Podcast Episode 23 - Simple Strategies
IN THIS EPISODE:
Why keeping it simple wins every time
One of the great traps leaders and leadership teams fall into is excessive complexity.
Smart people particularly want to use their intellect and not let it go to waste. They don't want simple strategies, yet most of the time simple strategies or simple tools are the most effective, especially when they are built by people with a deep understanding.
Kevin and Brad talk about the importance of keeping business strategy and business tools simple, and what happens when you don't.
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Podcast Episode 22 - Leadership Team Onboarding
IN THIS EPISODE:
Onboarding New Leaders - Kevin and Brad discuss
- the challenge of bringing a new leader onto an established executive team.
- how you can integrate a new A-Player onto your leadership team in the quickest and most effective manner.
- stories, tips and tools related to best practices for leadership team onboarding.
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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 21 - Understanding Gross Margin, the Most Important Number in Your Business
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.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
Understanding the most important number in your business - This week on The Growth Whisperers podcast Kevin and Brad talk about Gross Margin, the most important number in business:
- Why it’s the output of a great strategy
- How to understand this critical KPI
- What to do when you see your margins eroding
- Understand how sales people impact your gross profits
In addition they will provide simple tools to analyze Gross Margin and one specific tool that adds a layer of discipline to the process and can help turn around erosion in margins.
Podcast Episode 20 - How to Have More Effective Meetings
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.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
How to make weekly meetings more effective - Kevin and Brad discuss how leadership team weekly meetings erode and how to get them back on track. They also talk about tips to make weekly meetings work better.
The COVID Hammer and Dance - Kevin and Brad talk about the original model about the COVID pandemic and how the current situation aligns with the original model, and how to prepare your business for the next stage.
Podcast Episode 19 - Leadership and Mental Health During COVID-19
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.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
Leadership and mental health during COVID19 - The Growth Whisperers talk about a recent survey stating that 54% of employees are afraid to talk to their boss about mental health issues, why that is, and how it impacts your business.
Kevin and Brad also discuss a tool to help leaders to assess both themselves and their employees mental health, why trust is so important to help your people, and how to get support for your people.
Podcast Episode 18 - Are Managers Useless?
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.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
Are managers useless? - Kevin and Brad discuss an attempt by Google to remove all managers based on an early belief held by some of Google’s leaders and engineers that managers are, at best, a necessary evil, and at worst, a layer of bureaucracy.
Upon learning the importance of managers a research team subsequently proved that great managers produce happier and more productive teams. Kevin and Brad talk about the ten things that great managers do as identified by the research team - and provide examples from their own experiences.