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Get Your Ego Out the Way to Get Aligned on the Most Important Things
After more than three decades into my official career in business, it's clear to me that one of…
Should You Become More Hedgehoggy?
Jim Collins’ Hedgehog concept was inspired by philosopher Isaiah Berlin’s essay called “The…
Brother-Sister Duo Take Black Beauty Business, Cloré to New Heights, While Keeping Their Roots in Legacy
The Foundation of Cloré When you think of the Black beauty industry what comes to mind?…
Spotlight on Push Operations: Overcoming Startup Challenges
I recently chatted with Tina Lum, CEO of Push Operations, where we dug into the tough…
Simplifying Complex Decisions: What First, Then How
When it comes to being decisive, mastery of making the complex simple comes in handy. Essential…
Does Your Strategic Plan Really Drive Growth – or Just Improvement?
Most companies aspire to have, and put a lot of time and energy into, activities that chart a…
What Would Happen If You Spent Another 10% of Your Time on Growth?
As companies grow and become more successful, they often become more complex. That’s when CEOs and…
The Push to Make a Difference
The Seeds of Push Every story has its start and for Tina, Tommy, and Danny—like many entrepreneurs—…
Find a Great Mental Health Practitioner
A realistic approach to finding the right mental health professional is important. Many people will…
Charging Your Batteries
Every executive we work with knows about the importance of resilience rituals to keep their…
Building a Culture that Supports Mental Health
In the years since I published Your Oxygen Mask First, I've been involved in many conversations…
Resilience & Relationships
In the seven years since I published Your Oxygen Mask First, and after making hundreds of…
Getting Bigger & Better with True Growth: More Xs & Profit/X
As I've been writing my new book 4 Forces of Growth, I’ve worked hard - in discussions with…
Pressure Makes Diamonds
In a conversation with a CEO to prepare for a strategic meeting, we proposed a new approach to ask…
Foolproof Hiring: How to Double Your Recruiting Success
My 21-year-old son Brayden, who works as a restaurant shift leader, was recently asked to help to…
Introducing Our Three New Strategy Advisors
The thing that makes a company tick is a schedule of goals. And for most companies, those goals…
Interview with Kem Krest CEO, Amish Shah
In a candid conversation with his coach, Kevin Lawrence, Amish Shah, CEO of Kem Krest, opens up…
The 4 Enemies of Growth
When it comes to growing companies, we see four main challenges that crop up again and again. Over…
What Are Your Three Big Moves?
At a recent on-boarding training session for new strategy advisors joining our team, we shared and…
Send in the Canaries
In the early 1900s, coal miners in the UK found that, if they took live canaries down into the…
Top Episodes of The Growth Whisperers Podcast for CEOs
Over the span of just over two years, my colleague Brad Giles and I, produced more than 160…
Top Blogs Posts for CEOs
Expressing my thoughts through writing has always been a clarifying process for me, allowing me to…
The Challenge of Self-Taught Pilots
Recently, I talked with a CEO who, after building a really good company over decades, felt stuck…
If It Doesn’t Drive Your Flywheel, Just Say No
We recently had a great debate, with a couple of CEOs, about why it's so hard to develop and…
Are You Trying to Motivate Your Team?
In new organizations we work with, managers often ask how to motivate the people on their team. I…
A Historical Approach to AI: An AI Trend Report
I remember back in the 80’s watching the internet come to life. It felt all-encompassing. It was…
Kem Krest: A Case Study of Resilience & Rebuilding
As President of Kem Krest, Amish had seen remarkable year-on-year growth. But when the company…
A Process-First or People-First Company?
We regularly use process maps in meetings with our clients. They are a great tool to clarify the…
Get More Strategic with a 10-Year P&L
At an event more than a decade ago, a Berkshire Hathaway CEO, who had done a major turn-around on…
The Great Leadership of Charlie Munger: Sharp. Right to the Point. And Right.
“I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t…
Podcast Ep 166 | Necessary Endings
"Necessary Endings" is a self-help book written by Dr. Henry Cloud. It explores the concept of…
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Podcast Ep 165 | The top 5 reasons people regret selling their business
There is an entire industry and philosophy surrounding why you should sell your business, but it…
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Podcast Ep 164 | Using the sandbox to stop dumb decisions in the leadership team
Without effective discipline around decision making we can end up making decisions we later might…
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Podcast Ep 163 | Executive burnout: Building your resilience (Part 2 of 2)
Executives are often more driven than the average person. We run hard all the time, and it usually…
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Podcast Ep 162 | Executive Burnout: How do you know when you need to get some help? (part 1 of 2)
Executives are often more driven than the average person. We run hard all the time, and it usually…
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Podcast Ep 161 | Rating your firm on Jim Collins’ 7 Good to Great principles (2/2)
Jim Collins book Good to Great is one of the all-time business classics due to the size and…
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Podcast Ep 160 | Rating your firm on Jim Collins’ 7 Good to Great principles (1/2)
Jim Collins book Good to Great is one of the all-time business classics due to the size and…
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Podcast Ep 158 | Living and working in your Sustainable Sweet Spot as a leader
Some parts of your role give you energy, and some parts drain your energy. Often, the parts that…
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Podcast Ep 157 | Jim Collins 6 characteristics of right people in the right seats
We’ve all heard of the phrase ‘get the right people in the right seats on the bus’. It talks about…
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Podcast Ep 156 | 5 Expensive Hiring Mistakes to Avoid
Hiring can be expensive. It's expensive in terms of time for leaders to commit to an effective…
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Podcast Ep 155 | The 9 books every CEO must read
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. - Harry S. Truman. As leaders, we are…
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Podcast Ep 154 | The 7 mistakes leaders make at annual strategy meetings
Annual strategy meetings are a necessary part of every organisation. And they can be very…
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Get Your Ego Out the Way to Get Aligned on the Most Important Things
After more than three decades into my official career in business, it's clear to me that one of…
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Should You Become More Hedgehoggy?
Jim Collins’ Hedgehog concept was inspired by philosopher Isaiah Berlin’s essay called “The…
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Brother-Sister Duo Take Black Beauty Business, Cloré to New Heights, While Keeping Their Roots in Legacy
The Foundation of Cloré When you think of the Black beauty industry what comes to mind?…
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Spotlight on Push Operations: Overcoming Startup Challenges
I recently chatted with Tina Lum, CEO of Push Operations, where we dug into the tough…
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Simplifying Complex Decisions: What First, Then How
When it comes to being decisive, mastery of making the complex simple comes in handy. Essential…
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Does Your Strategic Plan Really Drive Growth – or Just Improvement?
Most companies aspire to have, and put a lot of time and energy into, activities that chart a…
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What Would Happen If You Spent Another 10% of Your Time on Growth?
As companies grow and become more successful, they often become more complex. That’s when CEOs and…
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The Push to Make a Difference
The Seeds of Push Every story has its start and for Tina, Tommy, and Danny—like many entrepreneurs—…
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[Video] 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Creating a COVID-19 Employee Vaccination Policy
I recently had a conversation with Laurie Ballantyne, one of our awesome new advisors (with a deep…
Do What You Love and Invest in Your Sweet Spots
If you want to be a high-performing leader, invest 80% of your time and energy to do what you love,…
Managing Emotions and Dealing with Your Emotional Junk
Is your emotional junk causing bad decisions or regrettable behaviour? Past traumas leave emotional…
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and I wanted to share a few ideas that I’m hoping will help…
Mastering Your Monkey Mind
A calm mind can find better solutions, make better decisions and be more creative. Great. But how…
Gratitude for The Change Thrust Upon Us
My colleague Tim Schokking recently sat down to speak with one of his clients, Tim Dumas, COO of…
Ignore Conventional Wisdom
What if I told you to completely ignore all the best practices and conventional wisdom that’s been…
Put On Your Oxygen Mask First
One major point of my book Your Oxygen Mask First - is that the missing part of the equation is…
A Victim of Your Own Success
What I’ve learned working with high-performing CEOs and leaders, around the world, is that they…
Work Life Planning: Plan, Plan & Plan Again
We have goals of where we want to get to, and great plans. But of course, that's not how it…
Push Yourself – Keep Going For It
This post is inspired by my grandmother, Betty Howett. At 81 years of age, she went back to…
Overcoming Negative Thinking by Learning to Love the Lessons
How good are you at seeing the benefit in your biggest challenges, at work and in life? The key to…
Tackle Difficult Conversations
We've all faced difficult conversations in our lives. The best leaders find effective ways to deal…
Clear Expectations Help People Meet Your Standards
How skilled are you at setting clear expectations and graciously getting people to meet your high…
Stress Performance Curve – How Stress Makes High Performers Better
Although it sounds counter-intuitive, high performing CEOs and managers actually need stress to be…
Day 1 Amazon Thinking
The essence of Day 1 Amazon Thinking - described in Bezos’ 2017 shareholder letter - is how the…
Get Your Team Making Decisions on Their Own
How skilled are you at helping people become strong, independent leaders? Are you bombarded by…
Leverage Business Advisors to Quadruple Your IQ
How effective are you at gaining insights & opinions from true experts in business and in life…
Team Building: Developing an “A” Team That Delivers Better Results Than You, Without You
How good are you at team building - developing a team so strong there’s not much you need to do?…
Getting Tough Constructive Feedback
How do you rate at getting honest opinions about your performance as a leader? Learn how to get the…
Lifelong Learning – Learn Like Your Life Depends on It
How do you rate yourself when it comes to the practice of lifelong learning? If your ideas and…
How to Stop Procrastinating — Lick Your Toads.
How do you rate at making sure annoying little things get done before they pile up? Here’s how to…
Double Your Personal Resilience
You need personal resilience - the strength of your body, your mind, and your spirit - to help you…
Forget Work Life Balance
Video Transcript: Do you dedicate enough time and energy to everything that matters to you? In…
Enjoying Life in Tandem with Your Business Achievements
Video Transcript: Alright. We're going talk about habit number one of my book Your Oxygen Mask…
Micromanaging vs. Leading
One of the biggest challenges for a leader as he or she grows into the role is the process of…
The Power of Executive Coaching Triads
Magic happens during executive coaching triads because the sessions facilitate incredibly succinct,…
Will your team walk through walls for you?
Amazing things can happen for an organization when leaders have the ability to make a genuine,…
Creating Quarterly and Annual Motivational Themes
Today, we're going to talk about annual and quarterly motivational themes, and how effective that…
What are the Rockefeller Habits?
People, strategy, execution and cash: four pillars that have to be equally strong in your business…
Self-Assessment Tool
Self Assessment Tool We’ve…