Joseph Lalonde
MARCH 15, 2017
First, let me say that we’ve got a long way to go – Execution is one of three strategic priorities in our 2020 Plan for Operations. As Jim Collins would say, we’ve been “pushing on the flywheel for over 40 years.”. For us, virtually everything rises and falls on the point leader in each restaurant – we call them the Operator.
CO2
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Here is Collin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,
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Leading Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. Productivity through well-trained, rewarded, and empowered front-line employees. Consider the timelessness of these key qualities: Eight Characteristics of Excellent Companies.
Terry Starbucker
MAY 31, 2015
We had worked hard to get our operations in order and build a great team. The fact was, I was getting more comfortable with being more detached from the day-to-day operating decisions. Going ‘Jim Collins’ By the time my travels took me back to Billings, a couple of months later, I knew what I had to do.
The Practical Leader
MAY 13, 2020
These leaders operate from core values of partnership and participation. Jim Collins’ Good to Great research determined, “half of the companies we were studying didn’t do it (layoffs) once. Exploring or pilot testing cross-training or cross-functionality opportunities. Not replacing people who leave or retire.
Leading with Trust
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
Of course, the best option is to recruit and hire top performers, but even if you can’t afford to pay top-tier talent, you can still train and develop team members to perform their best in their specific roles. It provides direction and boundaries for the team to operate and channels their energy toward their goals.
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 14, 2018
This means people feel “safe” offering different opinions, ideas, suggestions and, as outlined in the research and findings in Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, engaging in “vigorous intellectual debate.” To address critical operational as well as human systems issues, make the best use of the seven practices outlined above.
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