What is on your STOP DOING list this year?
Every time you stop doing something of little value, you create time to invest your talent into something of higher value – which helps grow your business faster and with less pain. How can you go about it?
How to decode feedback coming from across the Atlantic.
Because of different communication habits on opposite sides of the Atlantic, feedback is communicated significantly differently in Europe and in the US. As a result, we tend to make the wrong assumptions about people’s intentions. How can you avoid this?
Have you conquered the three pillars of accountability?
Lack of accountability is the silent killer of growth – and by far the #1 growth roadblock among small and mid-sized companies. How can you put a system in place to hold your team accountable, so that you can grow faster and with less pain?
How you damage your team accountability – unintentionally
Obviously, we all want to create a culture of accountability in our businesses. The thing is: If you want a culture of accountability, it starts with YOU. Where do you start?
My Growth Engine has stalled! Where do I go from here?
“My company has great growth potential, but I am so stuck in the damn dailies, I can’t find time to work on my business,” sighed the 55-years old CEO of this mid-market manufacturing company. He started his company 15 years and successfully grew it – but over the past few years, growth had stalled. His efforts to re-boot his growth engine have failed as well. In short, he felt stuck. How can he un-stuck himself?
How to stay at the top of your game – with gratitude
Many more CEOs than you may think suffer from some form of mental wellness issues. One way to improve and maintain your mental wellness requires virtually no investment and delivers a great ROI: gratitude. How?
Four tips to make your strategy more actionable
70% to 90% of strategies fail due to poor execution. A good annual strategy does not need to be smarter than last year’s strategy: it needs to be more actionable.
Do you sometimes feel that you are not good enough?
“So far I have been a great CEO, but I am not sure that I am the best person to take my company to the next level,” confided this CEO of a fast-growing company. It looked like his recipe for success didn’t work anymore. He felt stuck, overwhelmed, and doubted his ability to improve the situation.
Sounds familiar?
How can you improve your competitive advantage?
Every business has at least one strategic asset – one existing strength – that can form the foundation for future growth.” Your job is to identify and develop it.
Easier said than done. How do you do that?
What is your question-to-statement ratio?
Questions are often more powerful than statements, because they teach people to think. However many CEOs make the same mistake: When someone asks for help or struggles, they simply give them the answer. What can you do about it?