Growth Think Tank

Are you looking to clarify your idea you wish to share with the world? Dolores helps IDEAPRENEURS do just that. On this episode, we talk about Dolores's communication strategies that have lead speakers and authors to share their messages on stages like TEDx. Find out how you can share your idea in a succinct way so that it can be conveyed to your audience and be truly heard. Get the show notes for...

Have you ever thought to yourself...I wish my employees would do more than just the work that is right in front of them. I hear this all the time. I thought I would share a simple way to shift that conversation and it is all about getting your employees to do more. It is all about getting them to own the goal and own the process. Get the show notes for 332 | Getting Your Employees To Do More Click...

Seth Godin is an 18-best selling author and writes one of the most read blogs in the universe. Seth talks today about developing leaders. We talk about the problem in today's talent development. We also dive into the revolutionary program he has created with his team called altMBA. It is not an MBA. It also has no teachers, no grades, and no lectures -- this is no problem for the program to get am...

Leadership experts talk about the importance of culture. And yes, it is very important. But you also want to align your culture to growth so that you have an opportunity for people to evolve and move up the organization. Today's mini-episode is all about finding the alignment to growth within your culture and learn how to create a growth culture. Get the show notes for 330 | Creating a Growth Cult...

Growth does not come because you hope it will. Growth is a result of the actions you take. One way to approach new strategies and new plans is to devise a test. The "test" method can change the way your company innovates and leads in today's economy. My special guest on the show is Michael Cammarata. Michael has had amazing success in many businesses and one them recently being sold to Unilever (t...

  Do you want to develop internal leaders on your teams? Companies are struggling to find people that will go beyond managing tasks to real leadership. You may have talented people in our organization; however, there is a serious need for more internal leaders that can inspire their people and create breakthrough results. After working with HyperGrowth companies over the last six years, I have see...

How to define your customer expectations. This may sound too simple or you will rationalize that you have already done it. Take a breathe and ask yourself if you really understand what your clients expect of your organization. Maybe the question is not if you understand, but does your team understand it too. Pushing this even further, do you have alignment in every team member on the expectations...

Do you have a mission for your business? Your "mission" is not to make more money. Your mission is something that fuels you from the inside. Today's mini-episode is about my vacation, Mondays, and creating your Moonshot. It includes insights from self-made Billionaire, Naveen Jain. There is a special offer of free access to my interview with Naveen that can change the way you lead and how your peo...

Agility. Agility of change. Agility of leadership. Have you felt the need for more agility in your culture? I got a chance to talk with the author of "The Digital Helix," Michael Gale. We talk how to create an agile culture. This will give you wisdom and strategies for building a team mindset centered around agility. If you want to navigate change, you must understand the speed of action. Get the...

Do you have courageous leadership? Be honest with yourself here. Do you have some fear holding you back? Doing what you have never done takes courage. Leading your team to a new big vision takes courageous leadership. Today I share a piece of my story in running my business up to $5 million and not having the courage to keep evolving as a leader and a pushing my company to new levels. There are a...

Do you know what is intrepreneurship ? Do you know the value of it? It maybe be a term you have heard before, but this interview will help you see it in action. I am talking with Joe Bellotti about working a Coca-Cola and how he was able to think more like an entrepreneur as he created value and innovation. Joe shares how he leveraged partnerships and teamwork to make strategic initiatives within...

One of the most powerful factors to attracting the right people to your business is Culture. Culture is more powerful than strategy and culture is what shapes your business. As a student of leadership, you have likely read about culture and studied it. A culture is simply the collection of beliefs on which people build their behavior. This is a good definition, but I like to say that culture is th...

When you set out to improve employee engagement, you have to first understand what it is and what it is not. Most people confuse that it is all about working environment and benefits. However, our guest, Kevin Kruse with LeadX.org, shares that 70% of employee engagement comes down to one key factor. You might not like it, but it is the driving factor to improving employee engagement. Get the show...

When you read a business book, do you consistently take something from the book to apply to your business or leadership? Well, you can't learn to lead from a book. You can get insights. You can get excited about the benefits of the "new thing." But you can't learn to lead without application of the insights. I have been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 12 years, and I know I would not improve without...

The process of creating a more effective marketing strategy includes tracking ROI. You can't wing this component. You can't use "gut feeling" in the fine-tuning phase of marketing. Lynan Saperstein, Founder of The Experience Experts, shares with us simple ways to improve your marketing by being willing to track it. Results are the game. Discover ways to make your marketing more effective. Get the...

You want everyone within your organization to understand your vision and work to making it a reality. Creating a vision that is shared across the organization is a process that breaks the norms of top-down vision into including others in the creation and the validation of the vision. In the case of top-down only, most of the effort in getting others to buy-in to the vision of the organization. In...

Creating high-performance teams is a competitive advantage and the path to fast growth. This episode is about creating teams that are aligned and able to produce results no matter what. Today's interview is with Rob Braiman, the Managing Member of Cogent Analytics. He took his company to the Inc 5000 in 2017. Rob shares insights on how to build a culture that grows leadership. It is all about peop...

Discover how to build trust using radical transparency. This is all about how you can create a loyal following of people and have continuous growth. Get the show notes for 316 | How to Build Trust Using Radical Transparency Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett #HowToBuildTrust #RadicalTransparency Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTun...

The way we think and see the world is defined by our mindset. It is more than being open-minded. It is more than seeing opportunity. Mindset shapes everything we say, do and have. This interview is with Michael Zipursky who works with consulting companies on growth and mindset. I share this with you today because it is critical to growth to understand the limits set by your thinking. Join me in ta...

Develop your people. Your people will build your business. This is a common saying in the circles of leadership. From what I have seen with companies that are growing rapidly they embrace the concept of developing your people. This is a Hypergrowth tip that shares how to get new results by developing your people. Get the show notes for 314 | Develop Your People HyperGrowth Tips Click to Tweet: Lis...

Company values are often taken for granted. We take time to develop values with our teams (I hope you include your team). We talk about them for a while. Then we let them fade away into the background. Our guest today is Dina Dwyer, the CEO of The Dwyer Group - a group of companies. These brands provide a diverse array of specialty services through more than 3,100 franchises in nine countries. Din...

In the podcast interview with Daymond John , we talked about leadership and growing fast companies. We got to a point in the interview when I asked him about productivity. The moment shifted as he got intense about success in today's distracted world. John looked me in the eye and told me that he constantly makes a conscious effort to set goals, rather than letting other people set goals for him....

We are always learning. Learning is the basis for growth. I have always had an interest in learning modalities and what would take my retention to a new level. My guest today is more than a multi-talented musician, juggler, and speaker. Bronkar Lee is an expert in the domain of learning. We talk about how he challenges himself to learn. Bronkar shares small tips to increase your learning speed and...

Do you have real employee engagement inside your company? Think about that for a second. As a leader, do you know how engaged everyone within your team is at the work they're doing? It's not about satisfaction and it's not about being bean bag chairs and all those things you may think it is. It is about them being committed to the success of the company. Committed to the goals of the organization...

Innovation is not a buzz word. Innovation is necessary in our world of ever-changing tech, marketing, and customer expectations. Discover how to develop a culture of innovation with Josh Linkner. Josh is a renowned speaker and helps audiences see innovation from a different perspective. Get the show notes for 309 | Leading Innovation with Josh Linkner Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episod...