employees | Coach David J. Greer

My Process to Achieve High Performance and Growth-Building

Post author:David Greer
Post published:September 28, 2021
Post category:Growth Performance
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You can learn a lot from my second podcast interview with Lois Sonstegard on her Building My Legacy Podcast. Find out:

How to create high growth, high performing businesses.
The benefits of using the Verne Harnish One Page Strategic Plan.
How planning 3-5 years ahead and working backwards is extremely effective.
Strategic planning is a process that requires an entrepreneur and their team to get off site every quarter.
When doing strategic planning, focus on the wins (what’s working) and then the challenges.
High performing businesses have clear who, what, and when lists for the senior executive team.
Key Performance Indicators give you real-time feedback about how your business is doing.
Every employee needs to know week by week how their work is contributing to the corporate goals for the quarter. (more…)

Video: Are you accountable as an entrepreneur?

Post author:David Greer
Post published:March 23, 2021
Post category:Entrepreneurs Performance
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Many of us own a business so that we can maximize our flexibility. While a business can offer that, more often we need to be accountable in order to get to the ultimate goals we have for our business and ourselves. In this video I talk about three ways I think entrepreneurs need to be accountable in their business, so that they can get what they want.

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Video: Are any of my employees alcoholics?

Post author:David Greer
Post published:February 23, 2021
Post category:Alcoholism Business
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One in twenty adults in the US and Canada have alcohol use disorder. If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, or CEO with more than twenty employees you likely have one that is an alcoholic. Many women have challenges with alcohol just like men. Just because they are high performers, have a “normal” outside life, don’t slur their words, or fall down doesn’t mean that an employee isn’t an alcoholic. I fit all of those and I’m still an alcoholic. The key is to be curious, rather than in denial, if you think you have an employee with an alcohol problem.

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Video: How often should you communicate with employees?

Post author:David Greer
Post published:January 19, 2021
Post category:Communication
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To make sure that your employees are aligned with your goals, you need to constantly and repeatedly communicate with them. Scorecards are a great way to visually communicate progress. As the CEO of your company what you say is amplified many times. Set the tone carefully. At a minimum, you should be communicating with your employees weekly.

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