Six Disciplines

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Learning, Leading and Lasting Part II

Six Disciplines

Over the years, we learned we needed to be more specific in terms of defining our leadership. What types of leadership did we want (full services, price, convenience)? One of the most difficult parts of being a “leading” organization is making choices between one path of leadership and another. did we want to lead?

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Change Is Inevitable - Failure Is Optional

Six Disciplines

It can be done, but it takes positive, continuous energy and communication. Effective execution of strategy ultimately requires change first in the behaviors and attitudes of senior leadership first (then, of all employees next) before processes can be changed. But first, we need to understand the dynamics of change.

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How to Connect Strategy and Execution

Six Disciplines

Bright minds spend considerable time and energy drawing up ambitious plans for things like market share growth and increased revenue generation — only to watch staff put out fires all day rather than work on the strategy which will prevent most fires in the first place. They just don’t do it.”.