As leaders, we actively learn all the time. Sometimes we learn intentionally and at other times we learn serendipitously. I recently had an example of both. A client recommended I read Measure What Matters by John Doerr so I would understand what their company was learning about, OKRs and execution. At the same time, I…
Do you know what the right seats are for your bus? Do you have the right people in those seats? Are they doing the right things? How do you know? “It is better to first get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right…
More than 95% of businesses in the United States never grow to $1 million per year in revenue. Of those that do reach $1M, 90% fail to make it to $10M. What separates those companies who succeed from the ones who fail is often a solid strategy that differentiates them from their competition. A key…
As an entrepreneur, you know you should do strategic planning. What you may not know is that most CEO’s don’t understand how to approach it. What’s Strategic Planning When people say “strategic planning” they are actually talking about Strategic Thinking and Execution Planning. These are two distinct activities and when we mix them together, our…
As we’ve learned from Jim Collins, great companies have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). This is a ten to thirty year goal that inspires and grabs your people and drags you into the future. You probably have a BHAG yourself. Maybe yours isn’t as crystal clear as Kennedy’s “Send a man to the moon…