The Rainmaker Blog – Building People, Leaders, Teams & Economic Moats (2)

Reduce friction and drama in your team through Behavioral Style and Driving Forces Awareness

How to Mitigate Unnecessary Team Drama Using Psychometric Assessments

Sep 24, 2024

Show me a team that is unaware of one another's personality styles and I will show you a team with unnecessary friction and drama. There is a "personality storm" brewing in every ...

The key to scaling up is hiring only A Players - the top 20 percent who produce 80 percent of the results

Scaling Up Team Effectiveness

Scaling Up: Pareto Optimality and The Power of Building an A-Player Team

Sep 20, 2024

Those who command the best talent dominate the market. The war for talent is relentless, and the stakes could not be higher. You cannot afford to simply have a team of ...

Founders need to operate in Founder Mode

Scaling Up

The Loneliness of Vision: Understanding Founders in Founder Mode

Sep 14, 2024

Being a Founder is much, much more than just a job Being a founder is not just a job. It is a way of being, an unrelenting pursuit of a vision that others often cannot see—much ...

Steve Jobs - The key to innovation - May the best ideas win through idea meritocracy.

Idea Meritocracy at Apple: How Steve Jobs Fostered a Culture of Innovation

Sep 12, 2024

Steve Jobs' leadership at Apple provides valuable lessons on idea meritocracy The concept of idea meritocracy is something I have encouraged my Scaling Up Coaching Clients to ...

Super heroes scaling-up their team and business through Extreme Accountability

Team Effectiveness

Why Extreme Accountability Must Be Your Team's Superpower

Sep 10, 2024

The Case For Extreme Accountability In the contemporary business landscape, where competition is fierce and market dynamics evolve rapidly, one principle stands out as a ...

Rockefeller Habit #4 - Scaling Up Strategy is all about accountability

Rockefeller Habits

The Rockefeller Habit #4: Establishing Accountability Across Your Organization

Sep 10, 2024

In the great game of business, where success is measured by the consistent achievement of goals, accountability is the cornerstone that literally holds everything together. ...

Scaling Up

Founder Mode: The Entrepreneurial Mindset That Separates Visionaries from Mediocrity

Sep 8, 2024

Founder Mode and Scaling Up a Business Successfully scaling up a business requires much more than just hiring well, trusting processes and keeping employee team members happy. ...

Team Effectiveness

The High-Stakes Game of Team Dynamics: Why Understanding Working Styles is the Key to Unstoppable Success

Sep 7, 2024

Building an high-performing team requires a strategic, ongoing investment in understanding Working Styles - awareness of how people think, act, and collaborate. A high-performance ...

Companies that communicate with discipline pulse and grow faster

Rockefeller Habits

The Rockefeller Habit #3: Establishing a Communication Rhythm to Propel Your Organization Forward

Sep 5, 2024

Communication Rhythm Code - Those who pulse faster, grow faster. In the unforgiving world of business, where speed and precision often determine success or failure, the rhythm of ...

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