1: “Too many companies never take a moment to nail down what they learned and, as a result, are doomed to repeat mistakes or let up on what has been working,” write Mark Moses, Craig Coleman, Chris Larkins, and Don Schiavone in Making Big Happen: Applying The Make Big Happen System to Grow Big.
This week, we’ve been looking at the critical importance of an annual … continue reading
“Agreement is optional; commitment is not.”
This is Ground Rule #1 for the annual planning session, write Mark Moses, Craig Coleman, Chris Larkins, and Don Schiavone in Making Big Happen: Applying The Make Big Happen System to Grow Big.
Yesterday, we looked at how to prepare for our annual planning session. Today, we look at the specific elements of a successful meeting.
Which starts with establishing … continue reading
Imagine it is January 1.
“A year from now, your company is having the biggest New Year’s party it has ever thrown. Your entire team, your friends, your family—everyone has gathered to celebrate this year, your company’s biggest year ever. You are celebrating because you achieved … what?” ask Mark Moses, Craig Coleman, Chris Larkins, and Don Schiavone in Making Big Happen: Applying The Make Big Happen … continue reading
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” —Winston Churchill… continue reading
Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we at PCI are doing in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
That’s how I’ve started the Friday RiseWithDrew posts for some time now. As you will see … continue reading
1: The year was 1915. Deep in the jungles of Central America, two rival American fruit companies urgently wanted to acquire the same five thousand acres of land.
The challenge? Two different people claimed to own the deed to the plantation. “In the no-man’s-land between Honduras and Guatemala, neither company was able to tell who was the rightful owner so they could buy it from them,” writes Ryan Holiday in … continue reading
1: During the first part of World War II, the worst assignment for British troops was being sent to fight in North Africa. “Methodical and orderly, the British hated the grueling weather and terrain that wreaked havoc on their machines and their plans,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph.
“They acted how they felt: slow, timid, cautious,” Ryan … continue reading
1: “Amelia Earhart wanted to be a great aviator,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle Is the Way. “But it was the 1920s, and people still thought that women were frail and weak and didn’t have the stuff. Woman suffrage was not even a decade old.”
Being a pilot wasn’t an option for Amelia. So, she found a job as a social worker.
“Then one day the phone … continue reading
“Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.” -Joseph Addison… continue reading
1: “There was little evidence that Demosthenes was destined to become the greatest orator of Athens, let alone all of history,” Ryan Holiday writes in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph.
The boy was born weak and feeble with a severe speech impediment. His father died when he was seven.
And then things got worse.
“The large inheritance left to him—intended to … continue reading
