Predictable Success®

Systems and processes are a vital precursor to achieving Predictable Success.

Overdoing it can send your organization into decline – even while looking efficient.

Is your business model efficiently ineffective? Take 2 minutes and read this. It just might open your eyes to a part of your business that could operate more efficiently, and as a result, more effectively.

Is your business model efficiently ineffective? Systems and processes are a vital precursor to achieving Predictable Success. Overdoing it can send your organization into decline - even while looking efficient.

We’ve all experienced the frustration of realizing that a highly prized, hard-fought-for, innovative strategy has gone south.

You know the pattern: hopeful ex*****on followed by poor results, an initial period of denial, doubling down on ex*****on…then the pang of recognition that this just ain’t gonna work, and finally the painful process of unravelling from what we now accept was a flawed strategy to begin with.

Sound familiar? I see this pattern repeat frequently in the leadership teams I work with, but I’ve also noticed something else: around two-thirds of the time, there’s nothing actually wrong with the strategy itself – the core problem lies elsewhere.

Here are the three most common reasons why good strategies go bad, and how to fix them without ditching the strategy itself:

3 Reasons Good Strategies Fail We’ve all experienced the frustration of realizing that a highly prized, hard-fought-for, innovative strategy has gone south. However, around two-thirds of the time, there’s nothing actually wrong with the strategy itself – the core problem lies elsewhere.

I spend the majority of my time with groups and teams, helping them make high-quality decisions.

You’d be surprised (or perhaps you wouldn’t) at the degree to which even highly effective individuals can become paralyzed – or at the very least, dramatically slowed down – in their decision-making capabilities once they’re placed in a team environment.

Let’s face it, most groups and teams are highly ineffective at making good quality decisions consistently, repeatedly, and without stress.

There’s something about putting a bunch of people together – however competent they may be individually – that generates redundancy, friction and confusion.

There are teams that consistently operate at a high level, however, and although they’re hard to find, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many. In every case, one thing stands out above all, and that’s the rhythm of their discussions.

What is this rhythm? Keep reading!

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So frequently do I complete the act of writing with more of an understanding than I did when I started – that I have for some time been applying three specific editing principles in all decision-making environments.

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3 Leadership Lessons I learned from Writing Linkbait Titles Like This A version of this article first appeared in Inc.com Listen to Les McKeown read this blog post: I have a confession to make: I had a love-hate relationship with the column I used to write for Inc.  It goes without saying that I loved working with the fine folks at Inc. (especially my wonderful edit...

One of the precepts of Predictable Success is that the core of successfully growing any organization is simple: just make – and implement – good decisions.

What differentiates serially-good-deciders from the rest of us is the most important leadership skill you will ever learn. This:
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Success in growing any organization is relatively simple: Make good decisions more often than you make bad ones, and you win. Make bad decisions too often, and you lose.

Simple? Yes. Easy? No.

Around 70 / 80 percent of the crud that occurs when otherwise good people get together in a joint decision-making process can be eradicated by the conscious use of a simple, 20-word statement.

The 20 Most Powerful Words For Any Team

The 20 Most Powerful Words For Any Team A version of this article first appeared in Inc.com Listen to Les McKeown read this blog post: Success in growing any organization is relatively simple: Make good decisions more often than you make bad ones, and you win. Make bad decisions too often, and you lose.  Simple? Yes. Easy? No.  Partic...