The Clockwork Book Club

By Run Like Clockwork

Welcome to The Clockwork Book Club!

Join us as Adrienne Dorison and Emily Doyle (The CEO/Founder and President of Run Like Clockwork) take you through each chapter of the book Clockwork, Revised and ... more

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How many episodes does The Clockwork Book Club have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.

The Clockwork Book Club episodes:

January 09, 202410. Chapter 9: Balance The Team
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 9 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.
In this episode, we discuss:
How to complete a Job Trait Analysis

Hiring for strengths instead of skills

Using Clockwork as a retention tool on your team
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 149-171.
Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
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21min
January 09, 202415. Clockwork Book Club: Interview with Mike Michalowicz
This is our final episode in the Clockwork Book Club, and today we are talking to the Author of “Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself”… Mike Michalowicz!
In this episode, we discuss:
What Mike wishes everyone knew about Clockwork

The biggest updates to the system since the first edition of the book

Why people resist the Four-Week vacation, and how to combat that!
Every time we talk to Mike we always glean some new insights, and this episode is no different!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠
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25min
January 09, 202414. Chapter 13: Pushback (And What To Do About It)
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 13 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
Why we encounter pushback

How Design can be just as taxing as Doing work

Why you need to show up more when building trust
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 237-250.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
19min
January 09, 2024 13. Chapter 12: Putting It All Together
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 12 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.
In this episode, we discuss our takes on Roberto’s story!
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 227-236.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
9min
January 09, 202412. Chapter 11: Take the Four-Week Vacation
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 11 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
How key metrics help you determine the health of your business

What to feature on a high-level dashboard

The ACDC bottleneck framework
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 200-226.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
17min
January 09, 202411. Chapter 10: Find And Fix Bottlenecks
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 10 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
How key metrics help you determine the health of your business

What to feature on a high-level dashboard

The ACDC bottleneck framework
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 172-199.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
26min
January 09, 20249. Chapter 8: Capture Systems
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 8 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
How to get systems out of your head

Why we don’t believe in written SOPs

The value of continuous improvement
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 128-148.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!
You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠
If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
22min
January 09, 20248. Chapter 7: Trash, Transfer, Trim, or Treasure
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 7 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
our top tips and takeaways to avoid the sunk cost fallacy

how to complete the 4T exercise

why you really don't want to clone yourself.

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 116-127.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
20min
January 09, 20247. Chapter 6: Track Everyone's Time
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 6 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
Why this is a throttle, not a switch

Deciding vs. Delegating

The Design Trap
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 85-115.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
23min
January 09, 20246. Chapter 5: Protect and Serve the QBR
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 5 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:
Differences between the QBR and Primary Roles

Directly vs. Indirectly serving the QBR

Completing the sticky note exercise
We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 71-84.

Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.
...more
17min

FAQs about The Clockwork Book Club:

How many episodes does The Clockwork Book Club have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.