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Ep. 87 – On Making Progress When Leading People (Part 2)
People are at different buy-in levels of the vision as individuals. So, when trying to make progress, you must consider the persons composing the collective. The first group is the Vision Supporters. The second group, we cover here.
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Ep. 86 – On Making Progress When Leading People (Part 1)
If you only think of leadership in the context of a collective, it quickly gets ambiguous and unhelpful in terms of actually making progress toward the vision. We lead the entire team towards victory, but we make handoffs and passes at an individual level. If trying to make progress, it’s helpful to consider what type…
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Ep. 85 – Leading Through Sabotage
If leadership only entailed charting forward while safely assuming that the people you are rallying are following at your heels, that would be difficult all on its own. But, typically, the people you’re trying to bring to a better place, are in some capacity sabotaging your efforts. Why is that the case? And what should…
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Ep. 84 – Michelin Star or McDonalds Menu?
I promised to get through all seven of the wastes that keep you from providing the right value to your customers. This time we get into Over-Processing. All work is processing work. However, there’s a way to over-process the work in an unnecessary manner that keeps you from providing more value to more customers.
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Ep. 83 – What Kind of a Business Should You Own? (Part 2)
What sort of business should you start, buy, or be involved in building? In the last episode, I listed two criteria you could think through when trying to determine what kind of a business you should own, whether starting or buying one. Here are two more for us to work through.
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Ep. 82 – What Kind of a Business Should You Own? (Part 1)
What sort of business should you start, buy, or be involved in building? Many aspiring business owners are stumped at this question. The market is cluttered with all sorts of businesses. How should you order your thoughts to generate good business ideas? Here are some criteria that may help you figure out what kind of…
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Ep. 81 – Are You An Operator Or An Administrator?
There’s a difference between the 2 types of business managers: The Administrator and The Operator. I’m here to tell you that you are better off being an Operator than an Administrator if you want to manage your business well. But maybe those labels aren’t what you think.
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Ep. 80 – Active Attention, Not Aimless Abdication
Conditions and circumstances in the business world change in a way that requires our adaptation. But for a variety of reasons, many business owners have a difficult time accepting that change. When hit with a change in conditions, the business owner will often determine that the current reality is a passing season that he just…
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Ep. 79 – The One Thing For Operational Improvement
When thinking about improving your operation, everything comes to the forefront all at once. But you can’t solve everything. So, when dissecting your operations to get better at delivering the value, what should you focus on as you try to make things better?
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Ep. 78 – Enjoy The Process
We enjoy dreaming, envisioning, anticipating. But then begins the process of getting there, with its frustrations, the sticks in our wheels, and the setbacks. It’s unhelpful to say that we should just close our eyes to the struggle and enjoy the good things in life. So, what should a business owner’s approach be? One thing…