The basics of your business identity

Business tagline
Met the owner two days ago. Raising the Standard is Jaque’s DNA.

 

Small business story
Jaque started with one push mower. Now he only does upscale contracts.

 

The basics.

Vision.

Mission.

Story.

Jaque told me, “Eighty percent of my revenue comes from 20% of my clients. Your neighbor is one of my top clients.”

Note: My neighbor is in real estate and uses Jaque’s company commercially, and now, also personally.

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This simple test should verify the critical business logic

Cinderella Castle sketch
Cinderella Castle sketch from One Man’s Dream. Simple, Walt Disney wanted a place where Families could have fun together.

 

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being highest:

  • How fast do things change in your world?
  • What is the level of information overload?
  • How easily is information accessible?
  • How difficult is it to keep up with information?
  • How challenging is it to determine what’s most important?
  • How challenging is it to retain/remember what’s most important?

If ever there was a blinding flash of the obvious for why simple, key, repeatable messages must be the driving force of your leadership culture, is it not the wake-up call from your answers?

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Of course business is complicated

airport crowd
One of them is a Disney executive and unable to travel freely, simply because the job demands his on-site presence. The others are on a 10th-grade trip to San Francisco.

 

Of course business is complicated, which is why we must fight like heck to simplify everything.

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Exercising different creativity because the pressure is off

Disney Institute keynote speakers
Last night’s writing location, less than one mile from WDW.

 

Couple of speaking inquiries in the past 72 hours.

As business grows, there’s less pressure and temptation to compromise corporate values – your organizational DNA.

Walt Disney and Steve Jobs inspire the heck out of me.

They were not everyone’s favorite leader.

Why?

They had insanely high standards and expectations.

Just another of many items a  startup CEO has to figure out.

 

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