Core Values are the DNA of your Company

Core Values are the DNA of your Company

Discovering your Core Values and Purpose is one of the most critical aspects of building your business.  Values are the DNA of your company and your Purpose is Why You Exist.  Please take note of the first word in the last sentence: discovering.  Not “creating” or...

4 Steps to Get the Chaos in Your Business Under Control 

Process Improvement can Tame the Chaos As a company grows, the senior executive becomes further removed from the customer. You begin to delegate thousands of activities outside of your direct purview as the frontline of your company inches out of your oversight. And...

The #1 Job of an Executive and How to Do it Well

The Context  The #1 job of an executive is to make great decisions. However, there is research to support that most CEOs make the wrong decision over 60% of the time. There is plenty of data to make this seem intuitively true. Consider the fact that 90% of all...
4 Tips for Identifying your Company “Rocks”, or Priorities

4 Tips for Identifying your Company “Rocks”, or Priorities

In our work with growth companies implementing the Scaling Up Business Operating system, one of the biggest hurdles that our clients face is how they decide on the critical Rocks for the quarter and year in their businesses. If you aren’t familiar with the concept of...

The “Innovate or Die!” Survival Guide

No Longer Optional  The exclamatory phrase “Innovate or Die!” is most often attributed to the legendary businessman, Peter Drucker. Although at the time of its first utterance decades ago it may have only been true for elite companies, it is now a dictum that applies...