What is Organizational Peak Performance in Business?
Organizations strive for excellence to achieve their highest possible performance. It..
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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..
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Team meetings are a vital component of any business. It's essential that the employees know and understands what’s going on with the..
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One of the many things I get to do in my role here at Rhythm Systems is work with our CEO Patrick Thean to coordinate and run our monthly..
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As I was scrolling through my social media feeds this week, I noticed a trend that more tech companies are announcing a permanent move to..
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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...
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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..
Organizational performance is an essential aspect of any business. Being a growing business is great for attracting and keeping talented..
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What is a huddle meeting? The daily huddle meeting has been common practice for many companies for ages. No matter your industry..
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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
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..
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Are your meetings the butt of work-related jokes? Why is it that we roll our eyes with disdain when our calendar is loaded with meetings,..
Meetings. Most executives spend their days in a haze, bouncing from meeting to conference call to another meeting - back to back to back...
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Weekly Team Meetings…we’ve all got them. Conventional business wisdom has proclaimed since the beginning of time that the weekly staff..
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For many companies, the idea of the monthly leadership meeting can feel like a burden in an already overly scheduled calendar. Why is this..
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..
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As we head into 2022, now is the perfect time to step back and take a hard look at your team's meeting rhythms. Much like your junk drawer..
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As some teams head back into the office, many are facing a unique challenge for the first time - running a meeting where some team members..
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For many team leaders, HR professionals and individual contributors, the performance review process is one of the most dreaded exercises..
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One of the most important components of the Rhythm Systems, the Think-Plan-Do methodology is to implement a planning rhythm that includes..
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Every team is focused on setting their Annual Priorities & Budget for the next year at this time of year. It's an incredible commitment of..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Effective Meetings
I know, I know; you've heard it all before! These are the top things to do to retain and attract talent and increase employee engagement in..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Effective Meetings, Go the Second Mile
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..
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How much did misalignment cost your organization last year? Misalignment comes from poor planning, and it results in poor execution and..
Topics: Annual & Quarterly Planning, KPIs & Dashboards, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Accountable Leaders & Teams
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
Active listening skills are more critical than ever, especially as we head into the annual planning season. When we pause to think ..
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One of the best practices we recommend to all of our clients is rotating facilitation duties for your team’s weekly meeting. There are a..
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The world has changed dramatically over the past decade. Businesses have become increasingly globalized, competition has intensified, and..
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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..
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How often do you attend meetings where nothing gets accomplished? If you're looking for ways to improve meeting effectiveness, then look..
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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
Many planning tools are used on an annual basis—yet, they are often overlooked in the middle of a pandemic like COVID-19. There is an..
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Take a look at your calendar. If you’re like most executives, you’re booked up with meetings weeks in advance. As we all know, meetings can..
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We all know the feeling… sitting through an hour-long meeting that could have very well just been an email. Nobody likes wasting their..
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I hear this all the time: “Our Weekly Meetings are just routine report-outs about who’s doing what; they’re so tactical!” If this is your..
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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...
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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
For any growing business, ensuring that you have the processes in place to “scale up” your business is very important. Here at Rhythm..
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Sounds like a simple concept: Alignment. What makes this so hard to achieve? The fact is, if you are hiring the right people, you will..
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We are thrilled to host our Annual Breakthrough Conference once again in Charlotte, NC, May 4th-5th 2022, at the Charlotte Marriott City..
Topics: Increasing Sales, Strategies for Growth, Annual & Quarterly Planning, KPIs & Dashboards, Strategy Execution, Effective Meetings, Accountable Leaders & Teams, Mergers & Acquisitions
The foundation of a successful Daily Huddle Meeting, Team Huddle Meeting or Weekly Meeting is a great facilitator to keep the weekly..
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When it comes to goal setting, there are two extremes that come up over and over again. Some companies tend to err on the side of..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Annual & Quarterly Planning, Effective Meetings, goal planning
It sounds so simple. But, I was just discussing scaling up meeting rhythms with one of my colleagues, and she told me that it took her..
So, how’s your huddle? I’ve written about huddles before and honestly believe they can be a breakthrough component in building..
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..
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“I can’t wait to get out of this meeting to get my real work done!”
“I’m in back to back meetings. I won’t get anything done today!"
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If you had told our team of expert facilitators this time last year that they would be doing 90% of their strategic facilitation work..
The struggle is real. We’ve all been in meetings about our metrics that produce seemingly endless discussion about the numbers, with no..
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As in the past many years, I entered 2020 with a full schedule of strategy and execution planning work with my clients. Then the pandemic..
Executive Weekly Meeting Team Size
For the most effective weekly team meeting, your weekly leadership meeting team should consist of 8-10..
In your next weekly team meeting, take a moment to look around. What are you seeing? Are your team members engaged—are they looking at each..
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Establishing the right meeting rhythm with your executive team is key. Many executives spend the majority of their days in one meeting or..
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We’ve known for a while that an increase in remote work was coming, and the pandemic has accelerated this trend. Many workers are eager to..
The feedback surveys are still rolling in, but I can say without a doubt that our first virtual conference was a success! Our amazing..
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Remote workers and companies are becoming more popular these days. In a recent survey, Gallup reported 37% of workers said they worked..
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If your company has hired anyone over the last year, chances are you've had to do at least some of that new hire's onboarding and training..
Think about the last meeting you facilitated... was there a slide deck involved? If so, chances are you (or your admin) spent quite a bit..
At Rhythm Systems, we have been helping companies build strategic execution plans for the last 15 years. We've learned a lot in that time,..
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In my career, I've been in some pretty dismal meetings—ones where I struggled to keep my eyes open, ones where I watched the clock in..
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The "new normal" is here... and for many companies, it involves hybrid work in which some team members work remotely at least part of the..
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I'm not going to lie, I miss being in a room with my team members. Seeing their real, 3-D faces when we talk would be amazing, but, for..
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Many companies are re-tooling and finding the best ways to remain connected and productive in a remote work environment in the work from..
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There is no way around it—the quality of your Weekly Team Meetings makes or breaks your Quarterly Plan. Most teams simply update each other..
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Think about the last in-person meeting or conference you attended. Close your eyes and visualize the space. Was there a stage? What was on..
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For over a decade, our consultants have worked with client CEOs to help them exceed industry standards and build great companies. Having..
Topics: Strategies for Growth, Annual & Quarterly Planning, Effective Meetings
A recent survey from SHRM found, "Work-related concerns left more than 40 percent of employees feeling hopeless, burned out or exhausted as..
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I have two small children sleeping quietly (for once) as I write this a little before 6 am. While the COVID-19 crisis has been hard for..
This Saturday, my aunt will be buried. She's the last of my dad's generation for my family. She passed due to complications of cancer, and..
Most companies we work with are still operating in a virtual or semi-virtual world, and fortunately, employees are adapting well. It is..
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..
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According to CNBC, since the onset of COVID-19, Zoom use has surged to over 300 million daily participants. Microsoft Teams has more than..
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At Rhythm Systems, we’ve been using Zoom for many years as a way to share screens, audio and video with our clients who are all over the..
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If you do not operate your business using Rhythm or the Rockefeller Habits, you might be asking yourself "why would I have a meeting with..
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Many times, the Key Performance Indicators we review at the executive team level are actually the sum or average of several smaller KPIs...
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How can I better source ideas from employees, even when they are working from home?
When looking for new ideas, some large organizations..
Virtual and Remote meetings are harder to facilitate because the physical and emotional cues can't be read. Video helps, but only to a..
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The way to eat an elephant is, of course, to take one bite at a time. With that in mind, have you ever taken a look at your projects or..
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Unfortunately, I’ve seen leading companies spend (aka “waste”) time in a one or two-day Annual Planning orQuarterly Planning Session. The..
Our recommended Weekly Meeting Agenda involves talking about three things: 1. your company 2. yourself 3. your clients/employees. The..
Every week you sit down with your team and discuss what you need to get done to be effective. How often do you enter the meeting dreading..
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As I shared in a previous post, I am always looking for the next productivity hack. Going into this quarter, my inbox was full of articles..
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This month we have all been reflecting on the Rockefeller Habits Checklist. One of the most important elements is establishing a..
Every quarter is a thirteen-week race. It goes by fast. Before you know it, the quarter is over. And then the year is over. You are left..
At Rhythm Systems we help middle marketing companies get the most out of their meetings, from annual planning meetings to weekly team..
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I recently watched a TED Talk from David Grady called "How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings." It's hilarious, and..
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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 want to set compelling and achievable goals for yourself, your teams and your company, drop everything and invent a time machine...
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This week in our own Weekly Adjustment Meeting, our consultants were discussing one of our clients that was having a hard time using Rhythm..
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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..
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Jack walked into his weekly team meeting thinking, “I have so much to do. I can’t believe I am going to burn two hours today in this status..
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"Spectacular keynote speeches, incredibly, relevant, informative breakout sessions. Thank you!"
“Loved the human element of business that..
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How many of you are involved in a weekly staff meeting? My guess is that all of you participate in at least one. If you are an executive..
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As the CEO or team leader, you probably put a lot of time and energy into preparing for your Annual and Quarterly Planning sessions for..
We have all had weeks where we rush into our weekly meeting and quickly update our status while our team members are sharing good news in..
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Here at Rhythm Systems, we are very blessed to have almost 10,000 blog subscribers, 10+ regular contributors, and many amazing readers who..
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Today, a client asked me to clarify the purpose of the Client/Employee Feedback item on the Weekly Meeting Agenda. It got me thinking and..
Managing projects across multiple teams is really difficult. Isolated spreadsheets and email strings make it impossible for team members to..
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What people really love about coming to meetings is how unproductive they are. I don’t know about you but I eagerly check my calendar each..
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Most of our successful mid-market clients have no shortage of great ideas. The constraint lies with the time and resources to get it all..
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Successful Rhythm Cascade implementation hinges greatly on Team Leaders. Once the Company's Quarterly Plan is established, Team Leaders..
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson
I've never met a CEO who expected his or her team and their..
We are rapidly approaching the most wonderful - and busy - time of year. With the holidays and end of year deadlines looming around the..
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Those of you familiar with our recommended meeting agendas know that we usually like to start most meetings with all team members sharing..
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Your planning sessions are important and expensive. Whether they’re Quarterly Planning Sessions, Annual Planning Sessions, or Strategic..
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Having great weekly meetings is the secret to increasing your speed of execution and getting more initiatives done.
"Wow! Really? Mine..
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My wife and daughter are obsessed with Criminal Minds. If you have never seen the show, almost every episode starts with a killing or a..
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With so many Rhythm client companies growing like crazy, many of my clients have needed to integrate new hires into existing Weekly..
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Ineffective meetings waste more than your precious time - they also hit your company’s bottom line. In fact, there’s a Meeting Calc app..
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I’ve been a good boy, eating right and exercising daily. My good habits were working. My weight was trending downwards (one of the few..
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As a Weekly Adjustment Meeting facilitator, you have several KPI dashboard views at your fingertips in Rhythm. Each dashboard serves a..
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With a great message and poor delivery you have the equivalent of … a poor message! I’ve worked the stage in twelve countries with..
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Meetings - most of us dread them, and for good reason. According to the Wall Street Journal, executives spend about one third of their work..
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We are proud to announce that Retail TouchPoints recently featured two of our long-time clients, Simms Fishing Products, and luxury..
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Many CEOs I work with struggle with this same issue, and some don’t even know that they have a challenge. They present an idea to their..
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I really hate the f-word: Failure. But it happens, especially when it seems like you have a lot going on in one week. Your focus was..
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Our next Valentine's Day contest winner is Cara R. Here's her question: "What is the best way to train someone on our team to facilitate a..
So if any of you have spent time around Patrick Thean or read his book Rhythm, you have heard him use the term “minor major.” It refers to..
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I am a Rhythm Ambassador. I love my title because it truly reflects who I am as a human not just as an employee at Rhythm Systems.
I am in..
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It’s that time each week when you meet with yourself in Rhythm to prep for your weekly meeting, and you reach a priority that just slipped..
As a child I loved exploring something new. I (generally) enjoyed the journey and the process. I remember when I was a boy I pretended to..
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For new clients getting started with Rhythm, one of the most difficult things to master is establishing new habits for execution and..
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The benefit of having a weekly meeting rhythm that follows a disciplined agenda every week is that your team will have highly effective..
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Recent polling indicates that 78.2% (+/-3% correct) of business mistakes are the result of meetings. I’m not serious, but my serious..
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Weekly Meeting Prep is part of your "Do" Rhythm. We call this time a "Weekly Meeting with Yourself."
The Weekly Meeting with Yourself..
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I just finished facilitating a Quarterly Planning session where I observed the executive team maturing before my very eyes. An outburst of..
Your Annual Plan is complete! The Main Thing for the year is clear and speaks to the head and heart. Everyone knows the Annual Key..
Anyone who has dialed into a meeting virtually knows that it is not always as enjoyable or productive an experience as compared to being..
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Guest Satisfaction Scores. Hotels live and die by them. Hotel management and operating companies like White Lodging even more so. Dave..
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Here we are at the halfway mark for Q3 - it's hard to believe! I'm just finishing up the mid-quarter analysis on my clients' Rhythm..
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With most of my clients feverishly planning for Q3, the subject of what makes a good Company Priority is hot right now. Here are a few..
I've worked with countless teams, who come to us in various stages of implementing the Rockefeller Habits. Regardless of whether you are..
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We're coming to the end of the quarter; now's the time when people start to panic about those Reds and Yellows on their Rhythm dashboard...
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In order to set yourself and your team up for a successful Weekly Adjustment Meeting, proper prep time is a must. We suggest a 20-30..
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After my keynote session yesterday in Chicago at UBA's (United Benefit Advisors) 2012 Spring Meeting, we continued into a breakout..
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I had a great keynote session today in Chicago at UBA's (United Benefit Advisors) 2012 Spring Meeting. Thank you for the warm welcome! ..
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Meetings are very expensive. Especially executive team meetings. Here is a quick tip to get the most value out of your meetings. Focus..
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I recently heard Daniel Pink, author of Drive, speak at the Fortune Growth Summit. Pink shared how the best way to motivate your team is..
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Right People, Right Things, Right Results. Weekly focus on Weekly Priorities
Stephen Covey says "Begin With the End in Mind." Covey,..
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So... What do you do if your critical number goes red? How do you increase team urgency?
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