It’s personal and it’s business

Today’s posts are literally a brainstorming sessions to address the obstacles that are inhibiting a yes vote from a client’s executive team. They collectively believe that they need a team to help them. i submit that is flawed thinking.

 

Personal

  • Use this as an inventory or checklist (you need them all)
  • Cardio – heart rate, breathing, 3 x 30min, activity you love
  • Strength – large muscle groups, 2-3 x week, convenient location
  • Flexibility – exceptional range of motion
  • Core – the heart of wellness
  • Rest – consistently getting your ideal sleep hours, habits in check
  • Nutrition – balanced, nutritious, vibrant
  • Goals – critical success factor

Business

  • Use this as an inventory or checklist (you need them all)
  • You have defined your “box”
  • 1. Vision – what your organization wants to be
  • 2. Mission – what you need to do to be that
  • 3. Brand – what you want your customers to feel
  • 4. Customer – clearly articulated
  • Culture operationalized by design – integrating all 4 HR processes
  • 4 HR processes: Hire, Train, Inspire, Value
  • 4 key culture tools have optimized asset library
  • The Service Bullseye – every employee crystal clear
  • Unifying goal – every employee crystal clear
  • 360 tool is organizational normalcy – deeply ingrained habit for all
  • Corporate decision making matrix
  • Delivery systems and process mapping
  • Your promise
  • Delivering your strengths at every touchpoint – corporate strengths identified
  • Corporate Continuous Improvement Process
  • Idea generation culture – structured processes
  • Idea implementation – structured processes
  • Leaders are environmentalists

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Strike while the iron is hot

Hand drawn castle turrets
Last night, using post it notes as my canvas.

 

Disney Speaker summary
Scrap paper, torn from the corner of our church bulletin.

 

Strike while the iron is hot.

Last Sunday in mass (today is Friday) an idea came and i tore off a corner of the Church bulletin to capture a thought. (would normally just write a note on the iPhone Notes app, but it would have looked like i was texting in Church)

Catalytic speeches for organizations that want to change the world, using Disney’s time-tested corporate culture blueprints.

Or, simply this:

Catalytic speeches.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and often feels like carving a toothpick out of a log.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

Culture equals behaviors (which are aka habits)

Best steakhouse in DC
Dinner with two clients last night was open air and unique.

 

Culture defined
Simplicity is operational genius.

 

Culture equals behaviors (which are aka habits).

Habits can be manipulated molded into desirable ones versus ones that happen by default.

My goal two hours from now is to spend an hour making this compellingly clear.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

Closing in on push comes to shove

Disney Cultural Experts
Small World in the background.

 

Disney Leadership Expert Speakers
Just a random moment, over-focusing on a simple opportunity.

 

Disney Leadership Expert Speakers
At Disney we like to say, “The closer you look, the better it gets.”

 

Disney Leadership Expert Speakers
Seriously. We were just walking to It’s a Small World.

 

Disney Leadership Expert Speakers
Disneyland’s special Small World Holiday celebration.

 

Disney Leadership Expert Speakers
First time (and possibly last time) ever seeing it this way. Thank you Disneyland.

 

Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle
The last photo inside Disneyland yesterday.

 

Closing in on push comes to shove. Really need to get that first Disney Business Culture book written and published.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?

Disney cultural imperatives
My Disney University friend’s list on the right, mine on the left.

 

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?
Yes, a Disney Cafeteria napkin.

 

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?

One list, based on these organizational priorities:

  1. What is foundational?
  2. What is flexible?
  3. What is for the future?

Second list, in my own words:

  1. What must an employee know?
  2. What does an employee need to know?
  3. What is nice for an employee to know?

When time and or money are scarce, make sure whatever you do gets done in descending order, otherwise, you are not over managing with intentionality.

In fact, when we are not intentional, we are not creating “by design”.

Without an intentional design, we are accepting a culture by default – one that happens without guidance and without focus. This a is diseased culture; one that is hard to cure.

 

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