Steve Jobs’ Retreat; Quadruple Ditto; Good Vibrations; Share the Love

"…insights for scaleups"

HEADLINES:

Why VERBAL Communication Is Critical — the more we're learning about the brain, the more we are finding that verbal communication (sending out vibrations) and storytelling are critical to keeping teams in sync – thus the power of the daily huddle. I often remind audiences that for 100,000 years we've had the spoken word, but only the written word for 5000 and Excel spreadsheets for 50 – so which do you think is more critical to our surviving and thriving! And the daily huddle (and weekly meeting) is at the heart of agile and scrum methodologies which are just Rockefeller Habits for software development.

TED Talk Highlights Brain Research — Neuroscientist Uri Hasson at Princeton shares, in this TED talk specific research he's conducted that supports the power of verbal storytelling in keeping teams in sync – along with the importance of creating a common lexicon (same biz terms) and belief systems to enhance team alignment. Hasson explains his premise in the first 1:17 of this 14-minute talk. Thanks to Boston-based Gazelles Coaching partner Bill Flynn for pointing me to this TED talk.

Steve Jobs' Meetings — speaking of storytelling and creating vibrations, it's a year old, but this Inc. article outlines eight lessons for running an effective executive retreat – and it include 20 minutes of Steve Jobs' footage "demonstrating" the key points. You can scan the article in 2 minutes, but take time this weekend to watch the full 20 minutes.

Daily Huddle Quadruple Ditto — sports fans are familiar with hockey's Hat Trick or basketball's Triple Double. Sales assessment guru Dave Kurlan has introduced something similar for the daily/weekly sales huddle – the Quadruple Ditto. It's all about upping the vibrations! Take 1 minute to read through Dave's blog to learn about this fun new component.

Book Creates Key Connection (Gazelles case study) — want to build a closer relationship with your most important customers? As mentioned above, having a shared language and set of beliefs connects us as people – and we're all in the people to people business. To this point, I received this note from Richard Metcalfe, founder and MD of Ireland-based Arkk Solutions:

This is what it's all about – building relationships through the sharing of ideas and stories. Get a box of books, mine or someone else's, and start sharing the love (of learning)!

COACHING:

Have you ever wondered if your company would be a good candidate to work with an executive growth coach? Click here to watch Gazelles International President Keith Cupp describes the four most important attributes of successful clients.

And if you're interested in becoming a world-class certified Gazelles International coach, please contact Jean Carpenter at [email protected] / (360) 798.9471.

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