Risk & Business Magazine Gillons Insurance Spring 2016 | Page 9

Daily “Adrenaline” Meeting
Sticking to Your Agenda

BY: VERNE HARNISH, AUTHOR OF SCALING UP

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here is one indispensable routine;
one absolute essential habit more
important than any other I can teach
an executive team; one discipline that is
non-negotiable – and that is an effective
daily meeting rhythm.
Before dismissing the idea (I’ve heard
every excuse over the years), consider that
from the top teams at Goldman Sachs to
the assembly floors of Dell Computer to
the Oval Office of the White House, an
effective daily meeting rhythm is at the
heart of their management practices.
And I’ve not encountered a single startup to mid-size firm that didn’t benefit
greatly from initiating a short daily
huddle organized around a specific
agenda which I’ll detail below.
“I lead a daily ‘Adrenaline’ meeting,”
explains Tony Petruccia