Podcast Episode 47 - Making Difficult Decisions
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This week Kevin and Brad talk about making difficult decisions. In addition, they discuss why tough decisions are a part of building a truly great company.
This isn't about being ruthless. It's about being prepared to confront the brutal fact that every leader is confronted with deeply challenging decisions that require action.
They provide 6 different strategies that might help you to think about and work through your tough decisions.
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Podcast Episode 46 - Seven People Questions
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This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss how to decide what to do when you're unsure about a person on your team:
- "Should I fire an employee?"
- "When should I performance-manage a person?"
- "Is this person right for the role?"
Topics in this episode:
- Jim Collins' 7 people questions. These will help you to decide what to do with an employee you're worried about.
- Insights, stories and clarification about each of the 7 questions to ensure you are confident about what to do when an employee just doesn't feel right.
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Podcast Episode 45 - Using Business Dashboards
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This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss business dashboards and how you should use them to make better decisions.
A few of the topics they cover include:
- Digital and analog dashboards
- How to implement dashboards into your business
- How dashboards can fail
- How to use the weekly meeting to roll out dashboards with your team
- 7 important things to consider when using dashboards in your business
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Podcast Episode 44 - KPI Traffic Lights
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This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss the concept of using "traffic lights" to strengthen your KPI culture, management, and goal execution.
Using the traffic light metaphor of Red, Amber and Green is a simple and effective way to help focus your team and improve performance.
Kevin and Brad explore:
- How and why the traffic light system works for teams
- Best practice for measuring using traffic lights
- How you use this concept to drive better execution across your team
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Podcast Episode 43 - Weekly Meetings
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This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss weekly meetings.
The weekly meeting is an important tool required to facilitate execution of your plan and to help ensure that you successfully complete your quarterly priorities.
In this episode they reveal 7 best practices to ensure your weekly meetings are engaging and valuable.
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Podcast Episode 42 - Getting the Right People on the Bus
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This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss the absolute very first thing you've got to do in order to build a great business - getting the right people on the bus.
Jim Collins said "first who, then what". Before you consider what to do with your business, you must first have the right people in place.
It sounds really simple, but there is a lot of thinking and work that goes into building an outstanding team of the right people that are going in the same direction as you and your business.
In this episode Kevin and Brad discuss the 6 important things you must do to get the right people on the bus.
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