THE CONCEPT
The Catalyst Cycle is a simple, sequential, yet powerful system that can make your business and you life more focused, enjoyable, and profitable.
Here is a brief introduction to some of the core concepts and processes of The Catalyst Cycle.
Stage 1: Crystallize Your Goals for CLARITY
Do you have clarity on what’s next for yourself and your organization?
The answer to this question will ultimately determine your success.
Whether you lead a solo practitioner consultancy, a church, or a multi-national corporation, you must be prepared and ready to embrace the future and its promise.
Through our crystallization process, Dr. Jim helps you to clarify your:
Convictions - the values, beliefs, or attitude upon which you will never negotiate or violate in your business or in your life.
Purpose – the reason you company exists.
Point of Dominance - that market segment that you want to own.
Brand Promise – your true, credible, & measurable customer proposition.
Scoreboard – your annual, quarterly, & monthly priorities/action plan.
Core Score – that one number upon which you must hit to be successful (e.g. – Southwest Airlines core score is 20-minute gate turnaround).
If you are ready to set yourself free from confusion and ambiguity on who you are, where you are going, and how you will get there, then contact us today.
Stage 2: Maximize your Strengths for LEVERAGE
What are your professional strengths? Are you fully leveraging these strengths?
What are the strengths of your organization? Are you fully leveraging these strengths?
You can only realize full impact through a serious focus on maximizing your strengths – not just through fixing or improving weaknesses. If your weaknesses are truly debilitating (e.g. – you’re a lousy listener, great starter but lousy finisher), you must find ways to minimize or eliminate the negative consequences. If your weaknesses are not truly debilitating, delegate it (inside), outsource it (outside), better yet, just forget it!
Through the strengths maximization process, Dr. Jim will help you uncover your:
Work styles – your natural, intuitive approach to work.
Work rhythms – your peak performance schedule (PPS) – chronological time of maximum output and productivity.
Work passion – your innate joy for doing what you love to do.
If you are ready to leverage your strengths to better reach your goals, contact us today.
Stage 3: Energize your Teams for EXECUTION
Are you and your team effectively executing your plan?
As the great WWII General George S. Patton, Jr. once said, “A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan next week.” Rapid, intense execution is critical to anyone’s success in this turbulent global economy. Yet simply forcing compliance to regimented checklists no longer suffices.
There are four essential elements to outstanding execution in today’s workplace. First, proper execution demands you build and sustain a high-performance workplace where everyone is aligned and energized to produce the breakthrough results you desire. Based upon over 20 years of research and practice, and first introduced in his award-winning and ground-breaking book, Getting Employees to Fall in Love with Your Company, Dr. Jim teaches you how to integrate the five principles for building a high-performance culture into your organization.
Second, proper execution demands you integrate a powerful incentive plan than includes both effective motivation (short-term) and commitment (long-term) incentives. One incentive without the other will ultimately lead to a demoralized workforce.
Third, proper execution demands you bridge the multi-generational gap in today’s workplace. We all know that for the first time in our history there are four different generations in the workplace. Each generation has somewhat unique needs, desires, and outlooks. Awareness is not enough. You need a system to ensure the core generational needs for all employees are met.
Fourth, proper execution demands systematic follow-through. Now is the time to integrate proper inspections and checkpoints to ensure both progress and accountability. Dr. Jim’s execution process ensures you reach your goals.
If you need help in executing your plan, contact us today.
Stage 4: Realize your Significance for IMPACT
Are you having the impact you desire?
In the end, your life will not be measured by the size of your bank account, your car, or your house.
Your legacy will be ultimately measured by the impact you have in this world and beyond. To fulfill your legacy, you must possess the ability to:
Combine your passion and your power into significant priorities.
Ensure you always remember the why (and not just the what) of all you do.
Maintain extreme focus and not let interruptions become distractions.
Develop a support system to educate, exhort, and encourage your progress.
If you are ready to begin realizing your significance as a person or as an organization, contact us today.