High-performance organizations are great at One Thing.

High-performers apply the Discipline of Differentiation to decide which segment to target, and which “One Thing” will be their defining point of differentiation.  They are good at many things … but decide to become incredibly, fanatically great at One Thing.

Wal-Mart chose price as their One Thing.  Apple chose product design.  Amazon chose product selection.  Nordstrom chose customer service.  BMW chose performance.

High-performance organizations recognize that it is impossible to be great at everything.  They can’t be the low-cost supplier and provide five-star service.  They also know that they can’t be all things to all people.

High-performance organizations are relentless, rigorous, uncompromising, fanatical, obsessive, and unwavering about One Thing...and that’s why they win.

So, what’s the One Thing that you stand for?

Building a high-performance organization is really hard.  Which is why they are so rare. But if you are serious about differentiating your organization, we’d love to show you the Way.

Speed Reading:  Decide One Thing

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