The Growth Whisperers podcast
By Brad Giles & Kevin Lawrence
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The Growth Whisperers are Brad Giles and Kevin Lawrence, two advisors to mid-market businesses, one Australian, one Canadian, who each work with CEOs and Leadership Teams across the world with a mission to build enduring, great companies.
Each weekly episode covers interesting situations and questions from the world of strategic planning, leadership development, talent and hiring in high growth entrepreneurial companies where real results matter.
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#166 Necessary endings
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#165 The top five reasons people regret selling their business
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#164 Using the sandbox to stop dumb decisions in the leadership team
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May 29, 2023 |
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#163 Executive burnout: Building your resilience (2/2)
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May 22, 2023 |
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#162 Executive Burnout: How do you know when you need to get some help? (1/2)
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May 15, 2023 |
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#161 Rating your firm on Jim Collins 7 Good to Great principles (2/2)
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May 08, 2023 |
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#160 Rating your firm on Jim Collins 7 Good to Great principles (1/2)
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May 01, 2023 |
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#159 The most important number that CEOs rarely measure
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#158 Living and working in your Sustainable Sweet Spot as a leader
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#157 Jim Collins: 6 characteristics of right people in the right seats
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#156 Five expensive hiring mistakes to avoid
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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#155 The 9 books every CEO must read
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#154 The 7 mistakes leaders make at annual strategy meetings
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#153 Liz Wiseman’s Multipliers - how the best leaders make everyone smarter
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#152 I’m worried that I’m micromanaging my team - what should I do?
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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#151 I’m thinking about appointing my first COO or President – what should I do?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#150 I have a key executive that I think is ineffective – what should I do?
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#149 My Gross Margin is dropping – what should I do?
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#148 We need to increase pricing but the sales team is resisting. What should I do?
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#147 Jim Collins Three Rules of Engagement for Healthy Teams
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#146 Why the greatest leaders obsess over their goals
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#145 Stephen Covey’s Time management matrix
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#144 Planning to win in 2023 - Cash - (5 of 5)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#143 Planning to win in 2023 - Execution - (4 of 5)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#142 Planning to win in 2023 - Strategy - (3 of 5)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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#141 Planning to win in 2023 - People - (2 of 5)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#140 Planning to win in 2023 - (1 of 5)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#139 What’s more important: Right People or Right Strategy?
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#138 Why the One Page Plan works
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#137 The Four Forces of Growth: What CEO’s need to focus on to sustain growth
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#136 If We Bought Twitter: things to consider when acquiring a business
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#135 Onboarded - The role scorecard and onboarding sprint plan (4 of 4)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#134 Onboarded - What’s your Onboarding debt? (3 of 4)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#133 Onboarded - The problem with new hires who are a good fit (2 of 4)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#132 Onboarded - What is onboarding and why does it matter (1 of 4)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#131 Leveraging the Stockdale Paradox in this Economy
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#130 Jim Collins: Level 5 leaders
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#129 How to identify A players during an interview
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#128 Is your leadership team too big?
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#127 How to deal with an executive that is underperforming
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#126 What to say when managers tell you people are leaving for more money
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#125 What to do when your team resists change
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#124 Five things that make a bad strategic plan
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#123 Seven important things to develop your mid managers
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#122 Fire bullets before cannonballs: Jim Collins' method for validating ideas
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#121 How to structure presentations to ensure effective decision making
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#120 The 20 Mile March concept By Jim Collins: Thrive in Uncertainty
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#119 Jim Collins SMAC Recipe: your recipe for success
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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# 118 The biggest problem with most Flywheels (part two of two)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#117 The biggest problem with most Flywheels (part one of two)
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#116 Is your culture really aligned with your core values?
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#115 Seven actions for challenging economic times
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#114 The CEO has only one tool
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#113 Think Time - the only way to really be strategic
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#112 Coach vs consultant - which is right for you?
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May 30, 2022 |
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#111 What is NPS 3? How can you bring it to life in your company?
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May 23, 2022 |
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#110 Five most common questions we get about Scaling Up
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May 16, 2022 |
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#109 Why building SOPs and procedure manuals can be a waste of time
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May 09, 2022 |
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#108 Getting deep monthly reporting right for your business
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May 02, 2022 |
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#107 The trap of thinking software is management
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#106 Why you need cash reserves to weather the storms
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#105 Why stretch targets are garbage
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#104 The habits successful leaders use to prepare each week
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#103 When you have low numbers of candidates applying for your open roles
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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102 The problem with best practices, and what to do about it
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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101 What to do when you are failing to achieve your quarterly goals
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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100 Topgrading, hire with 90% success
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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99 The Brilliant Jerk
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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98 Are you unintentionally doing other people jobs?
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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97 What time period should your role be focussed on?
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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96 The three main barriers to consistent growth
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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95 The Meeting Rhythm - The CEO Update
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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94 Meeting Rhythm - The Daily Huddle
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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93 Meeting Rhythm - The Weekly meeting
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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92 Meeting Rhythm - The Monthly Leadership Team meeting
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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91 Meeting Rhythm - The Quarterly Execution Planning meeting
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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90 Meeting Rhythm - The Annual Strategic Thinking meeting
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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89 The 4 different types of A players
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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88 The hidden cost of not having a team of all A Players
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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87 The 5 main BHAG mistakes
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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86 What is Productive Paranoia and why it's a critical leadership tool
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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85 How to get the most from a strategic planning framework
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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84 The 7 common strategy mistakes from Michael Porter
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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83 Why strategy should focus on producing more profit - not market share
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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82 Profit = Intelligence x Discipline
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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81 The dangerous thing about focusing on your competition
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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80 How to retain your top talent
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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79 Eliminate your emotionally taxing issues - lick your toads
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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78 4Q The 4 questions leadership team members need to ask customers
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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77 The curse of being in a great leadership team
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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76 Why you can’t save your way to success
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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75 Genius of the AND from Jim Collins
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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74 The Power and Struggle of saying no
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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73 How the best leaders hold people accountable (part 2 of 2)
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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72 How the best leaders hold people accountable (part 1 of 2)
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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71 How to use SMART goals with your team
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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70 Are you an operational CEO or a strategic CEO?
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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69 What is a Topgrading virtual bench and why you need one
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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68 How Profit per X uniquely drives profit
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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67 Why should anyone come and work for you at the same salary as your competitors?
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Jul 19, 2021 |