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Essential Reads for Strategic Excellence
In today’s fast-paced business environment, staying ahead of the competition…
The Critical Four Pillars: Driving Sustainable Growth
Growing a business is an exciting journey that requires more than just a vision…
7 Practices to Become a More Effective Leader
Leadership is an evolving journey requiring a continuous commitment to personal and…
Execution: The Three Building Blocks
You have probably heard time and time again how important execution is when it comes…
Mastering Execution: The Key Discipline for Organisational Success
You have probably heard time and time again how important execution is when it comes…
The Compound Effect in Business
Compound interest, which is typically associated with finance, is often an overlooked…
Why Accountants Should Engage a Business Coach
Accounting firms are highly exposed to the ever-evolving…
Unlocking Business Efficiency: Implementing the 2 Second Lean Approach
In the realm of modern business, the…
Exploring the 2 Second Lean Approach: Insights from Japan
In October, I had the incredible opportunity to…
Emotional Intelligence for Leaders – Why it Matters More than IQ
Emotional Intelligence is not about…
Metrics That Matter in Scaling Up Your Business
Scaling up a business is a challenging and exciting…
Future-Proof Your Business: Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
Preparing emerging leaders isn’t just about nurtur…
Business Model & Key Activity Canvas – Why Businesses Need One
What is a Business Model & Key Activity Canvas? It is a tool…
Business Model Canvas – an Overview for SME’s
Over the past twenty or so years working with hundreds…
Working ‘ON’ Your Business, Not ‘IN’ It: Insights from E-Myth
In the world of entrepreneurship, it’s easy to get caught…
I Didn’t Have Time! (Is This The Real Issue?)
Is “I Didn’t Have Time” the Real Issue When People…
The E-Myth Point of View: Understanding the Essence of Scaling Up a Business
The E-Myth Point of View is a perspective, a way of thinking…
Business Coach vs Mentor – Which One Do You Need?
When it comes to personal and professional growth…
Why CEOs Need to Focus on the Eightfold Path: A Holistic Approach to Personal and Professional Success
The demanding and all-encompassing role of a CEO…
Strategies For Managing Remote and Hybrid Workplaces
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies…
Achieving Company-Wide Strategic Clarity
In today’s fast-paced business environment, achieving…
What does it take to Scale Up a Business – Part Four: Having Enough Cash to Weather the Storms
Cash Flow refers to the flow of money in and out of…
What does it take to Scale Up a Business – Part Three: Driving Flawless Execution
The ability of a company to effectively implement…
What does it take to Scale Up a Business – Part Two: Creating a Differentiated Strategy
Creating a solid strategy for your company is a key…
What does it take to Scale Up a Business – Part One: Attracting & Keeping the Right People
As companies grow and scale, the toughest decisions…
Theory of Constraints: Repairing Your Broken Link
We are quickly approaching half time for FY 2022/2023. How is your business performing? Does your leadership team understand, and are working towards, your greatest priorities for the next 6 months? Perhaps you need to…
Good vs Bad Manager – Which One Are You?
What separates a good manager from a bad one? Managers need to be engaging, motivating, supporting, and…
Leadership Repetition and the Leader-Leader Approach
Repetition is a core element in leadership development (aka learning new skills!), and reaching company…
5 High Impact Habits for First Time Leaders
Those who lead a team should be equipped with the skills to develop their employees. However…
5 Barriers to Scaling Up a Business
Australia ranks among the top 10 countries for startups worldwide. When it comes to scaling up their business, many leaders come across barriers…
How To Be A Motivated Leader
Motivation drives people to success, and plays a critical role in employee productivity, quality…
Challenging Your Strategic Plan
Strategic planning is a vital part of running a business. Together with your leadership team…
High‐Impact Strategy Questions
Over the last several years, many business owners have found their strategic plans…
Core Accountability Questions
What systems do you have in place to keep yourself accountable? It can be easy…
How to Give and Receive Feedback Effectively to Gain Fresh Ideas
Effective learning for performance improvement requires having clear goals, a desire to achieve those goals and a feedback…
E-Myth Part 4: 7 Components of Management
Now that you understand the E-Myth, let’s take a look at the systems in a business…
E-Myth Part 3: Business Development Process
In part 3, we are going to uncover Systemic Thinking and the Business Development System…
E-Myth Part 2: The Entrepreneur, The Manager & The Technician
Most business owners have an Entrepreneur, a Manager and a Technician inside of them…
E-Myth Part 1: A New Way Of Thinking
If you have heard of The E-Myth, you may have heard of the saying “working on your…
Delivering the Goods, Keeping Your Promise – An Exercise in Client Fulfilment
At the heart of the success or failure of every business is the connection it creates with a customer…
100% Accountability – Zero Excuses
Being accountable is about taking ownership of your thoughts, words, decisions…
A World of Opportunities Checklist
At the end of every year, I review “my opportunity checklist.” which I created at…
Inspire Innovative Thinking In Your Company
Business owners believe if they could only get their people to be more innovative, they could…
5 Skills Essential To Success
What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? What skills must you master to have a…
Turn Frustrations into Systems
Add the feeling of frustration into business, and it can have all kinds of negative effects…
SCRUM – Plan, Do, Check, Act!
Often thought of as an agile project management framework, scrum describes a set…
Why Meeting Rhythms Are A Critical Strategic Discipline
Most people abhor meetings and it’s not often an easy sell to let them know that…
The Five Habits of Outthinkers – Develop a Winning Habit
How do some people see and seize strategic options that others overlook? Using…
Five Killer Competencies – Strategic Learning Cycle
In todays turbulent times, traditional strategic planning methods no longer work…
OKR’s – Establish a Cadence Of Accountability
You might be familiar with the term OKR – Objectives and Key Results. Rather than being…
Wearing All the Hats: Characteristics of an E-Myth Manager
For many business owners, this feeling of “disconnect” is much the same. Which is why…
Discover Your Hedgehog Concept – Your Move To Greatness?
It’s puzzling why so many business leaders feel adamant about the principles in the…
10 Things That Require Zero Talent
These are at their very core, a list of principles to achieve…
Finding the Root Cause of Organisational Issues
Understanding the “root cause” of why something happens is critical for…
Do you have a fixed or growth mindset?
In a nutshell, a growth mindset means that you believe you can develop and grow…
Creating Strong Habits in a Workplace
Habits play a huge part in every aspect of our life. Using some of Clears insights, I want to share…
4 Reasons Great Businesses Fail
Many businesses and start-ups fail. Even those that seem to be going great in the beginning…
Leadership – what is it really?
At first glance, business leadership looks like it’s simply a matter of style. But when…
Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) – Create Marginal Gains
Achieving growth in your business comes in many shapes and forms. For businesses…
Communication Is Leadership
A revealing question to ask about your company: How Strong Is Communication…
Your BHAG Journey (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal)
Creating your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) as Jim Collins describes and shares…
HedgeHog Concept – The Three Circles Signal Greatness
A simple, crystalline concept flowing from deep understanding about the intersection…
The One Thing: The Simple Truth Behind Scaling Up
We recommend that when choosing a priority you choose One Thing for…
Topgrading – Hiring For Attitude
I recently had the privilege to share the Topgrading Process for a group of business…
Leaders Are Made Not Born
Good leaders are made, not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you…
Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch – Above The Line
Driven leaders too frequently downplay the importance of Culture and the…
The Actionable Steps You Can Take To Scale Your Business Instantly
After going through your spreadsheets and assessing your business’s profitability…
Discipline – A Principle of Greatness
As a child you may have feared and disliked the word discipline. Being disciplined usually…
The Flywheel Effect: Disciplined Action Produces Superior Results
The flywheel fits into stage 3, Disciplined Action. Collins shares his own…
Focus on Priorities – Eisenhower Matrix
Without a priority, the Whirlwind wins! Each day you face a myriad of tasks…
Why Poor Management Leads To Start-Up Failure
Since the late 80’s studies show that people’s problems are the number one cause of startup failures. Be it the tension…
Poor Meetings Put Your Company’s Future In Jeopardy
Meetings provide a cadence of accountability for your executive team. You should…
The Big Lie – Multitasking
Multitasking is a lie. You’re one of the majority who don’t believe this, aren’t you? We fully expect…
How To Create A Great Value Proposition
When you have a clear, strong value proposition potential customers can quickly…
Pricing – Your Achilles Heel?
Pricing……..Peter Drucker called it the “most neglected area of marketing.”…
Live For Productivity – Time Blocking
Productive people get more done, achieve better results, and earn far more…
Price Is The Most Effective Profit Driver
Goal setting in almost all companies is not an “either-or” exercise. Balance is paramount…
4 Decision Tools – Cash Conversion Cycle – 4 Forces of cash flow
Decisions equal success – and there are four decisions, in growing your business…
Take Your Company From Good To Great– Jim Collins’ 12 Questions
What Defines “Great?” Jim Collins answers this by posing 12 Questions that…
Metrics/KPI’s – A critical ingredient to execution
Most companies do their best to set numerical targets (goals) for the month and…
The 20 Mile March Discipline – Great by Choice
Nothing illustrates the impact of discipline more than one of the fundamental…
8 Strategic Questions To Uncover Opportunities
As we say in our Gazelles Methodology – the key is asking the right questions…
Strategy – What is it?
Strategy is simply, the sum of an organization’s choices about where it will compete, how…
