In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins talks about the need to not only get the right people on the bus but also to get the right people in the right seats. By that, he means that you can’t just hire great people and expect them to perform. You also have to put them … Continue Reading
Holding staff accountable is every manager’s least favorite part of the job. It is not an easy or a fun task to tell someone they are doing something wrong. Most managers are reluctant to have those tough, but necessary, conversations with their employees. And even when those conversations are had, they tend not to be … Continue Reading
Great companies are made of great people. The only real difference between any company and its competitors is its people. And how to keep those great people happy and engaged at work is a constant worry for most business owners and CEOs. Many companies employ the strategy of paying their employees more than their competitors. … Continue Reading
Employees come in all shapes and sizes. They come from all backgrounds. They are unique individuals. They have different goals and wants for their lives and for their loved ones. Their experience levels, skills, and knowledge vary, sometimes greatly. They are motivated by differing things. For some its money, for some it is the things … Continue Reading
One of the most common questions we get from business leaders who have read the book Traction by Gino Wickman, and/or heard about the success of other business leaders using the Entrepreneurial Operating System, is whether or not they should hire us to help them implement it. They want to understand if hiring us, or … Continue Reading
If you are like most business owners, the success or failure of your enterprise is always on your mind. Your business is a part of you, it is constantly with you, and it affects how you think and act. Even when you are not at the office. As an entrepreneur, your personal and business goals … Continue Reading
CEOs hire us to help them solve their people problems and organizational issues so they can work on their business and not just in their business. We show CEOs how to get what they want from their business by helping them identify and solve the different day – same problem bottlenecks that stifle growth. No one starts a company … Continue Reading
This week we’re looking at a competency that you’re probably overlooking currently: Appreciating Others. Appreciating Others, as the name would suggest, is all about focus on others, specifically identifying with and caring about others. Those who are skilled at Appreciating Others are great at making people feel truly seen and heard. They take the time … Continue Reading
This week we’re looking at another critical skill that has been much needed of late: Resiliency. We define resiliency as quickly recovering from adversity. It is the skill of having thick skin. Being able to accept defeat, failure or rejection and letting it roll off your back so that you can get back to it. … Continue Reading
This week we’re going back in our blog archives to highlight a skill that has become more important than ever during the roller coaster that is the COVID pandemic: Futuristic Thinking. We define Futuristic Thinking as imagining, envisioning, projecting, and/or creating what has not yet been actualized. All it boils down to is your ability … Continue Reading
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