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Happy New Year! Why did Bill Gates, Tim Ferris and other highly successful people ditch New Year’s resolutions? What new year strategies do they and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How CEO + Leadership Team coaching can get you to where you want to be… If you don’t have a 2022 Strategic Plan yet we

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

How does your company rate compared to the greats? You may be surprised at what sets them apart… Cricket Australia thought that it had high

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”—

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,

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

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

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

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 —

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Are you a CEO or business leader who is frustrated with your business growth rate, and you know there is a better way to scale?

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

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

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:

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

“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

  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

  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

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