"…keeping you great"
HEADLINES:
Free Webinar on KPIs —
Tuesday, August 27, 1pm ET – more details below, but first…
Lucky
Sexy Living
— these are the three ideas Ashton Kutcher (plays Steve Jobs in the movie
"Jobs") addressed in his Teen
Choice Awards speech last week – a 4 minute speech I had my children watch
as well. He shares a powerfully simple message for all of us, young and old. And
I have to think it was inspired by Steve Jobs famous commencement address at
Stanford. Really worth the 4 minutes! If for some reason the link doesn't work,
go to YouTube.com and search on "Ashton Kutcher speech."
Critical Strategy Test
— notes Mark Johnson, Clayton Christensen's partner in their highly acclaimed
strategy consulting firm, "stop asking your customers what they need; start
asking them what jobs they need done." For instance, what job might a milkshake
perform for certain customers? When you understand this, then you can innovate a
new customer value proposition and business model. Grab a copy of Mark's book
Seizing the
White Space and go right to Chapter 6 and read the Dentco and milkshake
case studies (book club members will receive the book next week) – then hear
Mark keynote the
Growth Summit Oct 22 – 23, Las Vegas. He'll walk us through their powerful
one-page strategy tool.
Business Models
— Johnson's book also provides a simple four-box framework (Chapter 2) for
building a successful business model. I find most biz leaders haven't a clue
what makes a good or great business model (or even what a business model is).
Johnson's model is also much more usable than the Business Model Generation
worksheet. If you're helping drive strategy in the business, please STUDY
Johnson's book – and nail down your company's:
These are at the heart of a company's competitive advantage
– and come from a couple of the top strategy thinkers in the world. If all of
this sounds foreign to you, it's time to step up your game and fine-tune the
company's business model.
Strategy Lessons from Normandy – Brigadier
General Johnny Rickett led my sons and me (annual boys-only trip) on another
amazing tour of the battle of Normandy. 3 strategy lessons:
As General Rickett noted "Hitler was our best ally in the
war."
Dog
Days of Summer
— still time for some fun summer reading? Max Berry's book
The Company
provides a hilarious parody of business and modern management techniques —
there were times I just couldn't quit laughing. And it features a signature
Berry twist in the plot.
Free
Webcast With Patrick Thean: How to Use KPIs to Focus Your Team and Keep Your
Plan on Track:
Learn how to use KPIs to achieve the best results. Join this webcast: How
to Use KPIs to Focus Your Team and Keep Your Plan on Track next Tuesday,
August 27 @1:00pm ET. Patrick (CEO of Gazelles Systems) and Barry (Rhythm Coach)
will share a client example of how improving their company KPIs helped them
accelerate their growth. You will learn:
COACHING: