Growing a business is challenging and there’s no doubt about that. Sometimes, those challenges are internal and you can manage them more intimately. However, world economic challenges, such as pandemics or wars, are not elements that we have any say in. As these challenges may create...
When we co-founded our first company in 1995, we were looking for the easiest and fastest way to grow our company with confidence and ease. We wanted “hockey stick” growth. Who doesn’t, really? It took our team 5 years and reading 500+ books to figure out that there was no...
DO YOU HAVE 100% CONFIDENCE IN YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY?!
Well of course not!! But do you have enough confidence to stand up in front of a room of 100-1000 people at state your strategy – simply, clearly and with confidence? A 3HAG will give you this confidence for you and your...
Shannon Byrne Susko was recently featured in an article for The Growth Faculty on the topic of 3HAG. Christina Kininmonth explains what thought leader Jim Collin’s BHAG is and why it is essential to first establish a 3HAG to reach your BHAG.
Read the article here to...
This week I am on my way to Toronto, traveling with my husband and 3 teenagers, to attend Canada’s Top 100 Women on Thursday November 22, 2018. I am honored, humbled, and inspired to be amongst my fellow strong and powerful women that make up such an impressive group.
...
This week I was with a client, solely working on their strategy and then operationalizing it. For two full days, I worked with their leadership team on their External Map, to their SWIMLANES, and then back. It was an intense two days that concluded with my client walking out...
Last week, I attended, with my clients, the ScaleUp 2018 Summit in Denver Colorado and wow – what a great lineup of speakers! Each speaker provided a unique take on a shared theme and provided useful tools and stories to apply to our own businesses and lives. But personally, a...
At the foundation of every high-performing team is Team Trust. Not one-on-one trust (well, you need that too), but TEAM trust. This is where team members are comfortable and feel safe to say what they are thinking no matter what situation they are facing and regardless of who is...
Growing a company is much like becoming a champion sports team. You need a high performing team and a plan for the long term, the near term, and the now. The team follows a disciplined process to practice and play together to reach their goals. Winning teams have all these elements, plus...
I loved learning about the 10,000 hour rule when Malcom Galdwell brought it forward in his book “Outliers”. The 10,000 hour rule was derived from the work of Psychologist K Anders Ericsson, who studied the way people become experts in their fields. However, since its release,...
I had the great pleasure to meet and hear Judith E. Glaser speak at the Scale Up Summit in May 2018 in New Orleans. Her latest book “Conversational Intelligence” is one of the most powerful books you can read to create trust with anybody in your life but as well...
When I was building my first company, looking for examples of how to build a culture of trust, there were not as many visible or discussed as there are today. (Jim Collins definitely put a large effort into this research). The “old business” approach to leadership of relying on...
