High Growth Blog

Date: August 3rd, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

As a leader, you want the people in your company to trust you. Not surprisingly, as we often read that trust is a leading indicator of whether others evaluate them positively or negatively. But creating that trust or, perhaps more importantly, reestablishing it when you’ve lost it isn’t always that straightforward. Some research by Jack…

Tags: | leadership

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Date: July 26th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

One of the things I have to do as a coach/leader is to be a great listener. Sometimes effective listening can be a challenge because, like most people, I can fall into the trap of thinking about my response and how I would like to help the individual with whom I am communicating. One of…

Tags: | Self Leadership

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Date: July 13th, 2019
Category: Blog | Strategy | Strategy Implementation

Time again, businesses hold strategy days, plan retreats and spend money on strategic planning sessions that don’t produce any lasting results. The session may go well and produce a sensible and comprehensible plan for everyone to follow, but progress hardly takes form. The plan barely gets off the ground before it’s pulled back down to…

Tags: | strategy execution

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Date: July 6th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

“Exceptional performance is a winning cocktail mixed with 25% of purely technical or hard skills, 25% of cognitive skills and 50% of all those competencies demonstrating emotional intelligence” . In this equation and according to Daniel Goldman’s work, EQ is proved to be twice as important as all the other elements. This ‘emotional realm’ includes the…

Tags: | emotion

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Date: June 29th, 2019
Category: Leadership

Many of us fight distraction every day without really examining what’s distracting us and why. However, if we want to focus on meaningful, productive work, we need to be able to understand what gets in the way. Why do we get so easily distracted? The two types of distraction Ask anyone about what distracts them…

Tags: | time management

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Date: June 22nd, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership | Team

In any business, efficient communication internally is a key factor of success and employee morale. When employees are able to understand each other, they’re able to work better together and therefore create a better experience for the customers as well. A strong communication flow allows a message to go from top to bottom, laterally, and…

Tags: | communication

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Date: June 15th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

There’s a misconception that the most successful business leaders achieve greatness because they’re geniuses. You look at people like Mark Zuckenberg, Larry Page, Richard Branson and Warren Buffett, and it seems that might just be true. After all, they are more successful than their peers, and there’s no doubt they’re extremely sharp However the truth is different….

Tags: | habits, leadership

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Date: June 8th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership | Team

Building a team isn’t as easy, but it’s not rocket science, either. It’s not only about calling out for pizza and making sure everybody gets along okay in team meetings. Getting a team to work together takes skill. I have learned a lot about teaming from two great authors who have clear frameworks that are…

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Date: June 1st, 2019
Category: Blog | Strategy

You’re sitting on a plane from London to New York. How much of the time is it sticking to the flight path? 90 percent of the time? 70 percent of the time? 50 percent of the time? The correct answer is never. Sitting beside the window, gazing out at the edge of the wing, you…

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Date: May 11th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

Our habits ultimately determine how productive we are. These rituals can act as a road map, helping you stay focused and keeping you on track throughout your day. The more time and effort you save, the more productive you will be. By following these seven daily habits, you will enable yourself to stay hyper-focused and…

Tags: | time management

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