Our First Special - Quarterly Planning - Part 2.  After a hard three days, Garret skips out, James explains wet noodles and roller coasters, Darin renames the 90-day plan, and Tyler finds out that his kids are bad at playing sick.   All this and more as the team decompresses after three days of Quarterly Planning sessions. 

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Hardcore History

Common Sense

Couch Mode

Failed Harmony

00:03:20 - Show Start MEPS (MiPS for James again)

James explains wet noodles and roller coasters

00:07:25 - The Headlines

Darin

Awesome Sauce Plan (FKA 90 day plan) Check-in

What Darin applies with others and not himself

Know the right answer, know the right thing to do, know you need someone to tell you to do it

Tyler

Started the Day strong...faded quickly

1st Attempt at explaining the team building exercise

Kids playing sick

James

Death, all the points, death, all the things

Q4 Planning is hard when annual goals were unclear 9 months ago

00:28:10 - Q4 Planning - Content (The What)

Tyler guesses rock completion percent (he’s spot on)

Missed team buy-in on goals

We forgot to do the “V” thing on several rocks (Tyler explains with real time follow up)

The Gino Wickman Series

Rocket Fuel (Visionary / Integrator challenge accepted)

How to be a Great Boss (LMA)

What the Heck is EOS 

Get a Grip (fable version of Traction)

Does EOS fit in a 1 person department

If not, is there a different approach

Goals, Goals, Goals, and getting all the things written

2nd attempt at explaining the team building exercise - brought to you by Darin

00:41:29 - Q4 Planning - Context (The How)

Staying above the bar

Push-ups 

Irish / British / worst accent ever

When we call an audible

Why “homework” works for Tyler

Darin loves spreadsheets, not not spreadsheets

Small team dynamics in small(er) teams

3rd attempt at explaining team building exercise - brought to you by James

Loves the feedback (less silence = careful what you wish for)

01:00:15 - End of the Show (The Sing Out)

Boris singing Rocky Raccoon….nope, just Darin again

01:02:33 - The After Show

What’s on tap for tomorrow (or next Friday) and all the workout talk

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott