Category: Team
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#93: Are we agile enough to survive the inevitable change that’s coming?
Do you remember the days when you could execute your growth strategy using annual planning cycles? That was when the world and business environment was relatively stable and predictable. Which it most definitely isn’t now. New technology and AI is giving birth to new predator competitors that can come out of nowhere to disrupt the…
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#91: If I gave you $100, how would you spend it to improve the business?
Am I really asking you what you’d do with a spare hundred bucks when you’re the CEO of a business doing 7 … 8 … or even 9 figures a year in revenue? Of course not! But you could – and probably should – ask everyone else in your business that question. Why? Because while…
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#89: How good are we at getting paid compared to our competitors?
Without a bit of industrial espionage, it might be pretty impossible to get an answer to that question :-))) Still, it needs to be considered. And the goal should be ‘better than our competitors’. I know, a bit of a vague KPI, right? But here’s the thing – 82% of businesses that go bust go…
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#87: Do we know each other well enough to cry together?
You want everyone to give you their best effort AND work as a team, right? Of course you do. That’s why you’ve probably worked hard to develop your company mission/vision statement – to create a purpose, explain your ‘why’ and give people a feeling that they are part of something. Then you spent even more…
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#86: Do we have any wannabe intrapreneurs working here?
‘Woz and I didn’t consciously set out to start a company. We tried very hard to convince two other established computer companies to fund us while we developed the personal computer. We spent a lot of time and got nowhere. Ultimately, we had no choice but to do it ourselves.’ Those are Steve Jobs words…