Meetings and Decisions: 4 types of meetings, 1:1s, staff meetings, decision meetings, operating reviews. Clarify what type of meeting you are having. Make decisions by knowledge rather than position as much as possible and at as low of a level as possible.

Beyond just the indicators, you also need to simplify your team’s objective down to a singular goal. If your team tries to focus on everything, they will by default focus on nothing. You also need to have as simple of a logical explanation about why accomplishing this goal will make the biggest difference to the business. High Output Management

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To finish the triangulation, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Steve Kerr, former head of GE’s famous Crotonville executive education center. I came away from that meeting with three keys to success that are useful to mid-size firms: 1. In planning, the “middle” is gone. You only have to define two points: where you plan to be 10 to 25

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