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CEO’s KPI Guide: The Pulse of Business Success Dear CEOs and Founders, KPIs are the lifeblood of a business. They’re the signals that show you how [�]

Identifying Metrics, Crafting Tactical Actions, and Focusing on What Matters – A Success Story That Proves It Works! Business transformation doesn’t happen overnight. It requires a [�]

Leveraging OKRs & KPIs: A Strategic Roadmap for CEOs to Drive Growth and Performance in Small to Medium-Sized Businesses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objectives and [�]

Generative AI is sizzling. In half a year, countless new tools and models have sprung up. But many folks still scratch their heads on how to [�]

 Legacy of a leader General Colin Powell was the first black officer to be a four-star general commanding troops in the US Army. He then went [�]

As a CEO Coach and Business Coach, my objective is to assist founders and CEOs in building sustainable and successful businesses that can operate independently.    [�]

The New Age of Productivity: Harnessing the Power of the Ivy Lee Method The rapid digital evolution has ushered in an era where the boundaries between [�]

How much focus do you put on major strategic “One-Way-Door” decisions? To scale up a company, the CEO needs to balance day-to-day management with major strategic [�]

Last week, a Founder client was preparing for a full day all hands meeting to reinforce the company’s values and to update their team on changes [�]

As a CEO Coach and Business Growth Coach, I have witnessed the transformative impact of focus – on the growth and success of businesses.    In [�]

 7 lessons to help you ‘play nice, but win’ “As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map [�]

 What can we learn from a great sports coach?  One year my local rugby club held a fundraising lunch – the guest of honour was Ray [�]

The most effective strategy for business growth Make It Easy! What is the top priority of your business? Generate revenue by making sales? Make the world [�]

What is your definition of a finished company? Mastering the Art of a Finished Company: Create a Profitable, Self-Managing Enterprise for Long-Term Success and Growth Here’s [�]

EXECUTIVE COACH BEHIND FORTUNE 500 CEOS REVEALS… 7 Simple Yet Powerful Growth Strategies To Double Revenue And 10X The Valuation Of Your $1M-$20M Business Within 3 [�]

  As the leader of a company, a CEO has a lot of responsibilities. To be successful, there are several key areas that a CEO must [�]

Time management is a crucial skill that can help you maximize productivity and achieve your goals. Many time management strategies have been proposed, and one effective [�]

  Time management is essential for success in any aspect of life. From personal tasks to professional projects, the ability to manage time efficiently can be [�]

It is lonely running a business. However, the loneliness and uncertainty felt by many business owners suddenly dissipates when you can share your situation, problems, and [�]

The world is moving at a faster rate than ever before… We are able to communicate, travel, and access information more quickly than in previous times. [�]

In Part 1 of this series, I covered how business great Tim Ferris does his version of New Year’s resolutions. How do other successful business leaders [�]

With the start of a new year comes a lot of resolutions – almost everyone in the world makes a resolution or two at the start [�]

Most successful entrepreneurs have coaches and mentors supporting them behind the scenes. Having a perception that getting a coach means you can’t do business on your [�]

Why you no longer have to feel lonely at the top… “Everyone needs a coach.” – Bill Gates “Everybody needs a coach.” – Eric Schmidt, Chairman [�]

The keys to being a great leader The phrase “the ability to get people promoted is the best sign of a great leader” couldn’t be more [�]

The key to assessing the health of your business…   CEOs need easy access to a few key performance indicators to monitor how healthy the business [�]

Your questions answered… Thinking about joining my upcoming 10X Business Growth Mastermind but have some questions? I have put together a FAQ that may help you [�]

How to make it infinitely easier and more fun… Sometimes it is hard running a business. Often it can seem like no one understands what you [�]

Here’s how… If you truly value your growth and development across all the areas of your life, then you need to invest the time and energy [�]

Hint: it will make or break your business success… Why do some entrepreneurs find it easy to grow their business and keep going no matter what, [�]

The creed of the persistent and passionate …   Peter Diamandis is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In [�]

Unleash roadblocks and fast track the profitability of your business… “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different [�]

How a Mastermind can change your life You are sitting in a very comfortable chair on the beach at a luxurious resort, on holidays with your [�]

How a Mastermind group can double your revenue and 10X your business valuation in 3 years or less Imagine it is 3 years from today. If [�]

Lessons from the ‘Manager of the Century’ …  “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to [�]

How ‘Intent-Based Leadership’ gets results …  “If you want team members who take initiative, critically think about their actions, and align those actions to the needs [�]

The king of Zingerman’s shares his leadership tips …  In 1982, Ari Weinzweig, along with his partner Paul Saginaw, founded Zingerman’s Delicatessen in Chicago with a [�]

The sky’s the limit … Art Gensler is the epitome of business and personal success. He is behind the design of many of the world’s best-known [�]

What 45 years with ABC and Disney taught him … Robert Iger worked for the same company for 45 years: 22 of them at ABC and [�]

Are you a purposeful leader? Minnesota-based Best Buy Co., Inc. is the leading consumer electronics retailer in the US. However, in 2012, the general outlook was [�]

14 Questions you need to ask yourself … Are you setting goals that are connected to the big dreams of your business, or your life? Here [�]

The secrets to success of an incredible man … David Kekich is a recognised authority on longevity and helped with many advancements in health and science. [�]

7 lessons to help you ‘play nice, but win’ “As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map [�]

What makes the All Blacks extraordinary? New Zealand’s national rugby team, the All Blacks, are the most successful professional sports franchise in history. They are undefeated [�]

Legacy of a Leader General Colin Powell, died Monday at age 84. He was the first black officer to be a four-star general commanding troops in [�]

The first in an exclusive series on Leadership Principles   “We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re [�]

The Vivid Vision™ technique … Who wouldn’t want to double their company’s revenue in three years? Having this as a goal and realising it are two [�]

It’s all in the numbers … What is one of the biggest factors in holding back your company from achieving success, you ask? Just take a [�]

So you can take your business to the next level… All companies have strengths and weaknesses. Do you know yours? Building a business is like a [�]

What is a virtual mentor, you ask? A mentor doesn’t only have to be a physical presence in an office, or a coffee shop! A virtual [�]

And how they can make or break your business Did you know that removing the barriers to complexity can help you to successfully scale your business? [�]

Do you know the keys to double the revenue and 10X your business value in 3 years or less? How to overcome the common business failures [�]

Can you and your team state your strategy simply? Is it driving sustainable growth? What exactly is strategy anyway? “I’m always amazed how overnight successes take [�]

How CEO + Leadership Team coaching can get you to where you want to be… If you don’t have a 2023 Strategic Plan yet we can [�]

Become a Level 5 Leader and catapult your organisation from good to great! Jim Collins conducted a 5-year research study into what makes a good company [�]

Is your windshield covered in mud? Consider what would happen if your car’s windshield is completely covered in mud and you have to drive the route [�]

By creating a Core Purpose/Mission When you consider your company’s Core Purpose, what comes to mind? That Core Purpose is nothing more than just the latest [�]

Make It Easy! What is the top priority of your business? Generate revenue by making sales? Make the world a better place? Provide a livelihood for [�]

The Solution to Having Too Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, states that for many [�]

Scale Up Growth Partners is Growing! Introducing Coaching Partner Andres Zylberberg… Scale Up Growth Partners is excited to announce that Andres Zylberberg has joined us as [�]

Create results 10 times, or even 100 times, faster… with a “Who” that can free up thousands of your hours. When you ask “Who?” you can [�]

Businesses looking to scale need to read this… If you’re a CEO, three of the biggest pain points you face in today’s business world are: Making [�]

How does your company rate compared to the greats? You may be surprised at what sets them apart…   So what makes a great company? You [�]

The secret to driving results and winning the war for talent… Cricket Australia thought that it had high values. The behaviour of the Australian Cricket team [�]

Prioritising “one way door” decisions… How much focus do you put on major strategic “One-Way-Door” decisions? To scale up a company, the CEO needs to balance [�]

Talk, talk, talk – and then talk some more. Humans are not designed to think their way out of things (strategies, depression, fear, ideas); we need [�]

While Bill Gates is known for innovative thinking, his approach to achieving major goals leans heavily on the intelligence of others. “Ever since I was a [�]

Table of Contents: Before Session: Appoint a Skilled Annual Planning Facilitator Prep Work: Getting Ready for Your Annual Planning Session During Session: Step 1: Review Prep [�]

Great strategic meetings don’t happen by accident. They happen because someone is committed to THINKING through the purpose and outcome, PLANNING all of the details in [�]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson Before March 2020, world markets were in full swing and unemployment was [�]

The key to hiring well The recruiting and hiring process is time-consuming and expensive. So, at the end of it, you want to do everything you [�]

Can you believe there are predictable evolutions and revolutions as any organisation grows? As an organization scales up, there is added complexity with the addition of [�]

Why the most successful companies set ambitious, long-term goals and why yours should too… “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate [�]

How this one factor can affect your chance for success… Do you know what the No. 1 problem people face when working together? It’s communication. Meetings, [�]

Cindy Praeger A fairly significant body of research now clearly shows that the reason why a number of mid-to-large companies face is not because their strategies [�]

And it only takes 15-minutes a day… In his book, Scaling Up, Verne Harnish covers four different types of meetings every organisation should regularly have to [�]

Use the Topgrading corporate hiring and interviewing methodology … Proven Success Does swapping out your hiring and interviewing process to achieve drastically better results (and avoid [�]

How to create KPIs that drive action for your company… If your company hasn’t developed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) previously, or has KPIs but you’re not [�]

Look to your KPIs… KPIs are one of the most powerful tools available to drive the results you desire. If your company is having trouble achieving [�]

How to build team accountability through leadership … Most people, leaders included, want to operate in an environment where individuals do what they say they are [�]

Do you know your leadership style? Just like awareness of your communication style and Myers-Briggs type, knowing your leadership style can help you understand your strengths [�]

Set up a strategy council to guide strategic thinking and execution planning Somewhere along the line we all got enamoured with the term strategic planning. But, [�]

That set an organisation up for success… Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) rely on key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge the health and vitality of their companies [�]

In 2014, Essilor International purchased Canadian eyewear company Coastal.com for CAD$430 million, in what was the most significant investment in an e-commerce company in Canadian history. [�]

The Resilience of Costco (thank you to Tim Ferriss & Verne Harnish) — Tim Ferriss highlighted this “article” on Costco. Notes Ferriss, in his 5-Bullet Friday [�]

With thanks to the Gazelles Growth Institute for permission to republish this blog Not to sound like a broken record going on and on about “meetings”, [�]

You can’t sustain profitable growth in a competitive market if you’re a disaster internally, and you can’t maintain a high-performance culture internally for long if you’re [�]

Recently, the Gazelles Growth Institute wanted to find out and address the biggest pain point business leaders of mid-market companies in the current market. The Growth [�]

Hint: it’s a bit like the tortoise and the hare… “It’s not the big that eat the small; it’s the fast that eat the slow.”— Jason [�]

Why Revenue and Profit Per Employee is an important KPI Each year, Fortune magazine releases its Fortune 500 list of US companies. This year Walmart, Exxon [�]

If not, you need to establish a regular communication rhythm! If you ask team members in most organisations how they feel about meetings, you will likely [�]

Jack Daly started selling at seven years old. He was making potholders and selling them to mums and grandmums in the neighbourhood. Other kids were selling [�]

The key question for you: Can you and your team state your firm’s strategy simply – and is it driving sustainable growth in revenue and gross [�]

Hi, I hope it’s been a productive and purposeful week. Here are some leadership insights/opportunities to help you outlearn/outthink the competition. cheers, Jonathan A quote to [�]

Your Core Purpose/Mission – Why You Should Start With Asking “Why?” When you consider your company’s Core Purpose, what comes to mind? If the first answer [�]

There is an object in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies that aptly sums up what we’re going to talk about in this article — the [�]

Hi, I hope it’s been a productive and purposeful month so far. From leadership and strategy to managing yourself and others, my Leadership Insights offer practical tips [�]

Will the scathing report from the Royal Commission into misconduct in the Australian banking industry be the wake-up call for corporate Australia to focus on their [�]

Hi, I hope it’s been a productive and purposeful month so far. From leadership and strategy to managing yourself and others, my Leadership Insights offer practical [�]

What is the No. 1 job of your company? Generate revenue by making sales? Make the world a better place? Provide a livelihood for you and [�]

The key question every manager should ask every day … that will lead to a great employee culture and opportunity to scale John Ratliff is the [�]

This white paper, the first in a two-part series, turns the spotlight on the peaks, valleys and plateaus you will inevitably face as your business grows. [�]

Multipliers By Liz Wiseman   A Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence while others amplify it to produce better results. [�]

The Inside Advantage: The Strategy That Unlocks The Hidden Growth in Your Business By Robert H. Bloom   Reviewed by: Jonathan Herps Category: Strategy Rating: 5 [�]

The sign of a great company is one that religiously defends their core values. Core values are the anchor that keeps your business grounded. The essential [�]

Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t. Author: Jim Collins Category: Strategy Rating: 5 Stars Who should read this book: Every [�]

Whether you are a Cricket Captain or Business Leader – living by your core values creates a winning culture. The underlying factor in the Australian Cricket [�]

“Patrick Lencioni’s combination of homey management truths and simple prose has struck a chord with business leaders tired of jargon and complicated strategic models.” —The Wall Street [�]

Who: The A Method for Hiring Author: Geoff Smart and Randy Street Category: People Rating: 5 Stars Who should read this book:  Growth focused business owners, managers [�]

  Scaling Up: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0 How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t Author: Verne Harnish Rating: 5 stars Who should read [�]

In my years of helping others scale their businesses, I hate but to notice that for too many executives, their personal relationships suffer as they become [�]