High Growth Blog

Date: April 6th, 2019
Category: Blog | Strategy Implementation

So, you’ve had a great strategy planning session with your team. Everybody left the session ready to hit your targets for the year and move the company one step closer to achieving your Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Unfortunately, even with everyone’s good intentions, running the day-to-day business can get in the way of making progress…

Tags: | leadership

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Category: Blog | Team

Often leaders find personal accountability comes naturally. Being reliable, achieving predictable results, communicating expectations and results effectively, accepting responsibility for their actions, etc. are all things that got them where they are. However, once you become a leader, personal accountability won’t cut it anymore. Now, you also have to cultivate accountability in your team with…

Tags: | leadership, team

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Date: March 30th, 2019
Category: Blog | Team

It’s never easy to have an employee leave. The employee seemed happy and their work was good. They were well liked and respected by their manager and team members. There weren’t any obvious signs that they were searching for a new job. What made this otherwise happy employee decide to leave their job? There’s no…

Tags: | retention

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Date: March 23rd, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

Saying no is hard. You may fear the idea of disappointing someone, or feel like you’re missing out on an opportunity by declining an invitation. You want to do it all, but can you actually do it all? Quick answer: no. Prioritising your time as a business leader is no small task. In fact, it…

Tags: | leadership, time management

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Date: March 16th, 2019
Category: Blog | Strategy Implementation | Team

Your business values consist of all of the behaviours that exist within your business – not just the positive values you want to have, but also negative or neutral behaviours that are being acted out. Values and behaviours are closely linked to your company culture and can have an impact on those within as well…

Tags: | culture

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Date: March 9th, 2019
Category: Blog | Strategy Implementation

Keeping your team motivated and engaged is key if you’re aiming to maintain a positive workplace. If you’re able to develop staff who are happy, the benefits will feed right back into your business. A growth mindset amongst your team is critical to creating the right kind of environment in which individuals can thrive while…

Tags: | culture, mindset

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Date: March 2nd, 2019
Category: Strategy Implementation

As a coach I often ask CEO’s and directors what keeps them up at night. It turns out the answer is less varied than you might think. While they all say it a little differently, the answer almost always boils down to a variation of “How can I implement my strategy?” Turns out business leaders…

Tags: | implementation

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Date: February 23rd, 2019
Category: Coaching | Leadership

Often when a business leader engages a coach, he or she does so without a clear understanding of the differences coaching vs consulting between coaching and consulting. In many cases, consulting habits and practices may be expected as a result of this “misunderstanding” which may lead to dissatisfaction. In order to appropriately determine if coaching…

Tags: | coaching

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Date: February 16th, 2019
Category: Blog | Leadership

Re-reading Steve Jobs biography his extremely high expectations once again stood out. He challenged himself to work smarter, work longer, and work harder so he could accomplish everything he dreamed possible. Jobs believed the future was something we can all determine and maybe even more important, Steve Jobs believed in the fundamental power of belief…

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Date: February 9th, 2019
Category: Blog | Team

Attracting the best people to come work for your company will take some strategy: strong employer branding, a great job candidate experience through the recruitment cycle, and good pay and benefits to seal the deal. However you also need a strategy that works to your advantage – finding job candidates with the right characteristics that lead to a high performing…

Tags: | recruitment

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