The Agile Scaleup

Mark Cuban Event; 5 Bottlenecks; Female Founders; Kenya Entrepreneurs

"...insights for scaleups"

HEADLINES:

Mark Cuban Event (stay for Maverick's game) -- the iconoclast entrepreneur, Shark Tank judge, sports team owner, and author of How to Win at the Sport of Business (excellent and quick read) just confirmed he'll be the closing Wednesday keynote for our Growth Summit Oct 20 - 21 in Dallas. Then plan to stay for the game Wed. evening Oct 21 (tickets included in registration) - important details below so you can make additional flight and hotel arrangements.

5 Industry Bottlenecks to Break -- in one of the most insightful HBR articles written in 2016, five general industry bottlenecks (constraints) are detailed along with specific examples of companies like Bonobos that have changed the game in their industry. This article provides some additional thought tools and important questions for finding the X Factor - that 10 - 100x advantage over the competition outlined in Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0). The 5 bottlenecks:

1. An outdated customer experience
2. Superfluous expense categories
3. Customer-borne risk
4. Disengaged employees
5. Negative externalities

Key Questions -- I realize this list is tough to comprehend without the examples, so take 3 minutes to scan the HBR article which includes a chart listing a set of key questions for each bottleneck. Then discuss this important article during your next several "council" meetings. All you have to do is identify and "change the game" in ONE of these areas. FYI, you'll recognize two of the authors - Barrett Ersek, founder of Holganix and a regular Growth Summit attendee; and John Mullins, serial entrepreneur and author of several of my favorite biz books including The Customer Funded Business which I named one of the best biz books of 2014. He's keynoting the upcoming Growth Summit along with Mark Cuban.

Female Founders Outperform -- well-known Silicon Valley VC firm, First Round Capital, analyzed their investment performance over the past ten years (300 investments and 600 founders) and found that female founders outperformed their male counterparts by 63% in terms of value creation. A multi-channel approach to finding investments (vs. just referrals) and how a founder with technical skills actually caused underperformance in tech-based consumer firms, were two surprising findings of the nine in total. Take 1 minute to scan this Fortune article which includes a link to the entire report.

Stay Wednesday Evening for the Game -- The Growth Summit attendees will head over to the American Airlines arena where Maverick's owner Mark Cuban will address our audience from 4pm - 5:30pm on Wed Oct 21: then we have a fun evening planned at the House of Blues across the street; followed by tickets to the 7:30pm preseason game between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns (best seats for those that register the earliest for the Growth Summit) - all included in your Growth Summit registration. It's another reason to stay over Wednesday evening and participate in our first Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) User Conference. Be sure to book your extra room night at the Gaylord.

Gazelles Case Study Kenya - Women Sharing Wisdom Institute -- "I wanted to share with you the work we are doing in Nairobi," notes Kirsti Tcherkoyan, Gazelles Coaching Partner and founder of Options4Growth. "Olivia Herriford and I, together with two women in Kenya, have formed a non-profit called the Women Sharing Wisdom Institute. We have provided training based on the One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP) to over 150 young business entrepreneurs in Kenya.

Last week when I was meeting with a group of business owners, who range from hawkers and salon owners to caterers, 80% of the graduates from the program now keep accounting records of their earnings as a part of their KPI's. We have found that when we start the program, only 5% are keeping those records. We have nearly 95% of our graduates put together an OPSP and who have seen an improvement in their business since they have implemented it.

In August, we will be launching the same program in the Bay View Hunters Point area just outside of San Francisco. I know this is only a drop in a huge pond. But the ripple effects are game-changing. And while the process is really more applicable to larger organizations, we are making a difference in the lives of business owners in a profound way. I've attached a picture from one of the sessions last week."

Thank you, Kirsti, for all you're doing to help these women entrepreneurs.

TECHNOLOGY:

Align Software is Automatic Accountability for all your business priorities. Know where your business stands in real time and create urgency for the important. Scale Up your Rockefeller Habits implementation with www.alignwithgazelles.com - on your computer and on your phone.

Better Book Club -- What's your team reading? Increase your books read per team member. Easy, Proven, and in the Cloud at http://www.BetterBookClub.com.

COACHING:

Interested in selecting a coach to help your company Scale Up? Check out this video explaining the "4+1 Rule of Thumb" for choosing the right coach.

6 Blunders; Global 500; #1 Skill; 1st Scaling Up User Conference

"...insights for scaleups"

HEADLINES:

Global 500 -- the latest Fortune list of the top companies around the world is out today. Fun facts below (I think it's important for biz leaders to know stuff about the world of biz), but first...

First Scaling Up User Conference -- Oct 22, the day following the Growth Summit in Dallas, will be the first Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) user conference. Join 240 Rockefeller Habits 2.0 users in a day-long spirit of "how to" interaction and collaboration. Learn from some of the best companies utilizing our various one-page tools, techniques, and technologies to scale-up their businesses. Our promise? More practical ideas per minute than any other executive education event you'll attend (or your money back!). Limited to 240 attendees (room size limitations) -- for more info click here.

Six Leadership Blunders (2 minute video) -- Adam Grant (author of Give and Take), in his interview with Jack and Susy Welch, uncovers six big mistakes leaders make - and backs up each with research, which is what I love about Adam's work at Wharton. More importantly, there is a 2 minute video where Adam asks Neutron Jack about the "generosity gene" and Jack's response is brilliant - I think he nails what makes a successful leader. Here are the six blunders:

1. They don't invest in developing their people.
2. They reward people who have great results but bad behavior.
3. They don't provide meaning.
4. They don't let people know where they stand.
5. They only hire from elite schools.
6. They don't give people the confidence to try new things.

Take 1 minute to scan through the details and research, especially for #5 (probably because I'm not from an elite school ?), then take 2 minutes to watch the video embedded in the interview - really worth the time.

How Can Humans Compete with Robots? -- in short, in "interaction jobs." This detailed Fortune cover story (adapted from Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin, to be published on Aug. 4) confronts the challenge that technology is taking away a lot of jobs. Yet, while there are 3.4 million less transaction and production jobs; there are 4.8 million more "interaction jobs" - doctors, teachers, etc. Notes Fortune:

Ask employers which skills they'll need most in the next five to 10 years, as the Oxford Economics research firm did, and the answers that come back do not include business acumen, analysis, or P&L management--left-brain thinking skills that computers handle well. Instead, employers' top priorities include relationship building, teaming, co-creativity, brainstorming, cultural sensitivity, and ability to manage diverse employees--right-brain skills of social interaction...That's why Oracle group vice president Meg Bear says, "Empathy is the critical 21st-century skill."

What this means is that the skills you (and your children) need to succeed have changed dramatically - and calls into contention all this focus on STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering, and math. Instead:

It used to be that you had to be good at being machine-like. Now, increasingly, you have to be good at being a person. Great performance requires us to be intensely human beings. To put it another way: Being a great performer is becoming less about what you know and more about what you're like.

FYI, women are much better at these skill sets! This is a serious article that's going to take 7 minutes to scan - the Southwest Airlines and Cleveland Clinic stories toward the end are worth the read -- so one for the weekend, but important to you and your family.

Gazelles Case Study -- Paul Fraynd and Hugh Morton have been using the Rockefeller Habits and the One-Page Strategic Plan to both merge their firms and drive an expected doubling of revenue by 2018. Leaders of Omaha-based Sun Valley Landscaping, this Landscape Management magazine articledetails how they independently launched their separate businesses and then merged them into something providing more of a 100% solution (important move!) for clients needing landscaping services. To make sure the merger didn't destroy either company, the article notes:

To ensure they were on the same page as they rebranded, Morton and Fraynd turned to the one-page strategic plan concept from the book "Mastering the Rockefeller Habits" by Verne Harnish. Fraynd got the idea to use this tool from his brother, who had success with it in his job turning around public schools. "Most business books are theory or an idea to use, but this one, you can take it and boom," Fraynd says. "There's your strategic plan."

The article goes on to detail "The Sun Valley Way" and how they use core values and purpose (yes, landscaping firms can have a meaningful purpose which they share) to drive culture and performance. Quarterly themes also play an important role. And to celebrate 20 years in business, they launched Commit20 - encouraging their employees (and those of clients, suppliers, etc.) to donate 20 hours to a charity of their choice in 2015. Notes Director of Business Development Ashly Neneman:

I think the fact that when we meet people at networking events and tell them about Commit20, they're just blown away that a little landscaping company has come up with this idea and is getting its employees involved. So that's already a success to me.

Gathering of Games -- I'll be keynoting Jack Stack's 23rd annual "Gathering of Games" conference in St. Louis Sept 9 - 11. As many of you have noticed, I've been pushing Jack's frameworks a lot more as THE way to structure work in the 21st Century - like a game! What if people were as motivated to work as they are playing Candy Crush (ouch, that hurts) - but it's possible when you have the same four things that make games engaging present in your work environment. Their "early bird discount" has passed, but they are offering to insight readers a special code 'hurry!' Use in the Promotion Code box on the first page of the registration form, at www.openbookconference.com. Hope to see many of you there.

Global 500 -- Fortune released their annual list of the largest 500 firms on earth. Notes Alan Murray, editor of Fortune:

• While a U.S. company - Walmart ($486 billion; 2.2 million employees) - still tops the list, for the first time a Chinese company - Industrial & Commercial Bank of China - had the highest profits (Apple #2). There were a total of 98 Chinese companies on the list - up from only 19 ten years ago.
   
• Global 500 revenues totaled $31.2 trillion last year - triple the levels of two decades ago, when we started the list. And the companies employed 65.2 million people, up from 34.5 million two decades ago. Global 500 revenues as a share of the total world economy remain roughly unchanged at 40% compared to 37% two decades ago.
   
• Japan's presence continues to shrink on the Global 500, with only 54 companies. In 1995, Japan had 149 companies on the list.
   
• The U.S. had 128 companies on the list this year, down from a peak of 197 companies in 2002.
   
• Banks (55), petroleum refiners (38) and automakers/parts suppliers (34) are the three industries with the most companies on the list.

The Global 500 set a new record for revenues; but profits were down 15%, mainly due to crude oil prices. Here's a link to the list - worth 10 seconds to scan down through the Top 10 - fun facts for your next biz meeting.

EDUCATION:

Growth Summit Presented by FORTUNE
Dallas, TX - Oct 20-21, 2015

Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) User Conference
Dallas, TX - Oct 22, 2015

Scaling Up Business Growth Workshops 2015

Have Big Plans to Execute in 2015? Learn how to use the proven Rockefeller Habits 2.0 tools and strategies to scale up smarter.

Auckland - Sept 2, 2015
Brisbane - Sept 1, 2015
Melbourne - Sept 3, 2015
Sydney - Sept 4, 2015 
Los Angeles, CA - September 29, 2015
Toronto, ON - September 29, 2015
Calgary, AB - September 29, 2015
Paramaribo, Suriname - September 29, 2015
Oklahoma City, OK - October 1, 2015
Nashville, TN - October 6, 2015
Seattle, WA - October 8, 2015
Richmond, VA - October 29, 2015
Las Vegas, NV - November 3, 2015
Waukesha, WI - November 3, 2015
Surrey, BC - November 3, 2015
Portland, OR - November 5, 2015
Washington, DC - November 4, 2015
Montreal, QB - November 4, 2015
Philadelphia, PA - November 10, 2015
Cedar Rapids, IA - November 11, 2015
Norton, MA - November 11, 2015
Austin, TX - November 12, 2015
Memphis, TN - November 12, 2015
Indianapolis, IN - November 19, 2015
Dallas, TX - December 2, 2015
San Diego, CA - December 15, 2015

COACHING:

Interested in selecting a coach to help your company Scale Up? Check out this video explaining the "4+1 Rule of Thumb" for choosing the right coach.

TECHNOLOGY:

Align Software puts everyone on the Same Page - Literally! See, in real time every person in your organization and how they are progress on their priorities - alongside how these Align to the Company Priorities! Scale Up your Rockefeller Habits implementation with www.alignwithgazelles.com - on your computer and on your phone.

Better Book Club -- What's your team reading? Increase your books read per team member. Easy, Proven, and in the Cloud at http://www.BetterBookClub.com.

Leadership Hacking; Airbnb CEO Sunday routine; Cool/Not Cool; City Bin Quarterly Theme

"...insights for scaleups" 

HEADLINES: (Two brilliant pieces)

City Bin's Latest Quarterly Theme -- do you have a theme for the second half of 2015? Gene Browne and his team continue to brilliantly use quarterly themes to align everyone around addressing a key constraint to scaling up their Galway, Ireland-based waste collection firm. Their last theme titled "The Price is Right" drove them to focus on pricing strategies (all of us should spend more time on this) which resulted in an increase in their monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) by 7%. "We're very happy considering the price sensitivity in the general economy," notes Browne. Their latest theme, along with a link to visuals, is noted below.

Leadership Hacking -- in a brilliant (there's that word again) and in-depth Fortune article titled "The Education of Airbnb's (CEO) Brian Chesky" the subtitle captures the essence of this piece - "How the home-sharing site's co-founder hacked leadership and taught himself to be a world-class CEO." Take 13 minutes - now or this weekend - and study this article. Take 60 seconds right now and read the opening two paragraphs where he describes the only two jobs of a CEO.

Seeking Massive Advice -- Like Zuckerberg, Chesky has embarked on a calculated process of seeking the advice from as many leaders as possible, including some who would surprise you. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the article list many of these people (take 10 seconds to look at it). As Sherry Coutu noted in her massive Scale-Up Report to the UK government, its leadership development that is one of the top two requirements for growing a business. This is especially true for a leader running a $24 billion-valued firm with "roughly 2,000 employees operating out of 21 offices worldwide, and offers its service in 34,000 cities." His primary book source has been former Intel CEO Andy Grove's High Output Management.

Synthesizing Divergent Ideas -- notes Leigh Gallagher, the brilliant Fortune interviewer/writer, "A key aspect of Chesky's sourcing (of management) theory is what he calls 'synthesizing divergent ideas' -- basically, going to unexpected sources for insight. To learn how to become an elite recruiter, for example, Chesky might skip talking to an HR exec and instead seek out a sports agent, whose business lives and dies by attracting talent." And Chesky has initiated a new routine:
 

Communicating the various pieces of wisdom he picks up as he learns them is a key part of Chesky's management style. Earlier this year he started a "Sunday night series," a weekly all-company email summarizing a principle or lesson he'd learned. A recent three-part series focused on - fittingly - how to learn.

 

Brand Promise Guarantee -- how Chesky handled a big crisis in the company, involving a customer's home being robbed and ransacked, is another lesson in leadership. Discussions on how to respond dragged on for weeks. Finally, Chesky hit a dark moment and realized he needed to manage to principle, not outcome, and apology, even if it meant hurting the company. Quoting from the article:
 

"Over the last four weeks, we have really screwed things up," he wrote. He not only said he was sorry but also announced that the company would be implementing a $50,000 guarantee. "All of this was against advice," Chesky says. "People were like, 'We need to discuss this, we need to do testing,' and I said, 'No, we're doing this.' " He did have a key assist from one major source. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and an investor in Airbnb, added a zero to the amount of the guarantee, which Chesky had first set at $5,000.

Brian's Rules -- and this brilliant list from the article:

BRIAN'S RULES
Chesky has absorbed management lessons from the pros, but he has also developed his own leadership principles.

1. GO TO THE SOURCE
If you have a limited amount of time to learn something, spend most of your available time identifying the best source on the topic - then go to that person: "If you pick the right source, you can fast-forward."

2. AMPLIFY YOUR MOVES
Devote your energy to actions that have the greatest impact. "It's like chess." Chesky says. A few key moves.

3. DON'T LEAD BY CONSENSUS IN A CRISIS
"Usually in a crisis you have to go left or right, and everyone wants to go middle. And middle is the storm."

4. REFILL THE RESERVOIR
The best CEOs take inspiration from their outside lives. "If you stop going to fairs, concerts, and bars, and you're just working, you lose touch with all that. You have to refill the reservoir."
 

Again, take time to read this article - quicker than half a book (Zuckerberg's weekly quota). And as Chesky learned from Warren Buffett, a leader must take time to learn and think deeply - this article will help you do just that!

Cool/Not Cool -- Taking a page from Towne Park's "Daily Basics" (from Scaling Up) "Cool/Not Cool" is City Bin's latest quarterly theme. There are 31 behaviours - one for each day of the month - 16 Cool and 15 Not Cool - that are intended to drive up City Bin's Net Promoter Score (NPS). The relevant behaviour is highlighted during each daily huddle and a daily email is sent to each staff member highlighting that day's Cool, Not Cool message. Here's a link to the brilliant visuals Browne's team created to represent each behavior. It's all about having a handful of rules and then repeating yourself a lot. It's also about behavior change, NOT culture change (no such thing). Note's Browne:
 

The theme is going down very well. The biggest difference I see now is that it'' much easier to have that 'awkward' conversation with a colleague. All you have to say is 'Not Cool' and the message is understood.

Be (and stay) cool this summer in the north. Hello snow in Australia!

TECHNOLOGY:

Align Software puts everyone on the Same Page - Literally! See, in real time every person in your organization and how they are progress on their priorities - alongside how these Align to the Company Priorities! Scale Up your Rockefeller Habits implementation with www.alignwithgazelles.com - on your computer and on your phone.

Better Book Club -- What's your team reading? Increase your books read per team member. Easy, Proven, and in the Cloud at http://www.BetterBookClub.com.

COACHING:

Interested in selecting a coach to help your company Scale Up? Check out this video explaining the "4+1 Rule of Thumb" for choosing the right coach.

Foreign Partners?; China Facts; Biggest Robot Market; Chrissy Nardini Case; Fortune Stories Needed

"...insights for scaleups"

HEADLINES:

Stories Needed -- do you have experience, good or bad, with business partners in other countries? How do you vet potential partners? Please share. More below, just first...

Uplifting Service -- Ron Kaufman is the reason Singapore Air, Raffles Hotels, and Changi Airport (Singapore) are continuously rated #1 in customer service. Kaufman, author of Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet, has the #1 firm in the world training organizations (and their people) the art of outstanding service. FYI, he's the best trainer/keynoter I've ever seen - so precise, engaging, and informative - not to be missed when it comes to this critical organizational capability, especially when service is often your main competitive advantage! His book is being sent to GPro and book club members - and he'll be keynoting our Growth Summit in Dallas Oct 20 - 21.

China Facts -- Gordon Orr, who opened the first McKinsey office in China in 1993 and is Chairman of McKinsey Asia, keynoted EO's Unlimited event in Berlin last week. Some fun facts he shared about China, since their stock market is in the news:

• For 2000 years China represented roughly 20% of global GDP; they are just trying to get back to that position, at 16.71% in 2014
• 1993 China's GDP was 6% of US; in 2014 it represented 60%
• There is a crisis of confidence, particularly in the quality of Chinese food/products (and stock market?). This is why brands are doing so well in China. So you have a respected brand?
• China had one billionaire in 2000; it has 321 in 2015
• Of its 7.4% GDP growth; 3.8% came from consumption. Very little is the result of increased exports.
• Last year there were 100 million Chinese tourists - this represents a huge opportunity.
• Key to accessing talent in China - hire from Universities and then train them to work in your firm.

And China is seeing a massive outflow of money as it buys up and joint ventures with everyone they can. Three of the companies in which I have investments all have significant financial and distribution opportunities with Chinese firms. Opportunities for you?

Biggest Market for Robots? -- since 2013, China has been the biggest market for robots and by next year is expected to have more robots installed than any other country. However, it's "robot density" stands at just 30 per 10,000 industrial jobs, as reported by this excellent Fortune article. In comparison, South Korea has 437 (15 times China); while Japan sits at 11 times China; Germany at 10; and the US at 3. What are you doing to utilize technology to drive up your productivity? FYI, Gordon Orr mentioned that China struggles with having enough high quality jobs for its graduates, as does the rest of the world. Seems the robots are getting all the good jobs! The article is worth 2 minutes to read.

Scaling Up Case Study -- Chrissy Nardini, president of American Metals Supply ($56 million in revenue), has used the principles in Scaling Up with quick success. She achieved revenue growth in the first quarter that was more than 15% higher than in the same quarter last year, after attending a workshop YPO arranged in New Orleans in December 2014. Find out how she pulled it off using the daily huddle -- which they call the "daily hug" -- and other tools from Rockefeller Habits 2.0 in my recent article for Distribution Center magazine. Notes Nardini, "It (Scaling Up) really is a way to get our employees engaged, get everyone on the same page and define more clearly the thoughts that roll around in your head."

Foreign Partner Experience? -- For my next Fortune column, I am looking at how to select a business partner from another country. Many companies look to team up with a local firm when entering a new market, but they don't always know how to vet potential partners. How have you made sure your cross-border partners are the right ones and gotten them off to a strong start? Have you learned from any disasters in selecting a partner in another country? Please include the name of your company, what it does, the city where it is based, your annual revenue (Fortune requires this) and your number of employees. Please email me directly at [email protected]. Thank you.

TECHNOLOGY:

Align Software puts everyone on the Same Page - Literally! See, in real time every person in your organization and how they are progress on their priorities - alongside how these Align to the Company Priorities! Scale Up your Rockefeller Habits implementation with www.alignwithgazelles.com - on your computer and on your phone.

Better Book Club -- What's your team reading? Increase your books read per team member. Easy, Proven, and in the Cloud at http://www.BetterBookClub.com.

COACHING:

Interested in selecting a coach to help your company Scale Up? Check out this video explaining the "4+1 Rule of Thumb" for choosing the right coach.

5 Marketing Trends; Zuckerberg’s Q&A; Automate 175 Tasks; July 8 Bob Bloom

"...insights for scaleups"

HEADLINES:

Free Course with Bob Bloom July 8 -- Southwest Airlines was birthed in his office; he went on to lead one of the largest ad agencies in the world. More info below, but first...

Automate 175 Everyday Biz and Life Tasks -- I spent a week with Ari Meisel, author of Less Doing, More Living, and witnessed how unbelievably productive he is. Now he's teaching all of us his tricks. More info below, but second...

5 Ways to Turn Precision into Profits -- my latest Fortune Venture column is online (and on the newsstands) and discusses five new trends in marketing prowess:

1. Use dynamic pricing - Amazon and Uber price real time based on demand - shouldn't you?
2. Try "MASK" marketing - much more powerful than mass marketing
3. Map it - better to see your marketing data visually
4. Craft precise pitches - Tom Sant is the guru here
5. Hottest new skill - have these people on your team or get crushed (read the column to find out!)

Take 1 minute to read through the five short tips online. Then discuss at your next weekly marketing meeting.

Mark Zuckerberg Answers Questions -- Tuesday Mark hosted another of his regular Q&A sessions with Facebook users (what's your routine for connecting directly with customers - a key marketing habit?). "His $1 salary, definition of happiness, fitness plan..." were some of the many topics he addressed. Questioners included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington, and physicist Stephen Hawking. It's worth 2 minutes to scan down through his answers and see how he handles questions like this.

1000 Home Visits -- taking a page from Intuit (creator of accounting software QuickBooks and Quicken), this recent USA Today article on IKEA notes:

To send the company back on a growth track, Ikea has plans to make 1,000 house calls a year at customers' homes, poking through their cabinets, observing how their kids play and determining the biggest headaches people encounter when running their households.

Nothing works better, from a marketing standpoint (making decisions about product, price, place, and promotion) than observing customers in their own environment. Thanks to Gazelles Certified Coach David Baney for pointing me to this article.

Backwards Bicycle -- lots of lessons in this "Backwards Brain Bicycle" video when people try to ride a bicycle re-engineered to turn left when you turn right - it just can't be done without six months of rewiring! It's amazing the ruts we get in and how are brain get quickly hardwired a certain way. Notes Steve Hall, founder of DriversSelect.com who sent me the link:

I found this video to not only be really funny but it sends such a great message in that "whether we think we know it or not we are looking at the world all the time with a bias and perceiving it as reality."

So be careful when you observe customers - and get lots of people in your company to do it to average out the biases.

Steve Jobs Movie Trailer -- due in theatres Oct 9, here's a link to the just released 2.5 minute trailer.

Automate 175 Tasks -- July 13 Ari launches his next Less Doing Bootcamp - online each week for an hour and all archived. We've signed up one of our team at Gazelles to participate (yes, we paid the $2k like everyone else) with a goal to automate 25 tasks each quarter for the next four quarters - so 100 little tasks that are eating up minutes and hours of our time but professionally and personally. Great for the person in your company that is the organizer - choose someone and have them start the process. Just one of Ari's ideas has already saved me almost 30 minutes/week - I'll detail more as we implement.

July 8th Course Viewing -- marketing genius and WPOer Bob Bloom, author of The Inside Advantage: The Strategy that Unlocks the Hidden Growth in Your Business, has discovered that every enterprise has at least one strategic asset --one existing strength-- that can form the foundation for future growth. He calls this an Inside Advantage. This strength usually lies unrecognized in an activity the business is currently performing or in a concept or an idea that the business already owns. Finding this hidden potential and becoming well known for it will grow the business. Register Here for a FREE Course Viewing of The Common Sense of Business Growth by Bob Bloom on July 8th. Register now to SAVE $99. Length: 75 Minutes. Language: English.

COACHING:

Interested in selecting a coach to help your company Scale Up? Check out this video explaining the "4+1 Rule of Thumb" for choosing the right coach.

TECHNOLOGY: Align Software puts everyone on the Same Page - Literally! See, in real time every person in your organization and how they are progress on their priorities - alongside how these Align to the Company Priorities! Scale Up your Rockefeller Habits implementation with www.alignwithgazelles.com - on your computer and on your phone.