Podcast Episode 29 - Start, Stop, Keep
IN THIS EPISODE:
This week on The Growth Whisperers, Kevin & Brad discuss Start Stop Keep - a simple tool for gathering qualitative feedback and perspectives from your team.
Brad and Kevin dig into the Start Stop Keep and chat about:
- Why it's a simple and valuable tool for leaders to use
- How to use it for employee engagement
- Best practices.
- Top 5 dos and don’ts.
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
Podcast Episode 28 - Daily Huddle Best Practices
IN THIS EPISODE:
This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin & Brad discuss daily huddle best practices, including:
- How to make daily huddle meetings more effective
- How to help your team stay engaged during every daily huddle
- 5 important things that CEOs should do to make daily huddles succeed
- Why daily huddles fail
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
Podcast Episode 27 - RACI Model
IN THIS EPISODE:
This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin & Brad discuss the difference between accountability and responsibility, and the power of this simple concept when it comes to driving better execution.
Also, they explore the RACI model, a great framework for deciding who needs to be responsible, accountable, consulted and informed on a project. This helps ensure the right people are involved in the decision making process - and results in more effective overall team execution.
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
Podcast Episode 26 - Do You Have the Right Core Values?
IN THIS EPISODE:
How do you know you have the right core values?
Kevin and Brad discuss:
- How to be confident in your core values
- Tests you can use to ensure your core values are authentic, and not simply aspirational
- Stories from companies whose core values have been successful, and those that have failed
- Specific questions you can ask to help you validate whether your core values are correct
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
Podcast Episode 25 - How to Find the Right Business Coach
IN THIS EPISODE:
How do you find the right business coach or advisor?
On this episode of The Growth Whisperers, Kevin & Brad discuss how to find and hire the right coach for you and your company.
In addition, they review:
- The differences between a coach, consultant and mentor
- What you should expect from a business coach
- How to assess whether you really need a coach in the first place
- What type of coach should you pick if you're trying to build a great company
- How do find an A-Player coach
- The qualities to look for when hiring a coach
- How to get the most from your coach
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
Podcast Episode 24 - How to Get Leadership Teams to Think Strategically
IN THIS EPISODE:
How do you get a leadership team to think strategically?
This week on The Growth Whisperers Kevin and Brad discuss the challenge of getting leadership team members to think strategically.
Some team members might have an operational mindset and spend most of their time working IN the business. It can be a real challenge for some leadership teams not talk about the operations of the business when they get together - and to focus on the strategy of the business instead.
Kevin and Brad discuss some tools to get teams to think strategically, and provide examples of how they have helped leadership teams build their strategy.
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The Growth Whisperers is a weekly podcast hosted by Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies. Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.