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Are You A Single Point Of Success?
Scaling a business requires a shift in mindset and skills. What got you here won’t get you there. Let’s explore what it takes to successfully scale a business.
What Are The Key Steps To Scaling Up A Team?
As revenue grows, there is increased pressure on teams to scale up as well. There are key steps required to scale a team and an organization. In this blog post we explore the key steps.
Navigating the Maze: Top 3 Execution Myths
Execution is far more intricate than it appears. In this article, we explore 3 most common myths about execution.
Shift Your Focus from the TAM to the OAM
Too many startups chase enterprise clients. Focus on your OAM, the optimal addressable market versus the TAM to maximize the opportunity.
Organizational Swim Lanes and Silos
There is a balance that must be achieved in an organization or else too much structure can turn organizational swim lanes into silos.
Do You Dissect Your Successes?
We tend to focus too much energy on figuring out the root cause of what went wrong and not enough time on what went right. Learning to dissect successes is a business practice that can accelerate an organization’s growth.
12 HR Terms You are Probably Not Familiar with That Can Improve Your Business
12 Human Resources terms that can improve your business results. Let your company’s vocabulary drive your culture and your business intentions.
An Interview with Erik Rydholm the man behind Pardon The Interruption
Erik Rydholm the executive producer and creator of Pardon the Interruption (PTI) shares the backstory on the visual agenda and how his time at the Motley Fool helped create one of ESPN’s longest running hit TV shows.
Office Monsters or Culture Crusaders?
If you want employees to return to the office are you framing the ask properly? CNBC has been calling Wall Street CEOs Office Monsters. What if they referred to them as Culture Crusaders instead and focused on the positives? Would that change the dialogue?
Vinyl, Tapes, CDs, iTunes and Spotify highlight the Generational Shift to a SaaS Model
Music purchasing is a great analogy for the shift to a SaaS world. This highlights the generational differences in how software is approached.
There Are No Trading Deadlines in Business
Sports teams create advantage through constant personnel moves. Business teams tend to play multiple seasons with the same team. Are there lessons to be learned from the sports model?
How to Turn Threats Into Opportunities
Learn how one team turned an IT outage into an amazing growth opportunity. Most teams are quick to accept threats for what they are, in this case the team turned the threat on its head and created an amazing opportunity. Learn how your organization can reframe threats as opportunities from this story.
Insights from Three Decades at CES
Having attended CES over 3 decades I have developed some interesting insights regarding the evolution of tech that is shared in this blog post.
MEETING REQUEST: LET ME WASTE ONE MORE HOUR OF YOUR DAY
Meetings are the death of work productivity. According to various sources there are 25 million meetings per day in the United States. That amounts to $37 billion in annual productivity lost as a result of meetings. Just yesterday I heard another example of a senior team in a large publicly traded company holding a three-hour meeting to plan for a full day meeting. The tyranny must end.
The Iceberg Theory and the Gems We Can Learn
In business we often talk about the iceberg theory and the fact that more lies beneath the surface, but to witness it firsthand and to take away new learnings in Iceland was even more impressive.
The Accordion Effect: How Organizational Structure Ebbs and Flows
Organization design is dictated by market conditions and expands and contracts much like an accordion based on the financial landscape.
UX Lessons From The Buffet Line
Design choices are made daily and many of them lead to poor efficiency and waste. While redesigning websites I learned an important lesson about UX.
Are You Committed?
Commitment is important. However, even more important is making certain we commit to the right things. Kim Haagensen's story teaches an important lesson about commitment.
A Corporate Retreat Like No Other
More companies need to take the time to get leadership teams out of the office. A corporate retreat is an excellent opportunity for a team to bond and to learn together. Groove Management's sister company LeaderSurf recently launched customized corporate retreats leveraging the success of the LeaderSurf leadership development program.