The Clockwork Book Club
The Clockwork Book Club
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 Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. Written by Mike Michalowicz, the book is your recipe for an ultra-efficient business, and this podcast will provide even more insights and lessons on how you can apply these frameworks. So read along with us and learn how to make your business finally work for you.
10. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
20 min
12. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
16 min
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.
Jan 9, 2024
8 min
4. Chapter 3: Declare Your Big Promise
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 3 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. In this episode, we discuss: Why you need to protect your reputation above all. Declaring your Big BANG How to find your Big Promise We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 41-53. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
17 min
5. Chapter 4: Determine Your Company’s Queen Bee Role (QBR)
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 4 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. In this episode, we discuss: The story behind why it’s called the QBR Why we love the Savannah Bananas How the QBR relates to the Big Promise We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 54-70. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
18 min
15. 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.⁠
Jan 9, 2024
24 min
7. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
22 min
3. Chapter 2: Clarify Who You Serve
Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 2 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. In this episode, we discuss: How to do less to achieve more The value in narrowing your niche. Completing the Crush/Cringe Analysis We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 25-40. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
14 min
11. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
25 min
2. Clockwork Introduction + Chapter 1: Why Your Business is Still Stuck
Welcome to our breakdown of the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. In this episode, we discuss: your #1 job as an entrepreneur productivity vs. efficiency growing vs. scaling We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages xvii - 24. 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.
Jan 9, 2024
25 min
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