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The Fifth Rockefeller Habit - Engage employees for feedback

The Rockefeller Habit #5 - Employee input is collected to identify obstacles and opportunities.

Oct 3, 2024

The Fifth Rockefeller Habit - Knowledge is Power In the high-stakes world of business leadership, knowledge is power, and one of the most valuable sources of knowledge is right ...

Rockefeller Habits

The Rockefeller Habit #6 - Reporting and Analysis of Customer Feedback Data is as Frequent and Accurate as Financial Data

Oct 3, 2024

You Are Ignoring Your Most Valuable Asset: Customer Feedback If you are treating customer feedback as an afterthought, you are already losing. Stop. The harsh reality is this: ...

Scaling Up

Scaling Fast? Why Transformational Leadership is the Only Path to Sustainable Growth

Oct 1, 2024

The clock is ticking. Your company is growing fast, but let me ask you this: do you have the right leadership framework in place to sustain this growth, or are you relying on ...

Adoption of the Rockefeller Habits is your key to operating in Founder Mode

Rockefeller Habits Founder Mode

Unlocking Founder Mode: The Rockefeller Habits You Must Master to Scale

Sep 26, 2024

The data does not lie. Fortune recently published Is 'founder mode' or 'manager mode' better? Here's what the 22 Fortune 500 companies still run by founders show The data screams. ...

Reduce friction and drama in your team through Behavioral Style and Driving Forces Awareness

Mindset Team Effectiveness

How to Mitigate Unnecessary Team Drama Using Psychometric Assessments

Sep 24, 2024

Show me a team that is unaware of one another's personality styles and I will show you a team with unnecessary friction and drama. There is a "personality storm" brewing in every ...

The key to scaling up is hiring only A Players - the top 20 percent who produce 80 percent of the results

Scaling Up Team Effectiveness

Scaling Up: Pareto Optimality and The Power of Building an A-Player Team

Sep 20, 2024

Those who command the best talent dominate the market. The war for talent is relentless, and the stakes could not be higher. You cannot afford to simply have a team of ...

Founders need to operate in Founder Mode

Scaling Up

The Loneliness of Vision: Understanding Founders in Founder Mode

Sep 14, 2024

Being a Founder is much, much more than just a job Being a founder is not just a job. It is a way of being, an unrelenting pursuit of a vision that others often cannot see—much ...

Steve Jobs - The key to innovation - May the best ideas win through idea meritocracy.

Idea Meritocracy at Apple: How Steve Jobs Fostered a Culture of Innovation

Sep 12, 2024

Steve Jobs' leadership at Apple provides valuable lessons on idea meritocracy The concept of idea meritocracy is something I have encouraged my Scaling Up Coaching Clients to ...

Super heroes scaling-up their team and business through Extreme Accountability

Team Effectiveness

Why Extreme Accountability Must Be Your Team's Superpower

Sep 10, 2024

The Case For Extreme Accountability In the contemporary business landscape, where competition is fierce and market dynamics evolve rapidly, one principle stands out as a ...

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