In 1997, Steve Jobs walked back into Apple after twelve years away. The company was 90 days from bankruptcy. He spent the first few weeks doing what most incoming CEOs do. He met with the product teams, reviewed the pipeline, walked the floor, and listened to the roadmaps. Then he called an all-hands meeting, went…
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(And why the business advice you’re being given is probably one step ahead of where you are) In October 2008, Howard Schultz spent thirty million dollars on a three-day conference. Ten million… a day. He did this three weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, in a quarter where Starbucks profits had fallen ninety-seven percent against the…
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I hear this all the time from business owners: “I just don’t have enough time.” And on the surface… it sounds true. The calendar is full. The to-do list is long. There are a hundred moving parts pulling for attention. But when we slow it down and really look at what’s happening it’s almost never…
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If you want to grow next year, and navigate your next big growth plateau you’ll need much more than just tactics. So many business owners come to me after they’ve already invested in all the usual solutions, the business coach with generic templates, the untested group program, the marketing guru promising leads, the mastermind that…
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You’ve built something real based on your passion, smarts and grit. No doubt about it. As a result, you’ve got clients, credibility, and momentum. Amazing! But if you’re honest, your business still feels like a job you can’t step away from. Or if you’re like my client Mary, she was caught between two trapezes, the…
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When you align who you are with how you lead, watch how your business rises to meet you. Let me explain. There comes a point on every leader’s journey when strategy isn’t the missing piece. I know that you’ve done the work. You’ve hit the milestones, created success, achieved what you set out to do….
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