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10x Your Results in 2021 With This Powerful New Year's Strategy!
Are you familiar with the Balanced Scorecard? If not, you may find the following info, IF APPLIED, a unique and powerful way to enhance your bottom-line results for 2021 and beyond.
The Balanced Scorecard was created by Robert Kaplan, a professor of leadership at Harvard Business School, and David Norton and is a way to align and focus your efforts in FOUR areas
Why Plans Are Useless — It's Because of the VUCA Factors!
Dwight Eisenhower famously stated, that "plans are useless..." The second part of that statement is just as compelling... He went on to assert, "but planning is everything."
In this blog, I want to comment on why plans are useless and why planning is still critical, and it's pretty simple. In the last blog on planning (which you can read here), I mentioned the oft-summarized assertion by the renowned Prussian Field Marshall Helmut von Moltke that plans can go awry very quickly. Let's consider specifically why that happens. It's due to "VUCA" factors.
Why Plan? Here's the #1 (Simple) Reason!
Wow! It's December already... and you have your plans for 2021, right?! In the last blog, I gave you four external areas in which to start your planning process. The next thing to do is consider your internal environment and do a SWOT analysis in these three areas.
Four Critical Areas To Cover Before January 1st
Before I show you FOUR critical areas to cover between now and January 1st, have you scheduled and/or hosted your prior-email-suggested planning event for 2021 yet?
If you haven't, consider the benefit of planning out your year.
What is the Electoral College and why it took effect in 1789
If you don't really understand what the electoral college is, click READ MORE to learn the origin, myths and misinformation, and how it actually works.
Accountability is CRITICAL! Here's how to do it right.
Accountability for results is CRITICAL! It's critical in life, in business, in relationships... across the board.
This blog will deepen your knowledge and skill on the following:
- What IS accountability? (Unfortunately, it's become a buzzword that's lost its meaning.)
- How can I hold myself and my people accountable for results?
Do This One Thing And Increase Your Results 10% to 30% Or More, With Less Stress!
Do you want to increase your results by 10% to 30% or more in the year 2021, and do it with MUCH less stress?
By doing this ONE THING in the next 30-45 days, I'll guarantee you that you will achieve this goal.
What is that one thing? It's planning! (And doing planning the right way.)
The Green New Deal: Where did Green New Deal Come From? Part 2
This blog will fill you in on its origins! Note that I'm NOT taking a position on the GND or the earlier emails on socialism. You can read the information yourself and decide your position.
An Objective Look at the Trump/Biden Positions on 15 Issues!
I found this cool, objective infographic showing Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's policy stances on15 major issues.
What is The Green New Deal? Part 1
If you watched the vice presidential debate last night with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN), you heard the "Green New Deal" (GND) mentioned several times.
If You're Tired of the ARGUING in Today's Politics, You MUST Read This!
Are you tired of the contentiousness in today's political environment?
What is Socialism? Part 2
This blog dives a little deeper into what socialism is, so you develop a fuller understanding of what the media reports.
What is Socialism? Part 1
This blog will provide you with a working definition of socialism. I hope you find this information useful as we near the elections.
Quick Summary on Your Strengths
Here are the key ideas and takeaways of the last several emails I've sent you on the value of knowing your unique strengths and putting them to the highest use NOW!
Learn Creative Strategy #5 of 5 for How to Manage Around Your Weaknesses!
This strategy is a "last resort" strategy, but very effective.
Ask this question:
"Is it about HOW the work should be done, or about WHAT the work should achieve?"
Learn Strategy #4 To Manage Your Weaknesses
The world of business has indoctrinated us to think that an effective employee is a well-rounded one. Well, cows can fly too!
Gallup found that excellent performers had perfected the art of complementary partnering.
Do you know someone who has strengths that can complement your weaknesses?
Learn THIS Creative Way To Manage Your Weaknesses
Use one of your strongest talent themes to overwhelm your weakness.
Gallup relates the story of Mike, a consultant who gives speeches to business audiences. He's very successful in that role and always booked... up to a year in advance!
Learn How To Use THIS Strategy to Manage a Glaring Performance Weakness!
Design a support system.
If you're disorganized, make a commitment to clean off your desk on a regular (daily, weekly, monthly) basis.
Learn How To Manage This Specific Weakness & Improve Your Performance!
This blog will detail the first of the five strategies in more detail.
As Nike says, "Just DO it!" That's the key to this first strategy.
Learn How To Manage Around Your Weaknesses And Get On The Path To Excellent Performance
You're an on-the-go, hard-at-work CEO, president, small business owner, or leader who's looking for an edge, an advantage, an opportunity, and/or a better way to do things.
It matters because knowing your strengths will help you and the people with whom you work to achieve consistent near-perfect performance—performance that is both excellent AND fulfilling.
Two Disastrous Assumptions Made by Business Leaders that Destroy Productivity
Two costly, operative assumptions that many leaders and managers make are that anyone can learn almost anything if they put their mind to it (you can be anything you want) and each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of the person's greatest weakness(es).
How To Be Fully Engaged In Your Work & Help Others Do The Same!
What's the secret to "full engagement" personally and professionally?
At work, if you lead or manage others, it's critical to master this journey. At home, it's essential for fulfillment.
How You Got So Good At What You Do Best — The Journey from Ignorance to Your Unique Talents!
My last blog asked the question, "Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?" I spoke about focusing on and utilizing your unique strengths on a consistent and regular basis and posited the numerous benefits of doing so.
This blog will take you on the journey of how your strengths are formed early in life as certain "talents" and through practice and conscious and unconscious effort, become grooved-in neural pathways and networks of connections.
3 Powerful & Life-Altering Actions To Take Now (While You Have Time)
With the coronavirus pandemic changing the dynamics of life and business, do there 3 actions NOW!
Legendary author (30+ books) and business guru Peter Drucker once declared, “Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.”
He also said, “Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong… and yet, a person can perform only from strength.”
