Asking the right questions
The power of asking the right questions One of the most powerful ways of getting the best ideas from brainstorming and sparking creativity is to start with the right question. The opposite is also...
View ArticleThere are 5 personalities that can derail a meeting. Here’s how to manage them.
We’ve all attended unproductive meetings – strategy meetings that don’t wrap with an actionable plan, meetings to decide on a direction where no decision is made, or brainstorming meetings that result...
View ArticleThe One Thing
What if I told you that there is One Thing that, if you rallied your team around and focused your attention on in the next year, could grow your business by double-digits? One of the most misunderstood...
View Article7 Things Racing Will Teach You About Business
I first wrote this article 10 years ago, and recently came across it in my Evernote files. Since then, I’ve graduated from working inside growth companies to coaching CEOs of growing companies, and I’m...
View ArticleFinding and hiring great people (Part 1)
As I write this, we’re in what we hope to be the tail end of the pandemic. Businesses are reopening and hiring (or if you’re in certain industries like Powersports, you’re having a record year)....
View ArticleFinding and Hiring Great People (Part 2)
Screening resumes If you’re lucky, you’ll receive lots of eligible resumes, but everyone dreads the drudgery of screening resumes. Hopefully, your self-screening tactics have whittled the number of...
View ArticleFinding and Hiring Great People (Part 3)
Effective Interviewing (or how to REALLY get to know someone in 60 minutes) Hiring is a funny thing – no where else in life do you choose a partner for a long-term, co-dependent relationship based on...
View ArticleEffective One-to-One Meetings
One-to-one meetings (sometimes called a One-on-One, or 1:1 meeting) are a staple in almost every manager’s calendar. They’re a fundamental pillar of effective management, and a key tool for driving...
View ArticleHow to Delegate Decisions – Make Like a Tree
One of the key factors that determines how far you can scale your business is how effective you are at delegating decisions. The magic lies in figuring out which decisions you need to make, which you...
View ArticleWho’s decision is it anyway?
Every leadership book tells you not to delay decisions – that it’s better to make a decision than not, that there’s no perfect decision, and that you probably have most of the information you need now...
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