Is your team playing it too safe? One thing to fix it.
How do you create a space where people are less afraid of taking risks, so they learn faster and innovate more effectively?
The answer starts with how you frame failure.
Gravity: the silent killer of your growth
As your company grows, gravity takes hold. Your team gradually drifts from offensive to defensive. Not intentionally – deep down they want to grow. But they get disoriented along the way and invest their time in the wrong things. Growth slows. Frustration builds. How can you prevent this?
Why 80%+ of Strategies Fail – and What the Top 5% Do Differently
Strategy is like a gym membership: the plan isn’t the main challenge – the follow-through is. Results only show up when habits change. Yet changing management habits is hard. What can you do about it?
Are You Sometimes Not at Your Best? Blame Your Inner Fire Alarm.
When your brain perceives a threat to your ego, it triggers a fire alarm. This shuts down some of your brain capabilities – and undermines your effectiveness as a leader. What can you do about it?
Does Urgency Keep Winning? Learn Focus from Falcons
Most CEOs’ priorities are dictated by the crisis of the moment. What if there was a way to handle the day-to-day whirlwind – and still turn ambitious long-term goals into reality?
Want to Grow Faster? Cut a Good Idea First
Choosing is losing: achieving a bold goal requires not just ambition, but letting go of other great opportunities – so you can grow faster and with less pain. The real question is: what are you willing to cut?
Do Less, Create More: The Warhol Way
If you are like most CEOs, you do too much yourself – and you have become the #1 bottleneck. Focusing on the high-value work you do best – and doing less of the rest – will multiply your impact. Just like Andy Warhol.
Why your new hires are not productive (and how to fix it)
A strong onboarding process boosts retention and productivity of new hires. Yet few companies get it right. So what can you do about it?
What busy CEOs can learn from crocodiles
Australia’s Top End saltwater crocodiles would make great CEOs: they leverage others’ hard work and don’t fill their time with busy restlessness. They strategically invest their energy where it matters most, and they don’t let their ego keep them stuck in the weeds.
Are your leaders not collaborating enough? 5 ways to break down silos.
Silos arise when communication breaks down between teams – a natural consequence of successful growth. Yet they form a major obstacle to further business growth. What can you do about them?