Leadership: Management
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How to Sell an Idea to Your Team
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
May 17, 2019
Communication
9
Management
7
People, not technology, are the real key to digital transformation
Bill Gallagher
May 15, 2019
Culture building
9
Long-term planning
6
Management
5
- 87% expect disruption; only 44% believe their company is doing enough
- Employees who aren't given skill development are 15x more likely to leave
- Best digital companies focus on culture and learning, not technology
Defining winning for every new hire
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
May 10, 2019
- Top candidates reject offers when they can't picture winning
- Define success in concrete numbers, not vague expectations
- Start with revenue-generating employees, spend three minutes each
Encouragement as compensation: how to motivate employees beyond pay
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
May 7, 2019
Management
9
Culture building
7
- Encouragement is a formal part of compensation, not a bonus.
- Track who you encourage — gaps in recognition silently hurt morale.
- Public praise in front of peers has outsized motivational impact.
How to get outside perspective through CEO peer groups
Bill Gallagher
May 1, 2019
Management
8
Long-term planning
6
Identity & self-belief
5
- Diverse-industry peer groups outperform same-sector ones every time.
- Peers spot value-contradicting decisions your employees never will.
- Outside perspective turns slow pivots into fast, rewarded commitments.
Verne Harnish on building a learning culture to outpace competitors
Bill Gallagher
April 17, 2019
Culture building
8
Business operating systems
6
Management
5
- Learning is now the primary competitive weapon, not cheap labour
- Sending your team to learn — not just yourself — drives implementation
- A 40% discretionary effort gap exists; tapping it beats hiring more people
One Sure-Fire Way to Boost Team Focus at Work
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
April 10, 2019
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
- Unproductive thinking silently drains revenue and compounds opportunity cost.
- Weekly 'Big Three' goals submitted to a manager align team focus fast.
- Manager feedback on every submission is what makes the system work.
How to scale a company by mastering the second-in-command role
Cameron Herold
April 4, 2019
Management
9
Case studies
7
Vision & mission
5
- Entrepreneur traits and bipolar disorder share the exact same clinical criteria
- 1-800-GOT-Junk grew 17,000% with no debt, no equity — here's how
- The COO's job: absorb the negative, give the CEO all the credit
Building a values-based business through strengths and manager development
Bill Gallagher
February 27, 2019
Culture building
9
Management
8
Hiring & recruitment
5
- Only 2% of companies formally train managers to engage employees
- Managers define culture in practice — 75% of exits are their fault
- Strengths-based role design can flip engagement from 35% to 70%
COO Alliance: the value of peer learning for operations leaders
Cameron Herold
February 27, 2019
- True peers — not experts — give operators an unfair advantage
- Even the group's founder takes pages of notes at each event
- Mutual help is the core mechanic: members both give and receive
Are entrepreneurs born or bred? Leadership traits and how to develop them
Cameron Herold
February 20, 2019
Management
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Core leadership traits are innate, but emotional intelligence is always learned
- With franchisees, you must sell, not tell — accountability tools don't apply
- Four years apprenticing at great companies beats college for founders
What symphony conductors teach business leaders about listening
Bill Gallagher
December 12, 2018
Management
9
Culture building
7
- Over-directing your team kills initiative — and you can hear it happen
- A workforce can often self-organise; the leader's job is elevation, not control
- Discoveries people make themselves stick far longer than what they're told
How to lead an Enneagram Type 5 at work
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
November 26, 2018
- Fives trade social energy like currency — every interaction costs them.
- Autonomy and freedom motivate them far more than money or status.
- Never surprise a Five with a spontaneous presentation or unscheduled meeting.
Leading Enneagram Type 6: Practical do's and don'ts for managers
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
November 26, 2018
Management
9
Communication
7
- A Six's endless questions are risk assessment, not insubordination.
- Win their trust once and you gain your most loyal team member.
- Every Seven and Eight leader needs a Six to catch what they miss.
How to lead and work with Enneagram Type 1 perfectionists
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
November 26, 2018
Management
8
Communication
6
- Type 1s never go to prison — their ethics are that hardwired
- Ask 'how can we improve this?' and watch a One light up
- Perfectionism causes procrastination — set done thresholds or they'll stall