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Understanding Founder Mode As An Employee: How to Thrive in a Founder-Led Startup

Feb 17, 2025

Are you experiencing Founder Mode? If you work for a founder-led company, it is almost a certainty that you are experiencing Founder Mode—that intense, high-stakes mindset where ...

Leaders engaged in productive ideological conflict to get to the best ideas and outcomes

Team Effectiveness

Is Your Leadership Team Stuck in Agreement Mode?

Feb 4, 2025

The Fine Line Between Consensus and Productive Ideological Conflict The fine line between consensus and productive ideological conflict is a critical area for leaders to ...

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 ...

Mindset

Your Team’s Mindset: The Hidden Force Behind Scale

Jan 11, 2025

Your Team's Mindset Is Your Greatest Asset Your greatest asset is not your people... Your greatest asset is how your people think - their Mindset. Most leaders fail to see the ...

Employee KPI Dashboard - The Rockefeller Habits from Scaling Up

The Power of Knowing: Why Rockefeller Habit #9 is a Game-Changer for Your Team's Performance

Jan 8, 2025

Do you really know how your team is performing? Imagine walking into your office and knowing, without ambiguity, whether your team had a productive day or week. More ...

Extreme Accountability: The Key to Scaling Your Business

Dec 15, 2024

Just how serious are you about scaling your business with less drama and friction? Scaling a business is not for the faint of heart. It requires a relentless commitment to ...

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 ...

Knowing how your people think can be your superpower

Leadership

Knowing How Your People Think Is a Superpower

Oct 23, 2024

Think you know your people? Think again. Talent misalignment is costing you millions—maybe more. Let’s get straight to the point: if you are leading a team without understanding ...

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