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Wrestling With Context

Wrestling With Context

It can be pretty surprising what you can learn from your employees if you just take the time to listen. I’ve been encouraged to do just that by following the Rockefeller Habits, which recommends managers take the time to hold Start/Stop/Keep meetings with one employee per week. Five minutes is all it takes, and the […]
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Not Doing It? Don’t Hire For It

The key to scale is not doing more things. The key to scale is by doing the things that make you money and not doing the things that don’t make you money. Sounds simple, right? And yet, there are tons of entrepreneurs out there looking to hire consultants and specialists to build all-new parts of […]
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Pareto’s Principle

Pareto’s Principle

Perception is all about the stories your mind tells. On today’s show, I’ll be discussing Pareto’s Principle, which states that roughly 80% of your sales come from 20% of your customers. So, how do you use this principle practically to achieve meaningful results in your business?
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How to Run a Daily Stand-Up Meeting

How to Run a Daily Stand-Up Meeting

The most common meeting in your organization should be the shortest. A daily stand-up should be around 15 minutes, and consist of three areas: Priorities (What are the top three things you’re doing today?) Company KPIs (What are the key metrics for the company? How are we doing as an organization?) Rocks (What are you […]
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How to Run a Weekly Team Meeting

How to Run a Weekly Team Meeting

One of the meeting rhythms proscribed by the Rockefeller Habits is the weekly team meeting. As explained by the book “Scaling Up,” ideally these should be weekly meetings involving the different departments in your business. One for sales, one for marketing, one for finance, etc. However, if you’re a small business, odds are you also […]
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Why Your Business Isn’t Moving Forward

Why Your Business Isn’t Moving Forward

Have you ever wondered why all the great ideas you have for your business don’t pan out? I’m willing to bet the answer to that problem can be solved with one word: accountability. Heard it before? Let me give you a lesson. Every single thing in your business, from your high-level processes to your paper-shuffling, […]
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Stop Letting People Waste Your Time

Stop Letting People Waste Your Time

How much time are you wasting because you can’t say “no?” Chances are, unless you’ve got a hierarchy of pre-vetted business priorities, that number is higher than you think. If you don’t know for certain you’re working on the highest-priority item you possibly can be, you’re not going to tell your team you’ll get back […]
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