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Knowing how your people think can be your superpower

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 ...

Scaling Leaders face the brutal facts and confront hard truths

Leadership Scaling Up

Comfort is the Enemy of Growth - Why Scaling Leaders Confront Brutal Facts

Oct 20, 2024

Scaling Leaders Do Not Dodge Uncomfortable Realities. What if I told you the biggest threat to your company’s growth is not your competitors, but your refusal to confront the ...

Find the most believable people possible who disagree with you and try to understand their reasoning." - Ray Dalio

Leadership

Unleash the Power of Your Team: Why Smart Leaders Mine for the Best Ideas, Not Their Own

Oct 13, 2024

The best ideas win. Let us cut through the noise and get to the heart of what it takes to win. Founders, CEOs, and leaders who believe that their vision alone is enough to drive ...

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 ...

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Leadership

6 Ways Leaders Fail During Scaling Up Implementation

Sep 13, 2022

I first learned about Scaling Up when I brought in a consultant to evaluate my business several years ago. My consultant introduced me to several strategy methodologies. One was ...

Sales Management Leadership Scaling Up

Your Guide to Implementing the Rockefeller Habits

Jun 28, 2022

The more measurable a plan is, the better it will be executed.

Sales Management Leadership

Five Dysfunctions of a Team Activities / Info

Apr 14, 2022

If you and your team have recently completed The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Workshop with an experienced facilitator, your work has just begun. Words of Caution - If you and your ...

Leadership

Five Dysfunctions of a Team Conflict Resolution Model

Feb 24, 2022

How comfortable are you and your team members engaging in conflict? Chances are, the comfort level is mixed. And chances are, you and your team are not on the same page about how ...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Workshop and Training Group

Leadership Team Effectiveness

Five Dysfunctions of a Team Character Analysis

Feb 2, 2022

Teams are inherently dysfunctional. In fact most Teams are not operating anywhere near their true potential. We guide leaders to navigate The Five Dysfunctions of a Team through ...

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