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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 […]

Profit Per Bullet?

Are you putting your resources to work in the most effective and efficient way possible? A relatively simple question, but unpacking it can lead you to some valuable insights. One of the ways you can try to answer that question is by finding your business’ own “Profit per X,” a measurement of which single variable […]

Portrait of an Entrepreneur II

Are you working because you want to, or are you working because you have to? I’m fortunate enough to be in the former category. And if you’re not, you can be. If your work is linked to your highest values, you’ll enjoy getting up in the morning. If you know what’s important to you, and […]

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 […]

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 […]

How To Do a “Lap” of Your Business

It is impossible to know the priorities of your business unless you know every task in that business. Each and every business owner needs to have some kind of system in which they keep track of everything that goes on in their business. This is necessary because, when you go to figure out what’s important […]

Geniuses Speak Out

One of the great things about having a video blog is the transparency – you guys get to see how I handle all sorts of situations. One of the not-so-great things is that you guys only end up with bite sized pieces of who I am and form opinions about me without having the opportunity […]