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The Key To Scaling a Company is CEO Critical Self Awareness

You Are the Bottleneck: Why Critical Self-Awareness Is the CEO’s Most Underrated Performance Tool

Apr 22, 2025

Executive Summary: Most founders obsess over fixing their team — better hires, tighter meetings, clearer KPIs — but ignore the biggest leverage point: themselves. This piece makes ...

Get rid of the elephant in the room with The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Scaling Up

About Your Elephant in the Room: Why Teams Fear Real Conversations

Mar 19, 2025

"Why was this not brought to my attention sooner?" Recently a Client I have contact with once every year or two called me and said, "Chris, I believe I have a problem..." He then ...

Stop fooling yourself - build and scale a team that wins

Scaling Up

Hire, Develop, and Scale Like You Mean It

Mar 13, 2025

Stop Fooling Yourself If you expect to scale your business model, nothing and I mean NOTHING matters more than having a mission, vision, values (purpose) coupled with the right ...

Scaling Up

Are You Lucky or Are You Good?

Mar 11, 2025

Luck Is Not a Strategy Success in business is often attributed to a combination of skill, strategy, and timing. However, there is an uncomfortable question that every founder and ...

High-performing teams row with discipline

Scaling Up

The Secret to Building High-Performing Teams.

Mar 6, 2025

The Secret To Building High-Performing Teams Is DISCIPLINE. High-performing teams do not occur by accident. High-performing teams are thoughtfully designed and built through ...

A-Players are the lifeblood of your company. Never hire sheep.

Mindset Scaling Up

People – Your Most Important Scaling Up Decision

Feb 4, 2025

Do you hate losing more than you love winning? Ditto. Get to know me and you will quickly learn that I hate losing more than I love winning. There is no need to reinvent the ...

The 20 Mile March requires disciplined people, thoughts and actions

Scaling Up

Meeting Rhythms - THE Backbone of Your 20 Mile March

Jan 29, 2025

As a Founder or CEO, you are well aware that success in business is rarely about dramatic leaps forward. Success in anything - especially building and scaling a business is about ...

Thriving in a VUCA business world requires Business Acumen Capacity

Scaling Up

Business Acumen Capacity: The Essential Skill for Rapidly Scaling Businesses

Dec 8, 2024

Business Acumen Capacity is Rocket Fuel for Scaling Businesses Scaling a business is a high-stakes, high-pressure endeavor where the ability to anticipate what lies ahead—what I ...

Scaling Leaders face the brutal facts and confront hard truths

Leadership Scaling Up

Comfort is the Enemy of Growth - Why Scaling Leaders Confront Brutal Facts

Oct 20, 2024

Scaling Leaders Do Not Dodge Uncomfortable Realities. What if I told you the biggest threat to your company’s growth is not your competitors, but your refusal to confront the ...

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