As leaders, we often carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. We're the ones with the vision, the ones who steer the ship. But here's the secret: the most effective leaders aren't control freaks, they're delegation champions.
The business landscape is more dynamic than ever. Disruptive technologies, evolving customer demands, and unforeseen global events can throw even the most compelling strategy into disarray. In today’s environment, the key to success lies not in clinging to rigid strategies, but in cultivating agile leadership.
Imagine leading a team from across the globe without them ever truly knowing who you are. With today's remote work landscape, this is a growing reality for leaders, but it doesn't have to be.
Imagine a world where leaders, instead of operating from a place of burnout and exhaustion, lead with boundless energy, sharp focus, and infectious optimism. A world where well-being isn't just a fringe benefit, but the jet fuel powering effective leadership. This isn't a utopian fantasy, it's the future of high-performing teams, and it starts with you...
In the world of business growth, the Scaling Up framework pinpoints four critical decisions—People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash—to propel companies towards sustainable success. Let’s shed light on a pivotal CASH exercise known as the Power of One, specifically in the context of pricing strategies to boost cash flow.
With the 4thquarter just weeks away, CEOs are prepping for their annual strategic planning sessions. Leadership retreats are being scheduled, agendas are starting to form, but do you have the foundation in place to draft your plan?
I encourage leaders to answer these four questions before their strategic planning event.
Most of us are enjoying the vacation months and warm weather — including record heat in many places — yet August signals the end of summer. This is especially true in our businesses, where we go from a more relaxed pace to full-throttle the moment the calendar switches to September.
Suddenly, the end-of-the-year countdown is upon us, and we only have four months to meet our annual goals. Our calendars get filled with budget reviews, prioritization meetings, status updates and the entire business seems to be operating in race-mode.
I hear it constantly: “There aren’t enough hours in the day.”
Do you find it hard to concentrate and stay focused because there’s just too much to do? Do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about how you’re going to manage everything? Is your calendar booked solid every day?
What if I told you that the #1 roadblock to growing your business is something YOU can control? The answer is simple… DELEGATE!! There is no way you can scale the business if everything depends on YOU.
As business leaders, we want to recruit and retain the best and brightest team members to execute on our strategic vision. But are we looking at the right factors when building our executive leadership team? Do we really know what makes great leaders in today’s environment?
I’ve worked with leadership teams throughout my career — from building great, highly effective teams at Shelter Mortgage to all the companies I work with in my current role as a Strategic Business Coach. I’ve noticed five common traits in the most successful executive teams, and I share them below as the “Secrets of a Genuine Leader.”
Could your team make it to the Final Four?
It’s March Madness, and I can’t help but draw parallels between the teams on the basketball floor and the executive teams I see in the business world. They both operate off the same set of basic principles:
1. Get the basics right. Know your core values and stay true to them. Stay positive and work together on shared goals instead of personal, isolated goals. You can’t win the game alone.
Apple, REI, Walt Disney, Nordstrom, Starbucks…
When you walk into any of these businesses you immediately feel their company culture. It hits you the moment you step inside. It’s in the way their team members greet you, their level of service and the subtle behaviors you might not even notice.
All of these companies take their cultures seriously. They make trust, transparency, respect and pride all non-negotiable, and these qualities get mirrored in their customer-facing interactions.
