Execute Without Drama from Gazelles
Ratchet up efficiency and reduce uncertainty - by harnessing the power of metrics. Award-winning entrepreneur and coach, Patrick Thean, shares specific ways to leverage measurement "dashboards" at your organization for pitch-perfect execution without wasted time or effort. Make better decisions, and make them faster by: tracking the metrics that matter (not every number counts), aligning your people around critical performance goals, and infusing your culture with a performance-boosting, metrics-focused language.
The power of metrics is astounding! Actually, it’s the RIGHT metrics that carry all the power. What can you measure NOW that will give you insight into the FUTURE of your business? Measuring the right things right now can help you to predict outcomes. Predicting outcomes allows you to solve problems today instead of being blindsided by them tomorrow. Author Patrick Thean was running an Inc. 500 company. Growing in excess of 100% a year, with his "hair on fire," he measured various metrics including the usual financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). But wait! These KPIs are about past and current performance. They allow you to celebrate with ice cream parties, but do not provide insight regarding future problems and outcomes. It wasn't until he discovered the RIGHT THINGS to measure that the company began sharing bonuses along with the ice cream. This is Thean’s story on DVD, and journey of discovering the right things to measure and the dashboards that changed his future.
Vital things you’ll learn:
- 9 rules that increase productivity and reduce drama
- Avoid being blindsided by future problems
- Build accountability in your firm's culture
Patrick Thean is an award winning serial entrepreneur who has started and exited multiple startups. He received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for North Carolina in 1996 and achieved a ranking of 151 on the Inc 500 in 1997. Patrick is the author of Execution Without The Drama. He speaks and facilitates seminars on: Mastering The Rockefeller Habits (Business Growth); and Execute Without Drama™ - How to predict outcomes, solve problems and avoid being blind-sided, resulting in better and faster decisions. He earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
An international speaker, Patrick has spoken to thousands of business owners on the topics of sustaining business growth, venture capital, and strategic exit strategies. He has spoken at the Fortune Small Business Growth Conferences and various Entrepreneur Organization chapters. Patrick is currently Co-Chair of MIT's Entrepreneur Masters Program (previously known as the Birthing of Giants program), an exclusive program for founders and CEOs of high growth companies. He continues to provide workshops and coaching to Singapore's Economic Development Board on the topic of raising and managing venture capital. Patrick has earned the reputation of being a top coach for high growth companies.
