the quarterli® habit
“Habits are powerful but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realise—they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense.”
Charles Duhigg,The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business; 2012.
Charles Duhigg,The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business; 2012.
eleven principles of habit theory
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Small improvements make a big difference. Success comes from a series of small actions rather than a massive, once in a lifetime, intervention.
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Developing good habits improves performance. They appear to make little difference on any given day, but their impact over time can be huge.
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Breaking bad habits really helps too. Success is as much about recognising and changing bad habits than it is about forming new ones.
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All habits are not created equal. Keystone habits have an amazing ripple effect that produces many more positive outcomes.
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Knowing how habits work helps you change them. We're all slaves to neuroscience. So, understanding our 'Habit Loops' is half the battle!
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Adopting better habits demands a system. It's no good just striving for goals, we need a system that creates better routines.
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Keep it simple. You'll seriously harm your chances of forming a new habit if you make it too complex or demanding.
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It's important to make a plan for when and where you will perform a new habit. Desire or motivation just isn't enough.
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Outcomes are not immediate. That’s why many business leaders fall back into those bad ‘in the business’ habits that provide instant rewards.
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Reward the new routine. As business leaders, we must create measures that provide a sense of achievement when we work on the business.
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It's easier with a group. Don't do it alone. Bring your senior team with you and work together to develop new habits.
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how quarterli® embeds these principles
Quarterli® is designed to help business owners, CEOs and Managing Directors improve their organisation’s chances of long-term success. It’s a simple, habit-forming approach that engages your senior team and encourages them to help you work ‘on the business’ rather than simply fulfilling their functional roles.
It helps senior teams develop a Good Habit; working 'on the business'.
It's a Keystone Habit that many senior teams do badly, despite the best of intentions.
It's about a series of Small Actions rather than a big, one-off intervention.
It's a New Routine that can change a bad habit or create a new one.
It's a Simple routine that makes it easy to sustain.
It's even more Sustainable because it doesn't require expensive consultancy support.
It creates new 'leading measures' of business growth that Reward the New Routine (because we know outcomes aren't immediate when it comes to 'working on the business')
.It engages and involves the entire senior team, so you Work Together as a Group to develop this new habit.
It provides a System and a Time and Place for you to perform your new 'on the business' habit every quarter.
a new quarterli® routine
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I've never heard of the Growth Probability Matrix. What is it?
I've never heard of the Growth Probability Matrix. What is it?
The Growth Probability Matrix™ cuts through the often-overwhelming amount of business advice out there and proposes just two fundamental levers that can be used to improve your chances of success. The Matrix draws a crucial distinction between the Growth Potential of your business and the ability of the senior team to unlock this potential through Effective Execution. Both are key to shareholder value, but one is often (subconsciously) prioritised over the other. Download The Growth Probability Matrix eBook to find out more.
Who else can see the results of each survey and our Leadership Alignment results?
Who else can see the results of my personal introspections and my senior team survey results?
No-one. The scores and comments are for your eyes only, unless you choose to share them. Quarterli® generates all results automatically without any human intervention.
The system also automatically generates the live Matrix from the aggregated result of all surveys done worldwide. It updates every night and is designed to give some comfort to business leaders that their peers do not always rate their business as "Full Steam Ahead". I.e. many are in the same boat and are committed to improving the way they and their senior teams work 'on the business'.
The system also automatically generates the live Matrix from the aggregated result of all surveys done worldwide. It updates every night and is designed to give some comfort to business leaders that their peers do not always rate their business as "Full Steam Ahead". I.e. many are in the same boat and are committed to improving the way they and their senior teams work 'on the business'.
How will using Quarterli® help us as a leadership team.
How will using Quarterli® help us as a leadership team.
The simplicity of the Matrix helps bring clarity to your thinking, even when embroiled in the day to day. This means you make better decisions. Once adopted by the whole senior team, it brings a common language and establishes a shared view of where the business stands today and what needs to change. It encourages a quarterly rhythm that changes the way senior teams think, speak and act, and dramatically improves your chances of success. Download The Quarterli® Habit eBook to find out more.
Quarterli® is designed to put you in control of your growth journey. Business leaders worldwide can access it at a fraction of the cost of hiring a Management Consultant.
Quarterli® is designed to put you in control of your growth journey. Business leaders worldwide can access it at a fraction of the cost of hiring a Management Consultant.
Does Quarterli® remove the need for consultancy?
Does Quarterli® remove the need for consultancy?
No. Quarterli® is not designed to replace good consultancy, but it is there to help business leaders take back control and use consultancy in a more efficient and effective manner: Too many CEOs, Managing Directors and Business Owners effectively outsource their growth strategy and/or their 'on the business' activity. Consultancies are only too pleased to feast on this over weeks, months and years but it rarely delivers full value for the business leader and can hamper the development of the senior team.
Highly skilled consultants can add huge value to your business and Quarterli® introduces a structured approach that can help you become a better buyer of these specialists. You might actually end up using more consultancy but in shorter, sharper doses designed to deliver well-defined outcomes that Quarterli® will help you describe and measure.
Highly skilled consultants can add huge value to your business and Quarterli® introduces a structured approach that can help you become a better buyer of these specialists. You might actually end up using more consultancy but in shorter, sharper doses designed to deliver well-defined outcomes that Quarterli® will help you describe and measure.
Does that mean you are going to use this to sell me consultancy?
Does that mean you are going to use this to sell me consultancy?
No. We do not have team of consultants or growth coaches.
If you are introduced to Quarterli® by a local consultancy or business support organisation, then that is because they want to help you work ‘on the business’. If you subscribe using their unique URL then you’ll see their logo under the Quarterli® logo when using the system.
We don’t pay them, they don’t pay us, ever. If you end up using them for specialist support in the future, then that’s your decision. We’re not party to any arrangement, won’t know anything about it and certainly won’t be taking a cut of any fee that you pay to them.
If you are introduced to Quarterli® by a local consultancy or business support organisation, then that is because they want to help you work ‘on the business’. If you subscribe using their unique URL then you’ll see their logo under the Quarterli® logo when using the system.
We don’t pay them, they don’t pay us, ever. If you end up using them for specialist support in the future, then that’s your decision. We’re not party to any arrangement, won’t know anything about it and certainly won’t be taking a cut of any fee that you pay to them.
