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At our annual Rhythm Systems Breakthrough Conference in Charlotte this year, we had the opportunity ...
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We love putting this conference event every year for executives and their teams. We don’t want you ...
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Unfortunately, we can’t create more time in the day, but there are several tips that successful ...
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In order for these execution-ready plans to have their best chance at coming to fruition, they ...
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At Rhythm Systems, our core purpose is helping individuals and organizations achieve their dreams ...
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Defining success for any goal is a goal-setting best practice. When the goal is a financial or ...
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At annual planning, we need to be sure we think about our company if we only served our core ...
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There are two truths that can keep your business alive and growing in a framework of 3-5 year ...
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Let’s face it; coming up with a new idea isn’t that hard. Creating a plan to implement your new ...
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What I saw at this company wasn’t unusual; business growth can be painful and can lead to poor ...
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In the last two years, many of my clients have taken the brave and ambitious step of cascading ...
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Our team created a set of KPIs on our team’s Weekly Adjustment Meeting Dashboard for every ...
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In most cases, the cost of acquiring a new customer is far greater than the cost of retaining and ...
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Don’t miss this year's Breakthrough Conference. The conference for middle market business execution ...
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As the CEO or team leader, you probably put a lot of time and energy into preparing for your Annual ...
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According to PMI’s 2017 Global Project Management Survey, 1 in 4 strategic initiatives fail. One ...
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Leaders often struggle to get team members to solve problems. Here's a simple and effective ...
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We have the privilege of working with many top companies at Rhythm Systems. Many of our clients are ...
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Do you put off minor to-dos until they build up and become absolutely urgent? Need some more ...
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You have an annual plan but now what? It will take time and effort to break your big ideas down ...
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When buying a company, don’t be seduced by the financial model. You can't have breakthrough ...
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In working with many leading mid-market CEOs and their executive leadership teams on their growth ...
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Bringing Rhythm into your organization can be a big change. However, it’s the first step on an ...
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I recently blogged about why some companies increased sales and were happily forging ahead while ...
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Here at Rhythm Systems, we are very blessed to have almost 10,000 blog subscribers, 10+ regular ...
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Too often we evaluate sales difficulties as an inability to close. “If account managers could just ...
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Whatever your description of happy money, and I’ve heard many, the definition usually includes ...
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When are you supposed to have the time to think about the future of the business when you're in ...
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Having a set of documented core values that you live daily is a powerful Execution Tool for your ...
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Through these growth stages Simms Fishing maintained employee engagement by sending a consistent ...
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You should 1. face the brutal facts, 2. take a few shots, 3. focus on the very few things, and 4. ...
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Today, a client asked me to clarify the purpose of the Client/Employee Feedback item on the Weekly ...
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At this year's Breakthrough Conference, Julie Copeland shared her experiences and insights as CEO ...
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Celebrate, don’t punish your people when their strengths don’t align with their role. Instead of ...
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Managing projects across multiple teams is really difficult. Isolated spreadsheets and email ...
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As we approach the busiest season for annual planning, I am encouraging clients to spend more time ...
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We may underestimate the power of saying thanks, but Grant's research has shown that even small ...
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Most of our successful mid-market clients have no shortage of great ideas. The constraint lies with ...
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Focusing on your core competencies creates unique, integrated systems that reinforce your company’s ...
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It’s time to plan your fourth quarter and finish the year strong! One of the reasons plans fail is ...
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Even if you are somehow balancing all of these demands, running a successful business, and leading ...
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It is really hard for CEOs to make changes unless you can see or visualize the cost of not dealing ...
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By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail – Benjamin Franklin - It is that time of the year ...
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Each executive assumes that their team members handle customers in a way that aligns with corporate ...
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Jack, a CEO, asked me to review his execution plan. His team was missing their profit and revenue ...
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While being effective and personally accountable to accomplishing your top goals may be all you ...
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I think this question is so important, I am developing a workshop for this year's Breakthrough ...
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Instead of getting bogged down in day to day decisions, great leaders focus on aligning the company ...
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The last thing you want is to lose someone after all the effort and expense to find and train them. ...
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Once each Team has established their Quarterly Plan, relentless Execution of the Weekly Meeting ...
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Even if you have the right growth strategy in place and are using a recruitment method like ...
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I've never met a CEO who expected his or her annual plan to fail. After all, the CEO hired the ...
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Storytelling is an artform, but don’t be tempted to think of it as soft stuff that doesn’t matter. ...
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Too many well-developed annual plans fail for 4 common reasons. You don’t need to fail to reach ...
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I’m not a fan of “no pain, no gain,” especially as it relates to introducing a new program like ...
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COO of Alpha Guardian, Steve Hoffa shares insights on successfully integrating people following a ...
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I’ve observed 8 habits exhibited by successful leaders and CEOs as measured by consistent revenue ...
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Make the right decisions daily and weekly. Who is your core customer? Are you saying Yes to them ...
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As you set your strategic priorities for 2018, remember an important distinction: Your strategic ...
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CEOs are often too busy to read books. If you are trying to grow your leadership skills and stay ...
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Put the effort into making a great first day for all employees. It helps you reinforce your ...
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This boy and his story have much to teach us as men and women business leaders. Well-planned ...
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Annual performance development discussions are more effective than annual reviews. Invest in your ...
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People who practice these habits outperform low performers by 68% and experience less stress while ...
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Here are some things we look for to determine if their Annual Initiatives are set up to deliver ...
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You can have the best quarterly plan in the world, but without visibility into the execution of the ...
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It is the time of year to prepare for annual planning. This is part of the plan rhythm of the ...
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Let’s take a look at one differentiator - how to align the companies so you have one team and one ...
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We’ve been busy preparing for our Breakthrough Conference in Charlotte, working on content that ...
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To develop a stronger leadership team in 2018, start with Annual Planning. Watch out for these ...
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Here are 3 ways I would use Rhythm in my classroom. You may not be involved in a classroom but ...
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Growing a company without focus can mean lack of accountability and clarity and loss of customers. ...
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When you’re clear that you're wearing a coaching hat, you can create a positive impact on your ...
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I’ve been able to witness my client Cannon's Core Values first hand and see them thrive. If you ...
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As a sneak peek of the Women in Leadership panel at Breakthrough2017, I am excited to share 5 tips ...
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Have ideas for creating safety for women to be assertive and thrive in the workplace? Join the ...
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With workplace gender disparity still hovering at 30%, companies are trying to figure out what they ...
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My session at the Breakthrough Conference will offer plenty of learning and time to work on your ...
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It's that time of year where everyone starts going on vacations. While the office is quiet, your ...
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The Museum of Failure is located in Sweden and showcases high-profile product failures. These ...
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I’m at a client’s departmental quarterly planning meeting when someone completely unsolicited said, ...
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Maintaining your focus in a rapidly growing company can be tough, and extreme focus on your core ...
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Burnout is a big productivity killer in American workplaces. Follow these ten tips to combat ...
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It is important to have winning strategies that drive your annual plan. Don't just focus on ...
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Take the time to sit down with overloaded team members to help. I bet you would rather have a ...
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We often feel if we share our plans one level further, the rest will take care of itself. But, we ...
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How do you keep your team motivated all year and use your Main Thing to keep employees engaged and ...
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According to a VitalSmarts survey, each failed conversation costs an average of $7500 in time and ...
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Many companies have nicely bound and thick strategic plans. Thick plans. What I call high "thud ...
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I was ecstatic when I learned that Rhythm Systems ranked 7th in the Charlotte Business Journal Best ...
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It’s time to buck traditional thinking and think about the I in team. If you weren't part of the ...
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Experts seem to disagree: Are stretch goals a good or bad thing when it comes to motivating the ...
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Skills I learned from Crucial Conversations help me maintain my cool and composure during intense ...
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Unlike montages, habits take time to break, and forming new ones is just as hard. In the movies, it ...
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Being a gold medalist is partly due to innate physical talent, but it is also hugely about ...
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I realized that I know all the expert tips for increased productivity, but I don’t necessarily ...
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We've developed a special Key Performance Indicator, the Employee Health Index, to provide a system ...
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Thomas H., one of our subscribers, asked, "What are some best practices on the planning notes ...
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Jobs's message was very clear. Apple was going to focus on three things: great products, great ...
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Here’s a list of ideas to jump-start your thinking around new leadership habits that can help you ...
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A major part of AvidXchange's success is attributed to discipline & a series of regular rhythms: ...
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You’re in luck as I have done the research and found the following tips to leverage your email ...
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Which KPI dashboard view in the Rhythm software will prompt the right discussions at your Weekly ...
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