Looking Back, Now Will Have Been A Bargain

The cost for adding business excellence enhancements always seems expensive at the time.

The price you pay for all those years living without the enhancements is literally impossible to recoup.

This so-called price you pay takes the form of lost growth and revenue, unrealized organizational vibrancy, turnover costs, unintentional transfer of intellectual property to your competitors, and the slow and steady erosion of an already unstable foundation.

What would it take for you to see – and act on this reality – that it’s such a bargain to begin transforming now.

Now.

As in there’s no time to wait.

One small step forward.

Right now.

Awareness is the first step to recovery.

Simply admit, right now and unequivocally, your business excellence culture is unhealthy and needs a doctor.

The cost for an architect to draw a new set of blueprints is exponentially less costly now than what it will cost you in the future.

You cannot build from a plan you can’t see on paper.

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Average Chain Of Excellence Is A Crying Shame

There’s no room for average business chain of excellence at Disney.

None.

Zero.

It’s a crying shame, isn’t it?

Because you’ll never know.

Never know what might have been.

Never know how effective your impact could have been.

Never lived up to the hopes your leaders had for you.

Never lived up to the hopes you had for yourself.

Satisfaction is dangerous.

They say only the mediocre are at their best every day.

The antidote is obvious.

Seek out timeless Organizational Vibrancy wisdom.

Embrace simple, profound, industry-neutral Cultural Vibrancy insights.

Begin today to rethink, reprioritize, and recommit your time and effort.

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The Secret Shortcut To Business Excellence

Okay, ready for this?

Disney’s secret organizational vibrancy shortcut?

The long way is the shortcut.

Have said it before and will say it again, at Disney, it’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.

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Cultural Transformation Next Steps After Executive Engagement: (Two days With 19 Cultural Blueprints)

Traditional blueprint assignments:

Leaders: CEO, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Employee Relations; one of these four owns total responsibility.

Employees: HR & Marketing (Employment, Training & Development, Communications, Recognition)

Customers: CCO (Chief Customer Officer), HR (Orientation, OJT, Ongoing Training)

Reputation: HR (Training), Marketing & PR (Communications)

Improve: CEO, HR, Marketing

Notes:
We started with senior leadership because you are the most connected and experienced with the organization’s strategy. You know things no other levels know.

Recommend creating a corporate Historian (including video/photo library) to work with and assist all other areas to make key links and connections to the founder’s story, heritage & traditions, traits and behaviors, language and symbols, and shared values.

The most natural things to feel about uncharted territory: doubt, fear, anxiety, confusion, excitement, joy, relief, hope, motivation.

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The Why of Chain Of Excellence

The Why of Disney’s Business Chain of Excellence

Why does Disney focus on the positive ripple effect driven by great leadership?

Here’s how easy the answer is, if you could only pick one of these two, which would you pick?

1. A team of good and very good leaders.
2. A team of excellent leaders.

Sometimes, the answer is that obvious.

Why does Disney focus on employee engagement?

Here’s how easy the answer is; if you could only pick one of these two, which would you pick?

1. An employee culture architected by design.
2. An employee culture that happens by default.

Sometimes, the answer is that obvious.

Why does Disney focus on delivering world-class customer service?

Here’s how easy the answer is; if you could only pick one of these two, which would you pick?

1. Consistently exceeding customer expectations at every touchpoint.
2. Focusing on meeting customer expectations and occasionally exceeding expectations.

Sometimes, the answer is that obvious.

Why does Disney focus on creating powerful and lasting emotional connections?

Here’s how easy the answer is; if you could only pick one of these two, which would you pick?

1. A legendary customer service culture reputation every employee believes is worth defending.
2. A customer service culture that can never seem to go from good to world-class.

Sometimes, the answer is that obvious.

Why does Disney focus on continuously improving it’s products and expanding it’s offerings?

Here’s how easy the answer is; if you could only pick one of these three, which would you pick?

1. Stay with the industry pack.
2. Lead the category.
3. Become the category.

Sometimes, the answer is that obvious.

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