Everyone who knows me – knows I am a ferocious reader of business books. Some would even call me a business book junkie. I definitely am. Every time I read a business book – for the first time or the second time or the tenth time – I always learn something...
A simple Google search will help you find plenty of methods businesses can use to increase their profits and revenue. However, most become less effective once they hit the mainstream. After a critical mass of companies have adopted them, they are no longer truly innovative, and the law of...
Most CEOs and leaders laugh at me when I ask them what their company’s daily score is and if they are winning or losing. Why? Because they do not have a daily score and they laugh at the reality of being able to do this in their business. They tell me that it’s too hard, that they...
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.
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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.
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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,...
