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Companies that communicate with discipline pulse and grow faster

The Rockefeller Habit #3: Establishing a Communication Rhythm to Propel Your Organization Forward

Sep 5, 2024

Communication Rhythm Code - Those who pulse faster, grow faster. In the unforgiving world of business, where speed and precision often determine success or failure, the rhythm of ...

Bold leadership requires strategic teaming

Team Effectiveness

How Bold Leaders Forge Unstoppable Teams Through Strategic Teaming

Aug 29, 2024

Teaming: The Non-Negotiable Imperative for Founders and Leaders “Notfinance.Notstrategy.Nottechnology.Itisteamworkthatremainstheultimate ...

Scaling Up

Cultivating Idea Meritocracy: Why Diversity Beats Validation

Aug 27, 2024

None of us is as smart as all of us.

Rockefeller Habits

The Rockefeller Habit #2: Aligning Everyone with the #1 Priority This Quarter

Aug 22, 2024

Ask a leader / manager if they are playing to win or lose and you will get a look on their face of "Excuse me? Are you seriously asking me this question?"

Scaling Up

Facing the Brutal Facts: Overcoming the Icarus Syndrome in Rapidly Scaling Companies

Aug 20, 2024

There is perhaps no better legal high than riding the trajectory of a rapidly scaling company. On its surface, it seems that one can do no wrong. Everything that gets touched ...

Building a plane while it is flying is like growing a business

The Power of an Idea Meritocracy in Rapidly Scaling Companies

Aug 13, 2024

Imagine building an airplane while it is already in flight. The airplane MUST remain in the air. EVERY component is essential, and EVERY adjustment must be precise, all while ...

Mindset Leadership Culture

Your Personality Is Someone's Experience

Apr 16, 2024

How others experience your personality not only impacts your overall leadership effectiveness, how others experience your personality has the potential to profoundly impact the ...

Executive team is healthy and aligned as a First Team

Team Effectiveness

Mastering the 'First Team' Principle: An Essential Guide for Leaders Serious About Scaling Their Business

Oct 24, 2023

caling is not negotiable. Your bus iness is s caling or it is not. “Scaling will stall when executive alignment is treated as optional.” - Chris Young Business leaders, ...

Mindset

The Best Is Yet to Come: Embracing Optimism & Gratitude with Stoic Realism

Oct 17, 2023

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Truer words have never been spoken. One of my "pillar mentors" - the late Bill Bonnstetter - ...

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