Weekly Video Series Part 1

June 4th, 2010 by Sean Burke

Enjoy the first video installment from Gary Harpst on Strategy and Planning.

In this video, Gary discusses the importance of having your workforce understand your strategies and plans.  In doing so, it’s much more likely they’ll be able to execute well. And, your organization – perhaps for the first time – will be ready to take the strategy and plans in the right direction.

CLICK HERE to watch the video

A-Player Series with Jack Henard (2 of 3)

October 31st, 2008 by Sean Burke

Welcome to part two of our A-player series.  This discussion features Jack Henard, the managing director of Meridian Partners, a Tampa-based Executive Search firm. 

In this cast, Jack:

  • shares some interesting survey results regarding executive search recruiting;
  • offers advise of how to get A-talent;
  • shares where you can find a start perfomer;
  • details the best way to negotiate compensation;
  • and much more!

For more on Jack Henard and Meridian Partners click here.

 
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Interview with Richard Sanchez

October 31st, 2008 by Sean Burke

 

In this Podcast, Sean speaks with Richard Sanchez the President and CEO of Advantica EyeCare.  Located in Clearwater, Advantica is a vision benefit company that offers services to employer groups and health care organizations.  Listen to hear Richard share:

  • how Advantica makes vision benefits affordable;
  • why eye care is an important aspect of overall wellness;
  • where the vision benefits industry is heading;
  • how he stays in control of a fast moving company;
  • what he learned moving from a large corporation to an entrepreneurial venture;
  • and much more.

To learn more about Advantica EyeCare click here.

 
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TAMPA EVENT – 11/5

October 7th, 2008 by Sean Burke

For those of you looking to learn more about how you too can join in the Execution Revolution,

please join us at our upcoming event.

Event Invite



Six Disciplines Execution Revolution #1

July 26th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Execution Revolution is now #1 on the Wall Street Journal’s Business Best Sellers Book List.

It is also #1 on Amazon’s Business Best Sellers List.

I have a few copies for those of you who want one…just send me an email.

Six Disciplines Execution Revolution

Quarterly Ratings Process (Execution, 6 of 6)

July 6th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Today we will be discussing the quarterly ratings process. Reviewing employee’s accomplishments is an important part of maintaining alignment and accountability – unfortunately though – so many managers and leaders struggle to keep up with this. We will share with you how to simplify this process.

The Goals of today’s cast is to share with you:

  • The steps that need to be taken to complete a quarterly review
  • The review agenda
  • The role of the team member and team leader
  • Why this is an important part of leadership and coaching
  • How to keep it simple
  • How to increase learning on each team members professional development needs
  • The value of this process
  • What can leaders do today to begin this process
 
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Weekly Status Reports (Execution, 5 of 6)

June 23rd, 2008 by Sean Burke

Today we will be discussing the weekly status report. Status reports are a the most important activity in driving execution so if you do only one thing – this is it!

The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:

  • The goals of a weekly status report
  • Why they should be held weekly
  • How the meetings should be organized
  • How to incorporate coaching in these sessions to drive individual leadership and accountability
  • Why these should be the first thing you put on your weekly calendar

Enjoy!

To download the Weekly Status Reports Template – click here

 
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Estimating your time (Execution, 4 of 6)

May 30th, 2008 by Sean Burke

In this cast we discuss estimating the time it takes to complete your deliverables. From our previous casts on this subject, we outlined the importance of determining deliverables for your team – now we are going to look at how and why you should take the next step – and that is estimating and tracking deliverable time.

The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:

  • The importance on estimating deliverable time
  • The importance of measuring deliverable time
  • How this process can greatly impact your ability to execute
  • Steps that you can take today to start estimating and tracking your deliverable time
  • Making sure that the priority of deliverables are clear
 
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Strategic Planning (Part 5) – Target Client Feedback

May 20th, 2008 by Sean Burke

In my last post, I shared suggestions on how to create a target client profile. Now that you have a draft it is time to share it with you management team as well as others within your company. The purpose of this step is to get feedback to make sure that what you think makes a great client is inline with their view.

Your managers should now take what you have put together and run it by their team to gather feedback. One of the mistakes that I see leaders make is coming to the incorrect conclusion that their view of the world is entirely correct. The best source of insight into clients are those that connect with them on an every day basis.

It wouldn’t hurt to run a couple of brainstorming sessions with the internal teams who are interact with your clients everyday. You can ask them the same questions I posed in my last post to see if they answer similarly.

Once you have consensus on the important components of a great client it is time to finalize this part of the plan. In the next post, I will share with you an example target client profile for you to use.

Dependencies (Execution, 3 of 6)

May 12th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Today we will be discussing the importance of documenting dependencies to help increase execution.

The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:

  • An explanation of just exactly what dependencies are
  • Why identifying them is so important
  • The impact they can play on goal obtainment
  • The impact they have on the entire business
  • How to start measuring your dependencies execution
  • The steps you can take today to incorporate the identification and measurement of dependencies in your business
 
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