hand. In order to have a great year,..
Topics: Accountable Leaders & Teams
This is my final post based on John Warrillow’s The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry. We have already..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
We've covered the first three subscription models from John Warrillow’s The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any..
Topics: Strategy Execution
In an upcoming post, I will explain the five reasons why exploring a subscription model within your business makes sense. Today, I will..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
Startups are amazing businesses. They find a problem that isn’t properly solved in the marketplace and try to resolve that problem in a..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Strategy Execution
Travel is an important function to many businesses. It does not matter how much technology and virtual meetings bring us closer together,..
Happy New Year! I hope your 2015 is off to a great start. Isn’t it great to come back to work after a nice refreshing break with a clean..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, KPIs & Dashboards, Strategy Execution
It’s that time of the year again where we all sit around and wonder where 2014 went. Soon our friends and family will visit and enjoy the..
One of the most common business problems new clients joining the Rhythm Systems family are hoping to overcome is how to grow their..
Complacency is something that can rear its ugly head in any organization that doesn’t build the culture and mechanisms to keep it at bay. A..