I just spent four great days in Orlando, Florida attending the Gazelles International Coaches Summit and the Leadership Summit presented by Fortune. The four days I spend each spring (leadership) and fall (growth) at these events are always super in the moment and the lasting impact.
Here are some of the “Summit Superlatives” from the last [...]
Mistakes are the portals to discovery. ~ James Joyce
Heraclitus of Ephesus (535 BC – 475 BC) is the Greek philosopher that first stated “change is central to the universe.” Over time, there have been many variants to this discovery including:
There is nothing permanent except change.
Nothing is permanent except change.
The only constant is change.
Change is the only [...]
Not all growth companies keep growing. Promising companies that pass $10M in revenue can lose momentum before they reach $20M. Most growth companies are sold before they reach $30M in revenue, long before they’ve realized their full value.
Why do so many “growth” companies stop growing?
After two decades as a growth company leader and advisor [...]
Many organizations have embraced metrics as a tool for driving execution since we experienced the great recession of 2008. Metrics are certainly an important mechanism for performance!
Yet, as the “obsession” with metrics grows within organizations, it is starting to cause more challenges than returns. Organizations and managers are hiding behind the metrics “facade” instead of [...]
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Manta conducted a survey of 992 small business owners to determine the perceived luckiest CEOs. This snapshot in time found Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and Steve Jobs/Tim Cook at the top of the luckiest list, and Ron Johnson, Mark Pincus, and Michael Dell at the top of the unluckiest [...]
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