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Artificial Deadlines and Strategic Sandboxes

Artificial Deadlines and Strategic Sandboxes

Team Measurable Genius blasts off again in today’s episode of Daily Genius – I rant about artificial deadlines, how technology is not your savior, and we meet with the team at Wright Restyling to tackle some strategic planning. The topic we dove into today is called The Sandbox, which is a concept on the 7 […]
Alexander Ford
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Children are Freeloaders

Children are Freeloaders

Today we had our weekly departmental meetings, I worked support desk, and Warren Bardsley follows the checklist to make coffee. Eventful day? Check. Worked hard? Check. Entertaining content? Funniest episode yet. You never know what you’re going to get on Daily Genius. Watch Episode 12 now.
Alexander Ford
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Conquering Your Sandbox

Are you the biggest kid in your sandbox? That’s really the end-goal of any business owner: to the biggest kid in the sandbox go all the spoils. And fortunately for this metaphor, in the world of business, we don’t have to rely on genetics to become the biggest kid. Here’s the thing: no matter how […]
Alexander Ford
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Gearing Up For Strategy

Gearing Up For Strategy

What are your company’s values? Are they truly demonstrable behaviours, or empty moral/ethical imperatives? One of the many important things the Rockefeller Habits asks you do is to discover your corporate values and write them down. And, knowing a thing or two about values, this is where I can really help my clients discover what […]
Warren Bardsley
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Grab Your Towel

Grab Your Towel

Have you ever had one of those job interviews where you were asked “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” Maybe you were the one asking that question? If you asked me that question, I could tell you exactly where I see my business in five years, because my executive team and I have […]
Warren Bardsley
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How to Get Everything Done

How to Get Everything Done

What’s the first thing you think about when you get up in the morning? If you’re anything like the average business owner I’ve met, it’s all the things you have to do in your day. And does that thought soothe you…or panic you? If your answer is the latter, that’s because you haven’t defined the […]
Warren Bardsley
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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 […]
Warren Bardsley
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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 […]
Warren Bardsley
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Konstructing KPIs

Konstructing KPIs

You guys have heard me talk before about the importance of having a daily success metric. Metrics in a business are commonly called Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs. When you’re trying to think of a number like that, one important thing to remember is that it should be a number you have direct control over. […]
Warren Bardsley
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