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Letter to a Frustrated Founder (and the people surviving them) action advice clarity confidence culture design destination ethos growth leadership mindset people strategy struggle team Sep 27, 2023

The ideas explored in this article give you a glimpse at my upcoming book, Renegades: Break Rules, Find Freedom (A Book for Founders).

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107 Of 261: Question For You... 261 advice design destination question Dec 22, 2022

 

I have one more question for you that stems from yesterday's reminder about Jim Collins' Hedgehog Concept.

Imagine you're creating a Hedgehog...

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106 Of 261: Why So Many Companies Stay Average 261 design lesson planning roadmap Dec 22, 2022

 

A few days back I shared the S2 Road Map with you—my one-page business plan. Today I want to give you one piece of that plan...

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98 Of 261: Your One-Page Plan For Your Business 261 action advice design lesson planning roadmap Dec 22, 2022


Ask around, I hate long, tedious, overly descriptive plans and processes. 

I swear, TL;DR was invented for me.

Especially when it comes to...

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Building Objectives That Get Results design Aug 30, 2022

 

 

“We tend to overestimate what can be done in the near future and grossly underestimate what can be done in the distant...

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Easy Blueprint to the Best Operator for Your Business design Jul 26, 2022

Often at the start of a business, the Visionary is the big-picture thinker AND the person managing the day-to-day. But as the business matures, the...

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4-Steps to Role Clarity for Your Team design Jun 23, 2022

You ever thought to yourself about a team member, "You have ONE. JOB. How are we missing this?"

Or, "How do they not see that what they do...

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Where Are We? The 4 Stages of Business Evolution cadence design May 17, 2022

 

“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”  - W. Edwards Deming

 

Often we work with teams...

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S2 Sync: Gain Clarity and Control for your Business cadence design destination ethos people score Oct 15, 2021

Leaders need to be able to manage the day-to-day operations within their organizations. They also need to see the big picture and be able to stay...

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Designing the future of your organization design Sep 10, 2021

As entrepreneurs and creators we get to design the future of our companies. That’s pretty freaking cool, right?

So let’s talk about...

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Brand positioning strategy: What makes you the “only?” design Sep 06, 2021

If we asked you today, what makes you different? What would you say? You’d probably have a few things to say about what makes you stand out...

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