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How can we implement a system to help our teams execute better and faster? Our guest today is Patrick Thean, an expert on doing just that who writes about it in the new book Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth. Highlights of our conversation with Patrick include:
- Why you need to implement a growth strategy now
- Patrick breaks down his Think, Plan, Do Rhythms for companies to avoid “trainwrecks” and breakthrough
- Why growth strategies are not events
- Moving beyond firefighting
- Why overnight successes actually take a long time (about 10-15 years) to build
- The first step for starting a think conversation
- Saying no to good ideas
- One change you can make to your weekly meetings that will have a big impact
This may be our most practical and actionable podcast to date and one you won’t want to miss!
Actionable Quote
“You need to have a rhythm to make you become a great company.” [Click to Tweet]
Links
Rhythm Systems
Breakthrough Execution Conference
Rhythm (Actionable Summary)
Great by Choice (Actionable Summary)
Time Management Matrix (via The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Actionable Summary)