The Rainmaker Blog – Building People, Leaders, Teams & Economic Moats (3)

The Rockefeller Habit #2: Aligning Everyone with the #1 Priority This Quarter

Aug 22, 2024

Ask a leader / manager if they are playing to win or lose and you will get a look on their face of "Excuse me? Are you seriously asking me this question?"

Scaling Up

Facing the Brutal Facts: Overcoming the Icarus Syndrome in Rapidly Scaling Companies

Aug 20, 2024

There is perhaps no better legal high than riding the trajectory of a rapidly scaling company. On its surface, it seems that one can do no wrong. Everything that gets touched ...

Building a plane while it is flying is like growing a business

The Power of an Idea Meritocracy in Rapidly Scaling Companies

Aug 13, 2024

Imagine building an airplane while it is already in flight. The airplane MUST remain in the air. EVERY component is essential, and EVERY adjustment must be precise, all while ...

Team Effectiveness

Building Vulnerability-based Trust as a CEO: Crafting a Culture Code for High-Performing Teams

Aug 6, 2024

A High Trust Culture is Simply Not Enough. In today’s hyper-accelerating world of AI-driven innovation and enhanced decision-making, trust is no longer enough. You and your team ...

Scaling Up

Scaling Your Business in a VUCA World.

Jul 30, 2024

You and your team / organization are either riding and exploiting VUCA – or VUCA is riding you. Originating from the U.S. Army to describe the post-Cold War world, “VUCA” is an ...

Mindset Leadership Culture

Your Personality Is Someone's Experience

Apr 16, 2024

How others experience your personality not only impacts your overall leadership effectiveness, how others experience your personality has the potential to profoundly impact the ...

A race between the fox and the hedgehog concept

Scaling Up

Unleash the Power of the Hedgehog Concept

Feb 11, 2024

If you are like me, you have read Good to Great by Jim Collins multiple times. Chances are you also have a special place on your bookshelf reserved in perpetuity for this great ...

Executive team is healthy and aligned as a First Team

Team Effectiveness

Mastering the 'First Team' Principle: An Essential Guide for Leaders Serious About Scaling Their Business

Oct 24, 2023

Scaling is not negotiable. Your business is scaling or it is not. Business leaders, entrepreneurs, and those in the C-suite must pay attention. The 'First Team' concept from ...

Mindset

The Best Is Yet to Come: Embracing Optimism & Gratitude with Stoic Realism

Oct 17, 2023

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Truer words have never been spoken. One of my "pillar mentors" - the late Bill Bonnstetter - ...

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