Many task oriented CEOs claim success through their focus on task completion. They make employees accountable. They then micro manage to ensure they are on top of everything. This works in smaller companies where each member of the team is accountable to the 'boss'.
Blog Archive | 2015
Improve your team's performance by following Joe Schmidt's example
Posted on September 18, 2015 by Paul O'Dea
Helping growing companies, like teenagers, move from confusion to clarity
Posted on July 07, 2015 by Paul O'Dea
Growing companies take on new momentum when there is a growth spurt. The founders hire more expertise. New titles emerge. Loyal senior staff are unsure of the impact on their role. The founders don't fully explain the rationale for the changes. Responsibilities get muddied. The pecking order changes. Too many people are at meetings. Chaos ensues.
Leadership-Too much direction and not enough flow
Posted on June 23, 2015 by Clare Gallagher
Some teams are winners. Others never quite make it. Pundits debate the reasons endlessly. For me, the main factor is leadership style.
Transform growth by celebrating the right stuff
Posted on June 09, 2015 by Emer O'Donnell
We’ve written lots about how building the right metrics into your business can help transform growth. It makes sense – focus on the right metrics or KPIs and good stuff happens. But when the good stuff happens how do we choose what to celebrate?
Why decision making in good times is harder than in bad?
Posted on May 27, 2015 by Paul O'Dea
It's ironic. We all welcome better times. Yet the CEO's job becomes trickier than in tough times.
Why asking for referrals really works
Posted on May 07, 2015 by Clare Gallagher
In one of our publications, Three Steps to More Referrals, we discuss the fact that most clients who receive great service are happy to recommend you – yet industry figures suggest that only 20% actually do.
How 'Power of 10' helped SalesForce transform growth
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paul O'Dea
Transforming business growthMany CEO's have to operate in a split personality mode, like Dr Jekyll and My Hyde when it comes to business growth. Most of the time they are in an operational or ‘in the business’ mindset and only occasionally do they actually take time out to focus ‘on the business’.
Is your company fit to transform business growth?
Posted on February 06, 2015 by Paul O'Dea
Many CEOs did a stellar job in leading their companies through the last recession. They made tough decisions. They dieted and trimmed the fat out of the cost line. As a result, they are fitter, healthier and have cash reserves.
