Update your thinking and avoid complacency with the 12 week year
Are you ready to change your life? This hands-on template for implementing advice from the game-changing book The 12 Week Year is a study guide that makes it easy for anyone to apply the 12 week year to their own lives. Instead of getting bogged down in annualized thinking that produces pitfalls and saps productivity, follow along with this guide to redefine your "year" to be just 12 weeks long. By doing so, you'll avoid complacency, begin to focus on what matters most, create better clarity, and develop a sense of urgency so that "now" is always the right time to act.
Applicable to business growth, career goals, and life in general, the 12 week plan will help you improve in any--or every--area. By closing the "knowing-doing gap," you'll discover how to execute on what you already know and greatly expand the boundaries of your capabilities. Learn to:
- Create your personal and business visions with step-by-step tips
- Develop your own 12 week plan by applying what you know to what you do
- Put over 10 years of field-tested content, exercises, and templates to work for you
- Build a 12 week commitment and apply the system to your own life and business
Take back your life, improve your thinking, and advance your business or career by implementing real-world, hands-on methods in The 12 Week Year Study Guide.
Jacket Description/Back:
APPLY THE BESTSELLING SYSTEM TO YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS
The 12 Week Year Field Guide is the comprehensive, hands-on workbook to The New York Times bestselling The 12 Week Year. The main volume has already enabled thousands of people at hundreds of companies to double, triple, or in some cases even quadruple their income and results. Now, this powerful companion resource gives newcomers and experienced practitioners an easy, step-by-step framework for repeatedly implementing this powerful performance-enhancing system.
Proven in the field of sports by world-class athletes as well as in industries worldwide by professionals in every stage of their careers, The 12 Week Year unlocks potential by bridging the knowing-doing gap with concrete actions for effectively executing the strategies and techniques you already comprehend. Written as a one-to-one consultation with the authors, this in-depth exploration shares expert tips, time-saving tricks, and hard-won wisdom not available in the main volume, along with:
- Proficiency-building exercises designed for each phase of The 12 Week Year system
- Ready-to-use worksheets to accelerate the time it takes you to practice this approach in your everyday life
- Illustrative examples and models for you to emulate and customize to map out your own path to achievement
It's not what you know or even who you know that matters, but what you implement that counts with The 12 Week Year Field Guide.
The 12 Week Year supercharges the coaching process by incorporating proven disciplines and principles that drive results - all in the context of a 12 week execution cycle. We regularly help our clients to double, triple, and even quadruple their results through 12 Week Year coaching.
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Table of Contents:
PREFACE vii
OVERVIEW OF THE 12 WEEK YEARTM ix
CHAPTER 1
Becoming a Visionary 1
Exercise #1: Have - Do - Be 2
Exercise #2: Long-Term Vision 4
Exercise #3a: Three-Year Personal Vision 5
Exercise #3b: Three-Year Business Vision 6
Exercise #4: 12-Month Vision (Optional) 7
CHAPTER 2
Establishing Your Goals and Building Your Plan 11
Starting with the End in Mind 11
Writing Effective Goals 13
12 Week Plan Tactics 16
CHAPTER 3
Making and Keeping 12 Week Commitments 25
Benefits of Keeping Commitments 26
CHAPTER 4
Installing Process Control 31
Weekly Plan 31
Weekly Accountability Meeting (WAM) 33
Daily Huddles 35
12 Week Theme 36
12 Week Year Celebrations 37
CHAPTER 5
Scorekeeping 41
The Four Weekly Execution Scenarios 45
Great Week after Great Week: The Weekly Execution Routine 47
CHAPTER 6
Using Your Time Intentionally 51
Constructive Belief #1: Your Time Is at Least as Valuable as the Time of Others 51
Constructive Belief #2: You Can't Get Everything Done 52
Constructive Belief #3: Work on the High Priority, Money-Making, Results-Generating Activity First 52
Constructive Belief #4: Breakthrough Requires Breakout from Your Old "Systems" 53
Constructive Action: Create a Model Workweek and Implement It 53
CHAPTER 7
12 Week Year Review and Planning 61
12 Week Year Review and Planning 62
Quality of Life 63
Success Disciplines 65
Breakthroughs 66
CHAPTER 8
Confront the Truth (Optional Section) 69
Confronting the Truth Example - 12 Week Execution Data 70
Confronting the Truth 71
CHAPTER 9
12 Week Year Game Plan 97
CONCLUSION 115
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 117
BRIAN P. MORAN is founder and CEO of The Execution Company, an organization committed to improving the performance and enhancing the quality of life for leaders and entrepreneurs. He has served in management and executive positions with UPS, PepsiCo, and Northern Automotive and consults with dozens of world-class companies each year. As an entrepreneur, he has led successful businesses and been instrumental in the growth and success of many others. In addition to his books, Brian has been published in many of the leading business journals and magazines. He is a sought-after speaker, educating and inspiring thousands each year. Brian lives in Michigan with his wife Judy and their two daughters.
MICHAEL LENNINGTON is Vice President of The Execution Company. He is a consultant, coach, and leadership trainer, and an expert in implementing lasting change in organizations. He works with clients in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East to help them implement corporate initiatives that drive sales, service, and profitability. Michael holds a BS from Michigan State University, and an MBA from Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He lives with his wife Kristin and their children in northern Michigan.
Wiley
Pub Date: September 25, 2018
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144 pages
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