Boost Performance and Growth by Leveraging Agile & Waterfall
Incorporating Agile principles into a Waterfall methodology can offer the best of both worlds, allowing for predictability and flexibility in project management.
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Conquer Fear and Unleash Your “No Fear” Leadership
Fear, often seen as an adversary, can be transformed into a guiding force in leadership, urging caution while offering invaluable lessons, ultimately empowering leaders to embrace vulnerability, focus on purpose, and celebrate courage in their journey towards No Fear Leadership.
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David Chavez on The Jeff Crilley Show
Assured Strategy’s CEO/Founder, David Chavez, was invited to be a guest on The Jeff Crilley Show to discuss all things entrepreneurship – including how to get “unstuck” when many entrepreneurs often find themselves seemingly running on a hamster wheel. https://youtu.be/SgeUj6i0gWY Assured Strategy is a Business Strategy Coaching Firm that focuses on Strategic Development, Strategic Alignment,…
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By helping professionals make a memorable impression, he built a fast-growing company
Assured Strategy was featured in a ScalingUps.com article by Verne Harnish, the author of Scaling Up. Click the link below to read about how our client, My Metal Business Card, achieved successful rapid growth as result of working with Assured Strategy and the Scaling Up system. https://scaleups.com/by-helping-professionals-make-a-memorable-impression-he-built-a-fast-growing-company/ Assured Strategy is a Business Strategy Coaching Firm…
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The Impact of Great Leadership on Employee Retention
Many of us have heard the popular saying “People leave managers, not companies… in the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue.” According to Gallup’s State of the American Manager report, the number 1 reason that employees leave a job is due to a bad boss or immediate supervisor. Bad managers are abundant and leave…
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To Grow, You Gotta Know
Company growth does not need to be as complicated as we might think. But, to get the results we want as a company, we must invest in 2 main areas: 1) ongoing personal growth for the leadership team and 2) working together to identify the company’s top priorities. These will prove to be the key…
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The Principles of Operational Effectiveness
Most companies when looking to improve their operations typically seek to implement a tool – 5S, Standard Work, Pull Systems, Total Productive Maintenance, etc. Tools are not the place to start if you want to sustainably improve your operations. When I tell companies, we need to start with three things – mindset, people and principles,…
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Personal Accountability
If you want an accountable organization, there is only one place to start – with you – the leader! Let’s unpack this a bit because lack of accountability is one of the most frequent complaints, I’ve heard from business leaders over the years. It’s usually couched in words from leaders grumbling about their managers that…
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Accountability Helps You Live Up to Your Potential
I think that one of the most important things we can do to help each other stay on track during the difficult times we are all experiencing is to hold each other “Accountable.” Why you ask? Many of us are suffering from the long-term effects brought about by Covid-19 and by recent civil unrest and…
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Process Improvement Planning
When it comes to improving operations, companies often jump in with both feet before they have developed a strategic process improvement plan. Someone reads about a methodology that claims can solve all of their company’s problems and they attempt implementation, often experiencing little to no success. The downside of this approach is that it focuses…
