The Truth About Productivity
November 21, 2008
According to research published in Forbes Magazine: “The real key to productivity–and thus performance–is not maximizing it at all costs. It is maintaining a level of consistency.” Haig Nalbantian, labor economist at Mercer HR... Read more...
North Carolina CEOs Remain Confident & Focused
November 20, 2008
On October 29, best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, strategy execution expert and CEO Gary Harpst spoke at a Six Disciplines North Carolina event in the Research Triangle Park area to local business owners and chief executives. After Garys presentation,... Read more...
Annual Performance Reviews? Try Once A Week
November 18, 2008
Integrated Project Management, a Burr Ridge, Ill., project-management firm with 80 employees takes a unique approach to employee reviews. Instead of just banging out written reviews once a year, managers sit down with each direct report individually... Read more...
The Impact of Organizational Coaching
November 14, 2008
Executive coaching has become as accepted in Fortune 1000 busineses as sports coaching is on the athletic field. What is the ROI of executive coaching? Manchester Inc. reported that a survey of executives from large (mostly FORTUNE 1000) companies found... Read more...
Six Myths of Strategic Business Planning
November 14, 2008
Eric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines - The Ohio Group, offers this article in the Toledo Free Press, entitled “Myths of Strategic Business Planning“. Myth No. 1: Were too small of an organization to need strategic planning.Myth No. 2:... Read more...
Gaebler Ventures Interviews CEO Gary Harpst
November 13, 2008
Gaebler Ventures, a Chicago-based partnership that has invested in companies since 1999 and has established numerous innovative and market-leading enterprises, is a business incubator and holding company that develops and nurtures companies that are shaping... Read more...
The Economic Acceleration Tour Comes to Columbus
November 12, 2008
Why is it that every business even the best ones - struggle so much to sustain growth and profitability? Why is that only 3% of businesses drive the overwhelming majority of economic growth and job creation in any given community? Why does it have to... Read more...
Gary Harpst Video - Explains Execution Revolution
November 11, 2008
Watch this short video of CEO and Six Disciplines founder Gary Harpst, as he briefly explains some of the concepts from his best-selling book Six Disciplines Execution Revolution (a 2008 Top 10 book from Amazon). SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:... Read more...
The Execution Economy
November 11, 2008
A while back, Rob May (formerly the BusinessPundit), referenced this piece at Bubble Generation on one of our favorite topics: execution. The premise? He’s not saying that strategy doesn’t matter. He is simply pointing out that in the past,... Read more...
Six Disciplines Showcased in Entrepreneur Magazine
November 6, 2008
The November 2008 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine showcases an article about Eric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines Northwest Ohio. In the article, Business Mentoring: Years of managing and running businesses inspired one man to help others do... Read more...
