CEO – Do You Know What Game You’re In and How To Play It?
|According to Simon Sinek, most leaders don’t even know the game they are in. He explains it in his new book The Infinite Game. In the book, he explains that to be a leader you need two things – empathy and perspective. Many leaders focus on their status and position in the organization. They forget […]
To read moreDon’t Overlook These 3-Mega Forces as You Plan for 2020
|November is that time of the year when many firms assess what has happened over the past 10 months and start to make plans for the next year. In this case, the view ahead is to 2020, to the next decade. If you are one of these planners, you might want to step back and […]
To read moreThe Human Factor in 2020 – A New Consideration
|If you are making a plan for 2020 one of the components of your business plan should be your employees. Some business people label this human capital. 3 Gates of Focus In business there are three gates of focus. These are the three things you must always pay attention to. One is Profit. If you […]
To read more2020 Vision for 2020
|This is the time of the year that businesses begin to look ahead to the coming year. Traditionally this approach is in the form of a strategic plan. Some considerations include new opportunities, new products and/or new services. It may also address expanding into new space and adding more equipment. It may take the form of […]
To read moreFinding the Leadership Balance in Business
|If leadership was just about leading it MIGHT be easy. However, the challenging aspect of leading people is the dichotomy of leadership. It requires balancing opposite forces that every leader faces. A simple yet seemly contradictory challenge is when to lead and when to follow. The Dichotomy of Leadership is a follow up book by […]
To read moreDo You Know the Rules of the Road?
|Getting focused on the right things at the right time leads to success for any leader of a growing enterprise. Getting an entire team of people focused on the right things at the right time is what separates good companies from great companies. Why 7 Stages of Growth Based on interviews and working with 650 […]
To read moreFive Signs You Need a Business Coach
|I recently read a story in Forbes written by Kavita Sahai. In the story he shared this insight: “Running a business is a roller coaster. One day your day is productive and things are looking great for your business, and the next, you feel like everything has been derailed and you are falling. Plenty of […]
To read moreExtreme Ownership in Business
|Leadership is a key component in the success of any business. Leadership comes primarily from the CEO of the company. So what kind of leadership should the CEO exhibit? Extreme Ownership (How U.S. Navy Seals LEAD and WIN) is a book by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. You may wonder how military leadership applies to […]
To read moreGrowing Sales – Lessons from the Pumpkin Farmer
|To grow a business you need to grow sales. Improving sales is one of the top 5 challenges for Stage 1 (1-10 employees) and Stage 2 (11-19 employees). Improving sales at any stage of growth can be a challenge. How do you do it? I have written before about the three customers everyone sells […]
To read moreWhat Can You Learn From the Shoe Dog, Phil Knight (NIKE)???
|Phil Knight, founder of what is now NIKE, wrote the story of his journey from starting the company to its present day success in his 2016 book –Shoe Dog. That year, Bill Gates picked it as one of his favorite books. If you are an entrepreneur or CEO of a company there are some great […]
To read moreEffective Leadership and YOU
|There are a number of ways to look at leadership, but they all boil down to this. As the CEO, you want to be an effective leader. The 5 Levels of Leadership. One way to view leadership is as John Maxwell has written about in The 5 Levels of Leadership. The lowest level is Position […]
To read moreCrafting a Business Plan for 2019 That Will Get Implemented
|Have you ever read the book “How to Succeed in Businesses without Really Planning?” Is that really possible? Well, there was actually a book published in 1952 “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.” It was the story of a window washer who rises to become chairman of the board of the World Wide […]
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