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Tiffany Chepul

Tiffany is a Rhythm Consultant. She has years of experience helping clients get in a strong Think Plan Do Rhythm to grow their business with purpose. Her background is in Sales and PR.
Employee Engagement Metrics and Employee KPIs for HR Leaders [Updated for 2024]

Discover which HR employee engagement metrics and employee KPIs you should be using to track ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Job Scorecard vs. Job Description vs Employee Scorecard: What's the Difference in 2024? (Video)

A Job Scorecard (or employee scorecard) is used internally for interviewing candidates and coaching ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Best KPI Examples for Technology Companies in 2024

It’s helpful to think of your business in terms of 4 key areas: Employees, Customers, Processes and ...

KPIs & Dashboards
Setting Red Yellow Green Goal Performance Indicator Examples That Are SMART

Each KPI and Priority should have clearly defined success criteria.  What is success?  What is ...

KPIs & Dashboards
Staying Connected to Your Annual Plan All Year

It’s that time again – back-to-school, pumpkin everything, football, and Annual Planning! How do ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Sales KPI Examples For Successful Sales Teams

Explore essential Sales KPI Examples that drive success for top-performing sales teams. Learn how ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

KPIs & Dashboards
Rhythm for Cross-functional Alignment: How to Ensure All Departments Move Forward Together

Discover the power of Rhythm for cross-functional alignment, and learn how to effectively ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams

High-Performance Solutions

and more
Cross-functional Alignment: How to Ensure All Departments Move Forward Together

Learn 5 Simple Steps to get your cross-functional project on track when you start on the right path ...

Increasing Sales

Strategies for Growth

and more
Use an Objective Statement to Begin with the End in Mind

An Objective Statement is a simple tool that provides a framework to execute a specific project, ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Strategy Execution
Start Stop Continue Examples: Leverage the Start Stop Continue Exercise to Increase Performance?

Every quarter, my team and I complete a Start Stop Keep exercise to get us thinking. Often called ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Strategy Execution
OKR Goal Setting Steps: The 5 Keys to Goal Setting

OKR Goal setting is both a skill and an art. Whether you are new to the goal-setting game, or a ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams

and more
The Secret Weapon for Accomplishing 100% of Your Annual Plan

Taking the extra care to gain hyper-alignment as a team around what the goal is, how you will go ...

Strategies for Growth

Effective Meetings
How to Align Employees with Company Goals in 2024 Annual Plans

To help you achieve better results from your strategic planning process, we have compiled some ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Meeting Madness: Eliminate Unnecessary Meetings and Make Necessary Meetings Twice as Effective

Nobody likes wasting their time, and unnecessary meetings are one of the biggest distractions for ...

Effective Meetings
Team Huddle: How to Lead Impactful Huddle Meetings

The foundation of a successful Daily Huddle or Weekly Meeting is a great facilitator. Here are ...

Effective Meetings
Implementation Process: Implementing New Processes and Procedures

Our data back research shows as companies grow, they need to implement new processes and ...

Strategy Execution
Cascade Meeting: Top 3 Things to Decide Prior to Cascading to Teams

Once the executive team is very comfortable with Rhythm, then it's time to cascade to departments. ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
A Better Way to Implement Your Rockefeller Habits 2.0 One-Page Strategic Plan

Many companies put together a beautiful strategy that doesn't get done. There's a better way to ...

Strategies for Growth
How to Lead the Best KPI Discussion Ever in Your Weekly Team Meeting

We’ve all been in weekly staff meetings about our metrics that produce seemingly endless discussion ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Effective Meetings
Crucial Conversations STATE My Path

So, how do you navigate the stormy seas of a Crucial Conversation? The VitalSmarts course is an ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Cascade Planning: The Value of Team and Company Alignment

Cascade planning to departments requires a commitment and can be challenging, but the rewards are ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
KPI Spreadsheets vs. KPI Dashboards: How You Know You’ve Outgrown Excel

Many smaller firms using Rhythm methodology use spreadsheets to track their progress. As they ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution
Using KPI Data to Predict Success & Prompt Action

With the proper data, KPI status colors and strong Weekly Adjustment Meeting habits, your team will ...

KPIs & Dashboards
Scaling Up Software for Larger, Complex Companies with Rhythm

In this journey from simple to complex, companies need to scale their systems quickly to meet the ...

Strategies for Growth

Mergers & Acquisitions
3 Situations When You Wish You Had Done Job Scorecards

When I speak with CEOs who are feeling the burn of a bad hire or a missed metric, they realize a ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Increase the Value of Your Weekly Team Meetings with Expert Coaching & Feedback

There is no way around it—the quality of your Weekly Team Meeting makes or breaks your Quarterly ...

Effective Meetings
M&A KPIs: The Right Merger and Acquisition KPIs and Metrics to Prevent Failure

For a CEO to have clear visibility of a company's overall health, KPIs should exist in the ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Mergers & Acquisitions
Models for Successful Cross-Functional Planning

This planning event can happen anytime after the company's plan is complete. Each player would come ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
3 Rhythm Tips CEOs & Sales Leaders Use to Hit Their Numbers

So how do the most successful Sales Teams use Rhythm to hit their sales numbers? Below are three ...

Increasing Sales
Strategic Software Features that Make CEOs' Jobs Easier

By reviewing your Team's Performance Dashboard as part of your Weekly Meeting Prep, you can see how ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution
Plan Your Personal Quarter to Deliver Predictable Results

Here are some great ways to center yourself, prioritize your own personal 13-week race, and set ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams
2 Most Common Questions about Quarterly Planning

In your next Quarterly Planning session, set priorities to balance growth with the daily health of ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

KPIs & Dashboards
Aligned Planning: Getting Aligned Cross-Functionally Throughout the Quarter

In the new Rhythm software, I'm most excited about features for cross-functional teams. Achieving ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Strategy Execution
How to Reduce Chaos at Work During A Crisis Using Rhythm Software

With information moving so quickly regarding global pandemic COVID-19, many companies are facing ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution
Questions Every Good Weekly Meeting Facilitator Should Ask

High-performance organizations are very comfortable holding each other accountable and the Weekly ...

Effective Meetings
Ditch the Spreadsheet: Using Systems to Scale as Your Company Grows

What about your company’s strategy and execution plans? Still using those spreadsheets? Now that ...

Strategy Execution
Execution Leadership: 7 Steps to Execute Your Strategy

Recently, I worked with a client who was a whiz at quarterly planning , but was falling short on ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Don't Let Your Annual Planning Fail: Create a 4-Quarter Flyover

Are you setting your team up to fail? Find out: create a 4-Quarter Flyover Plan. This is one of the ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Core Values Implementation Plan: 8 Ways To Manage Using Your Core Values (Video)

Once your executive team has worked to discover, test and finalize your Company's Core values - ...

Strategies for Growth

Accountable Leaders & Teams
What is Brand Promise and How Do I Know if Mine Needs Work?

In short, Brand Promise is HOW you sell your WHAT to your WHO. It starts with understanding and ...

Increasing Sales

Strategies for Growth
5 Questions Leaders Should Ask When A Project Fails

It’s happened to all of us. We start a new project or set a new goal with the best intentions. ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Making Rhythm Part of Your Culture:  Three Certification Success Stories

Successful companies find ways to really make Rhythm a part of their culture and help their teams ...
7 Tips for CEOs for Drama-Free Planning & Strategy Sessions

Strategy & Annual Planning Sessions tend to drum up lots of emotions. For some, planning is ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
KPIs: We Know WHAT to Measure…Now, HOW Do We Measure It?

Lately I've been working with clients who are just getting started on their KPIs.  They are ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution
How to Use Execution as a Key Differentiator in a Changing Market [Video]

Growth is tricky, however, especially when there are so many ways your company can grow. The key is ...

Strategy Execution
How to "Be Proactive" with the Hidden Resource Finder

Highly-effective leadership means approaching things differently and having a proactive mindset.

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Cascading Rhythm - What Should I Expect?

In the last two years, many of my clients have taken the brave and ambitious step of cascading ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Strategy Execution
A Vulnerable Culture is an Accountable Culture

Vulnerability is the secret to fixing your Company’s accountability issues. It’s a bold statement, ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Does Your Core Purpose Pass the Test?

When they first started working on their One Page Strategic Plan, they stated that their Core ...

Strategies for Growth
How to Do a KPI Audit (Video)

Now that the dust has settled from Annual Planning, many of my clients are focused on auditing ...

KPIs & Dashboards
How Managers Support the Executive Team

Teams are taking Rhythm deeper into their organizations. In some cases, we are four management ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Sharing Quarterly Plans Across Departments

There are many different habits of High Performance Teams, but one that has a big impact on ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Getting Unstuck on Your BHAG

Looking back on the Annual Planning season, it seems like I was surrounded by BHAG talk! Many of ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Characteristics of Well-Written Priorities

Even when you spend time on your quarterly plan, execution can come to a grinding halt without ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Software Implementation: Myth vs. Reality

Bringing Rhythm into your organization can be a big change. However, it’s the first step on an ...

Strategies for Growth

Annual & Quarterly Planning

and more
Why Should We Discuss Client and Employee Feedback at Our Weekly Meetings?

Today, a client asked me to clarify the purpose of the Client/Employee Feedback item on the Weekly ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings
F.R. Drake Featured in OEM Magazine [Client Spotlight]

The fascinating profile in OEM Magazine details how Rhythm client FR Drake has adapted to rapid ...

Strategy Execution
Establishing the Weekly Meeting Habit at the Team Level

Once each Team has established their Quarterly Plan, relentless Execution of the Weekly Meeting ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings
Why Your Team Didn’t Get Expected Results [Video]

I've never met a CEO who expected his or her annual plan to fail. After all, the CEO hired the ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings
‘Tis the Season for Writing Effective Annual Initiatives

Here are some things we look for to determine if their Annual Initiatives are set up to deliver ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

KPIs & Dashboards

and more
Learn the Secret to Breakthrough Growth

New to Rhythm? Join me at the 2017 Breakthrough Conference to learn the secret to breakthrough ...

Strategy Execution
New Rhythm User Certification Now Available

We are excited to announce the release of the new Rhythm User Certification, in support of the much ...

Strategy Execution
This Habit Results in More Greens and Lightning-Fast Execution

Review and comment on your teammates' dashboards each week prior to your weekly meeting-this habit ...
How to Integrate New People into a Weekly Adjustment Meeting

For most new hires, participating in a Rhythm Weekly Adjustment Meeting is a welcomed change. Most ...

Effective Meetings
Top 10 Things To Do For Your Team in Q4 (Video)

Now's the time for making holiday lists. Here's a list you may not have written yet: Top 10 Things ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
4 Habits of Highly Successful Rhythm Companies

Highly successful people are masters at using patterns. So, it was no surprise that a CEO asked: ...

Strategy Execution
Use Rhythm Certification to Up Your Game

If you are a Rhythm client, use our Rhythm Certification program to master the method and software ...

Strategy Execution
Which KPI Dashboard Should We Use at Our Weekly Meeting?

Which KPI dashboard view in the Rhythm software will prompt the right discussions at your Weekly ...

KPIs & Dashboards

Strategy Execution

and more
How Rhythm Can Help Build Enduring Core Values

You keep setting new BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) every 10-25 years, but your Core Values ...

Strategies for Growth
Breakthroughs Come In All Forms

Breakthroughs come in all forms: small, large, fast, slow. The trick is to acknowledge them, ...

Strategy Execution
What Kind Of Team Are You?

As your team embarks on the journey of building a High Performance Team, a logical first step is to ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
How to Build an "Execution Ready" Quarterly Plan

You cannot achieve an Execution Ready plan without having a very well prepared for quarterly ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
3 Ways to Shake Up Your Planning Session (Video)

Having been with Rhythm since 2010, I have some teams that have done over 20 consecutive quarterly ...

Strategies for Growth

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Characteristics of an Effective Think Rhythm

In working with hundreds of teams using Think Rhythms, we have seen some definite patterns for ...

Strategies for Growth
Rhythm & The Self-Made Billionaire Effect

As I read The Self-Made Billionaire Effect, I realized that many of our Rhythm CEOs demonstrate the ...

Strategy Execution
Managing Mergers & Acquisitions With Rhythm

Managing mergers & acquisitions with Rhythm will help provide focus to your new team. You will get ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams

and more
Is Your Execution Really Connected to Your Strategy? (Infographic)

We designed this infographic to help you visualize the connection between the company's strategy ...

Strategies for Growth

Strategy Execution
Is Your Quarterly Plan Execution-Ready? (Video)

These tips for reviewing your quarterly plan to get it execution-ready will help you and your team ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Top 5 Traits of Successful Rhythm Companies

I frequently get asked, what characteristics do all companies who are successful Rhythm users have ...

Strategy Execution
What Do You Need to Stop Doing?

Bottom line: if an activity isn't in line with our strategy and doesn't help us reach our BHAG, we ...

Strategies for Growth
How Well Are You Using Your BHAG? Red-Yellow-Green It!

Each quarter, our coaches provide feedback to their clients on how they are applying Rhythm ...

Strategies for Growth
Is It Time for a New BHAG?

Your 10-25 year goal, or BHAG, might be in need of an update. Here are some tell-tale signs.

Strategies for Growth
Are You Creating an Experience?

After listening to James Gilmore speak about customer service, I realized that I’ve got it all ...

Increasing Sales
Open Door Leadership ACTION Tips from Bill Treasurer

At the Fortune Leadership Summit last May, Bill Treasurer shared thoughts on his book Leaders Open ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Your 13-Week Race: One Week at a Time

Your 13-Week Race will be over before you know it! Follow these weekly steps to set your team up ...

Strategy Execution
Improving Communication Across Teams

Tips for improving communication between the Sales and Operations teams.

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Keeping Your Team Connected to Your Annual Plan Throughout the Year

Your Annual Plan is complete!  The Main Thing for the year is clear and speaks to the head and ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings
Does Your Team Trust You?

A team that trusts one another, as well as their leader, will build a culture of focus and ...

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Have Solid Strategy and Execution, But Still Not Seeing Results?

Recently at the Fortune Growth Summit, Stephen M.R. Covey shared his book: Speed of Trust. His ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams
How to Eat an Elephant - A Survival Guide for Crucial Conversations

With Q4 just around the corner, many teams are getting ready for their quarterly planning sessions ...

Strategies for Growth

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Coming Back from the Dreaded Yellow Status

Here we are at the halfway mark for Q3 - it's hard to believe!  I'm just finishing up the ...

Effective Meetings
How to Close a Deal like Warren Buffet

I recently watched Tom Searcy present on his book How to Close a Deal Like Warren Buffet: Lessons ...

Strategy Execution

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Why Your Company Priorities Should Have a Verb

With most of my clients feverishly planning for Q2, the subject of what makes a good Company ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Effective Meetings
Taking Rhythm to the Next Level: Preparing your Team to Cascade

Taking the Rhythm methodology to the next level of management is a great way to achieve alignment ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Strategy Execution

and more
Communicating Your Annual Plan to the Rest of the Company

Does everyone in your organization ultimately have an understanding of your strategy and how you're ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning
Annual Planning: The Power of a Great Annual Planning Facilitator

Annual Planning is one of the most important things you and your executive team will do this Fall. ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

Accountable Leaders & Teams
7 Questions to Test your Core Purpose

Have you and your team have been hard at work identifying your Core Purpose - your company's reason ...

Strategies for Growth
10 Things to Do Now from Jim Collins (Video)

One of my favorite speakers from the recent FORTUNE Leadership Summit was Jim Collins.  My top ten ...

Strategy Execution
Don't Let the Summer Slump Derail Your BHAG

While an extended vacation might sound great, the dreaded "Summer Slump" could derail your Annual ...

Strategies for Growth

Annual & Quarterly Planning

and more
Staying Connected to Strategy Through Turnover

When anyone on the executive team leaves, transition can be tough. No matter the circumstances, the ...

Strategies for Growth

Accountable Leaders & Teams
Keep Your Red-Yellow-Greens Short & Sweet

Setting SMART Red Yellow Green success criteria is challenging enough, but now you want me to fit ...

Annual & Quarterly Planning

KPIs & Dashboards

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