BLOGS
Who’s ready to hit the ground running in 2018?
Are you going to reach your 2017 growth targets? Were you and your team focused on all the right actions this year to meet your goals? Did you stick to your plan? Was it really a plan or just a long to-do list?
The 4th Quarter of 2017 is fast approaching. What does success look like in 2018? 20% annual growth, 10% increase in margins, 2 times cash flow, double the number of “A” player employees, record number of customer acquisitions and retention and additional new markets and products/services? What can you do now to set yourself up to achieve those goals in 2018.
Are You Playing to Win — Or Playing Not to Lose?
In the 2014 Winter Olympics there were high expectations that Team USA snowboarder Shaun White would win his third consecutive gold medal. But he ended up fourth, missing the medal podium completely.
Start Your "Stop Doing" List Now
I’ve never met a CEO who said, “I just don’t know what to do with all the spare time I have.”
As business leaders, we invariably have far too much on our plates for any mere human to actually tackle. We typically take more and more on instead of delegating, or we fail to ensure a task provides real value and is worth our time.
Why Are Core Values So Important?
As Jim Collins says in Good to Great, “you cannot set organizational values, you can only discover them. Nor can you instill new core values into people. Instead, the task is to find people who are predisposed to sharing your core values.”
It’s so true. Your core values are WHO you are as a company and WHO you are as a leader — the DNA you all share. It’s what makes the organization tick. And without shared core values, there can be no alignment, and without alignment businesses cannot grow.