"Where the Hell Are We?" (A104 $40)

A detailed TQP™ guide, including sample plan, documenting the Total Quality Planning™ process. This pragmatic how-to book contains detailed instructions on executing John's breakthrough Strategic Planning process.

Everything you need from soup to nuts.

Here is the table of contents.

 

Introduction to the fourth edition

Prologue

Introduction

Preparing for the TQP meeting

Starting day one of the TQP meeting

Determining where we are

Vision, Mission, and Strategy

Starting day two of the TQP meeting

Goal setting

Action plans

Communications

Wrapping up the meeting

Ongoing follow-up

Subsequent Annual Meetings

Epilogue

Appendix A Pre-meeting material

Appendix B Meeting input form and planning guide

Appendix D Sample plan

About the author

Testimonials

Purchase a copy of this book to learn exactly how you can apply strategic planning to your needs. Whether your goal is to learn enough so you won't be snowed by a professional facilitator or to enhance your own facilitation you'll find this unique book pragmatic and valuable. Click here to see a sample chapter.

"Where the Hell Are We?" (A105 $15)

The 45-minute audio tape of John's Total Quality Planning™ talk.

In 1994 John was the luncheon speaker at each of the CEO Club's national chapters. He crammed into 45 minutes all his passion and knowledge on strategic planning.

Purchase this tape to learn the what, why, and how of strategic planning - the single most valuable management process. If you only execute one management program this year make sure it's strategic planning!

"The Ten Secrets of a Successful Planning Meeting" (A102 $10)

Twelve-page guide revealing the secrets of a successful planning meeting.

To read an HTML version of the "The Ten Secrets of a Successful Planning Meeting", click here.

"100 Quick Tips for Business Success" (A101 $4.95)

Perhaps it is the engineer in John but he has forever been asking himself how and why things work. Over the years he has built up an informal set of strategies - rules of thumb - general insights on why things work and how to be successful.

These pragmatic tips come from struggling with the day-to-day chaos of business operations. John has developed tips to help grab hold in a crisis - tips he's used in corporate turnarounds. Tips for hiring and managing employees and lessons from mismanaging employees. Tips on dealing with the two great, unsolvable issues of every organization - communication and focus.

When John wrote this book in 1994 he couldn't escape the feeling that somehow it had captured part of his soul.

Purchase copies for yourself and other CEOs, owners and entrepreneurs who appreciate the value of one good idea - let alone 100! Learn how the 80/20 rule works in your business, What only 3 jobs the CEO has. Why you need fresh frogs.

"Winning The Rat Workplace Race" (A106 $5.95)

Over the years a common theme in planning meetings has been the problem with today's employees. Why don't they show greater commitment, work harder, be more appreciative, take risks, invest in their own careers, etcetera.

Everyone just assumes that employees know how to succeed and are choosing other behavior. Why should we make this assumption? If an employee never had a mentor, got bad advice, started their career with an awful company, or on the wrong foot they may not have a clue as to what is expected and how to succeed.

At age 21 Adam Myrna, John and Mary's son, started a store front business that required he hire people who, frankly, demonstrated many of the traits he demonstrated when working for others. After a year of this he decided the best way to learn how to motivate employees was to go work for someone else and be the employee he wished he could have hired.

This book grew out of Adam's strategies for being a successful employee. It blends Adam's experience with his dad's insights.

Purchase copies for yourself, your children, or your employees and: Learn how to read you boss's mind. Coach yourself to better pay. Avoid work foul-ups. Create your future with high-payoff behavior. Get promoted first. Survive the downsizing. Be the employee you’ll want when you’re the boss.

The Complete TQP Kit (S102 $65)

All the items above at more than a 15% savings (includes items A101, A102, A104, A105, and A106)

Learn the TQP process through a three-hour workshop that simulates the dynamics of an actual TQP planning meeting. (Includes TQP Guide A104). Call for dates and times or to arrange a workshop for your organization.