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The 7 Drivers of Geometric Business Growth
How does someone like Phil Knight take a business he started by selling sneakers out of the trunk of his car and turn it into a giant company like Nike, whose iconic brand is an inspiration to every athlete? It was being fascinated and intrigued with questions like these that led to the idea of writing a CEO Playbook that would help entrepreneurs step up to the CEO’s job, as well as take a small to medium enterprise (SME) and grow it geometrically. Outlined here are the 7 Drivers of Geometric Growth from the book.
7 Secrets of a Strategy of Preeminence
Without a strategy of preeminence, the chances of being disrupted are very high. In my work with executives and company founders, I have found that there is a process for creating a strategy of preeminence that can be applied in large, medium, or small companies and which involves 7 steps.
Build a One Page Strategic Plan
Build a One Page Strategic Planby Robert HargroveOne of the bedrocks of leadership is strategy.Companies like Amazon, Uber, Airbnb, and many others became super successful because of the size of their ambition and their strategy for how to achieve it, not because of...
Create an Extraordinary Career in a Turbulent World
The most successful people in any field never settle for competency; they go for mastery at something they love and that, at the same time, has economic value. The result: they wind up spending more of their working hours doing what they love, dominating their profession, and making a hell of a lot of money.
7 Principles for Mastering the Political Chessboard
You see an opportunity to make a difference either in your business or in life and have jumped into action. Yet, it seems that each step you take creates a widening arc of support and opposition. To reach your goals, you need to master the political chessboard.
Bill Gates’ Ted Talk: Everyone Needs a Coach
According to Bill Gates, whether you are a CEO, a leader, a teacher, basketball player, or bridge player, everyone needs people who will help them reach their goals and give them feedback. Everyone needs a coach, how about you?
ROBERT HARGROVE is the CEO of Masterful Coaching and was a Co-Director of the Harvard Leadership Research Project. He is the author of the landmark book, Masterful Coaching, as well as other books on leadership, collaboration, and coaching.
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