The effectiveness and quality of your team is a significant factor in the valuation of your business. In addition to the amazing people on your team, you might have some staff that you regard as a consistent headache but continue to keep them on. Maybe they’ve got some key relationships with customers, or they’ve been with the […]
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Your Unique X Factor: Business Value Drivers 2/10
What we’re covering today is your “X Factor”. This is a unique quality that your business has that makes you stand out from your competition. It’s what brings your clients back again and again. It’s what keeps them loyal. It’s what makes them never even consider working with the competition. Your X Factor could be […]
What is Your Business Worth? How to Increase its Value
Did you know that most business owners think their business is worth more than it is? The reality is your business is only worth what someone will pay for it – not necessarily what you think they should pay. If you are making decisions about business succession or transition based on guessing – you could […]
When Your Business Has Outgrown Great People
If you have been in business for a while, you’ve most likely experienced a situation where a long time team member is no longer able to keep up – and their performance is having a negative effect on the business. It could be their role has become more complex, or requires a different skillset, or […]
How to Shrink your To-Do List and Achieve More
How is your To-Do list looking? Is it ever shrinking… or ever growing? If you are like many leaders of growth businesses, your To-Do list is likely growing. However, the most effective leaders have short To-Do lists, and instead focus their time on their To-Achieve list. In this week’s video, I share a simple 3 […]
Keeping Up with High Growth in Your Company
When you’re in high growth mode, a time will come when things start to get sloppy. Deadlines start getting missed, mistakes begin to happen more often in the office and in the field – and everyone is getting a little stressed. This is when we run into Execution Drift – when things just don’t work […]
How to Set Your Business Priorities Straight
Does your company have a clear strategic Priority that everyone is focused on? Or are you and your leadership team too busy putting out fires and reacting day-to-day to move your business forward? If we don’t have clearly defined priorities, its easy to get stuck in the weeds and lose our forward momentum. In this […]
How to Adapt to Changes in Your Business’s Environment
Adapting to changes in your business is a bit like flying a plane at night. While you’re still fundamentally doing the same thing as you would when flying during daylight, the fact that the environment and the variables have changed means you need to adapt or risk crashing! It’s the same in a business context […]
Is Your Business Stuck in the Waiting Place?
In this video I’ll be the discussing the business growth challenges associated with feeling stuck, or as I like to put it, being in the waiting place. As a kid, did you ever read the Dr Seuss book Oh The Places You’ll Go? The book is about all the adventure, fun and excitement you’ll have […]
Interview with Firm of the Future owners Juliet Aurora and Steve Loates
Hear the story of entrepreneur Juliet Aurora who started her enterprise out of pure necessity in the spare bedroom of her house 20 years ago, and how she and her husband Steve Loates grew it into a national bookkeeping firm that has earned Intuit’s highest Accolade: Firm of the Future. Along the way, Juliet and […]