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Today, I’m talking to the Visionaries out there as well as other members of the Leadership Team. I want to share with you a short and sweet philosophy that we have about Visionaries and Rocks. It’s basically this: The Visionary should have no Rocks. There is one exception. When the Visionary is sitting in other seats …
I want to talk to you about something we call Rule #3. The Integrator is the tiebreaker. If you look in your dog-eared copy of Rocket Fuel and the Five Rules, it’s right there. What does it mean for the Integrator to be the tiebreaker? One of the common situations we’ll find in an organization …
What’s an End Run? An End Run happens when someone in the organization goes around the Integrator, directly to the Visionary, to either complain or seek direction. It can also happen when, as the Visionary, you go around the Integrator and you move down into the organization – and begin to give direction. That’s really a form of tampering. …
Today, I’m talking to you Visionaries. Here’s the situation. You’ve decided you want an Integrator and looked around your organization. You discover that you actually have more than one internal candidates and you’re being reluctant to choose who the best person is to be your Integrator. Maybe you don’t want to hurt somebody’s feelings, maybe …
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Today, I’m talking to you Visionaries. Here’s the scenario: You’ve had an integrator in place and now they’re leaving. Now what? What do you do? We see three scenarios where this happens. One scenario – did you run them off? Are they leaving because of you? The second scenario is that they might need to …
Today, I’m talking to family business owners. The topic is succession and succession planning. In a typical family business, there are multiple generations. As the business moves between generations, we’ve noticed certain patterns. One pattern is that family businesses don’t often survive succession when there’s not a Visionary in the next generation. In the first …
I’m talking to you Visionaries out there today. We’re going to revisit a topic we’ve talked about in the past. As a reminder before we start, in Rocket Fuel we talk about the Five Rules and the Five Tools. I want to emphasize that those are the key to maximizing the relationship you have with your Integrator. Specifically, rule …
Today, I’m talking to you Visionaries. I also have a visual aid, an unhappy Visionary. They’re concerned they made a mistake in the Integrator they hired. What would make a Visionary feel like this? If deadlines are missed, Rocks don’t get done, the team is not held accountable, Same Page Meetings™ don’t happen with regularity (at least once a …
Today, I’m talking to you Integrators. I’d like to start off by quoting a passage from the fifth point on the Integrator Job Description, right out of Rocket Fuel: “The Integrator ensures that everyone is truly following and adhering to the company’s core processes and operating system with consistency.” The key point here is that the Integrator …
Today, I want to ask you about your issues. Actually, I want to introduce you to the Issue Tree. In the Issue Tree, we’ve got lots of Issues. Imagine the Accountability Chart™ in the root system of this tree. How many of your Issues are really rooted in the Accountability Chart™? I’ve had clients who …
