Gino Wickman Quotes

Each of your departmental heads should be better than you in his or her respective position.

when you have finished setting your Rocks and all the dust has settled, you should all be united on what objectives take precedence in the coming quarter. The focus of the Rocks is what makes this process so productive. Most organizations enter the next quarter battling on all fronts. They make everything a priority and accomplish very little. By setting Rocks every quarter as a team, you gain considerably more traction and finally reach your goals.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

The first element of marketing strategy is your target market, or “The List.” Identifying your target market involves defining your ideal customers. Who are they? Where are they? What are they?

Successful business owners not only have compelling visions for their organizations, but also know how to communicate those visions to the people around them. They get everyone in the organization seeing the same clear image of where the business is going and how it’s going to get there. It sounds easy, but it’s not.

The solve step is a conclusion or solution that usually becomes an action item for someone to do. The item ends up on the To-Do List, and when the action item is completed, the issue goes away forever.

As a rule of thumb, you should end up with five to 15 numbers — hopefully closer to five. There is such a thing as too much information, so keep it simple. Once you’ve identified all the categories, you then plug them into your Scorecard template.

No es práctico que tú continúes siendo el chef, capitán de meseros, y lavaplatos mientras crece tu empresa. Al aferrarte a todos los pequeños detalles, en realidad estas restringiendo el crecimiento de la empresa.

The right seat means that each of your employees is operating within his or her area of greatest skill and passion inside your organization and that the roles and responsibilities expected of each employee fit with his or her Unique Ability®.

How to Create Your Proven Process
Step 1 With your team, illustrate on a whiteboard what you believe are the major steps in your proven process and then give each step a name. These major steps are the touch points with your customers when you interface with them. The rule of thumb is three to seven steps.

Life is much easier for everyone when you have people around you who genuinely get it, want it, and have the capacity to do it.

The good news is that there are only a handful of issues in the history of business. The same ones crop up over and over again.

Clarify your vision and you will make better decisions about people, processes, finances, strategies, and customers.

If you cannot risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot become your best. If you cannot become your best, you cannot be happy. If you cannot be happy, what else matters?

Tu trabajo como equipo de liderazgo es establecer el enfoque medular de tu organización y no permitir que nada te distraiga de eso.