Tony Richards: Speaker-Author-Coach

To be a successful elite level performer you need to be able to focus on the job at hand but also recognize long range issues to guide your tenure and the organization. Short term focus on ex*****on and long term vision focused on strategy, that combo being in sync is a powerful catlyst for scaling up growth

Every business leader wants to build and lead a great company, but just having that intention isn't enough to make it so. Executive leaders often get distracted by shiny new objects & also old psychological programs & experiences that derail their success & sabotage their success.

Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence. —Jorge Luis Borges

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The formulation of the problem is often more essential than it's solution - Albert Einstein

Team members have to be constantly reminded that being accountable for something does not mean you have to do all the work. It means utilizing the proper resources in an effective & efficient way to get the specific work & result accomplished.

While a BHAG doesn’t need to be highly specific, it does need to show a clear endgame. This is vital for creating clarity about where the “bus” is going to end up. It guides the team to make good decisions each day—decisions that are aligned with the BHAG.

It's Strategic Planning Season. Remember your plan of action for next year should funnel down through the company to the very last employee. Develop 3 to 5 priorities for every employee. Every person in the company should have one or two priorities that are aligned with the department and company priorities for the quarter.

The Executive who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person who negotiates with themselves every day. Let inertia work for you and your day.

No one of us is more important than the rest of us - Ray Croc

Talent and potential mean nothing if you can't consistently do the boring things when you don't feel like doing them

90 percent of success is not getting distracted.