Too often CEO's share their vision for their business without adequately explaining the Vision for the Industry first, and the role of the business second. This prevents dialogue about intentional strategic choices and limits the awareness of the essential strategic partnerships. CEOs need to explain the Vision "Outside-In"
One year on from my last commentary on the economic opportunities, I am saying the same thing. We all need to be wary of “green shoots” but we must seize opportunities, which means a very strategic, but agile, approach to business growth. With $17Tn of new money in the global system, continued inflationary pressure will remain, together with uncertainty of supply, shortage of quality employees a continued concern. There are some basic things every business leader must do to thrive in the new economy.
While we need to keep our sales process visible, the danger is we focus too much on OUR process. What have we forgotten? As much as we have a sales process, our prospective customers have their own journey.
With COVID this journey for many businesses is changing; it was already and COVID has just accelerated this. What that means is the human interaction is later in the journey and B2B marketing is even more critical
The End of broad based business support is in sight and 2021 looks like it will be a bumpy ride. A year of paradoxes. We will see strong economic growth; at the same time we will see significant business failures and restructuring.
Time to stop supporting all businesses and time to back the winners.
This articles describes what to really look for to identify winners.
What would it feel like, as a business leader, to be able to have conversations about your deepest felt objectives?
Over the past 16 years I have designed and led some 40 goals retreats. Every year I reflect and try to design the next one better. This article shares the main considerations and influences I consider when framing a group retreat.
The secret to Kokorazashi is not just about being mindful of the need to be grounded and reflective. It is not just about being disciplined and focused in taking action. The true secret is reconciling the two.
I define leadership flow as “Talking about the right things, at the right time, with the right people taking ownership”
Strategic Direction is made up of two elements; the Vision is driven by the Outside world and the Journey. The Journey is at the heart of Strategy. It is the CEO’s story
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Needing to feel comfortable with understanding financials?
While many Senior Executives profess to financial literacy, often they can feel uncomfortable in their dialogue with their colleagues. This session is designed to ensure Senior Executives are comfortable with the numbers and understand the key drivers of their business.
With the Goals for the year now set, it’s time to focus on our leadership impact.
In "The Champion’s Blueprint – Discovering Your Inner Coach," participants will embark on a journey to discover their inner coach, crucial for attracting, retaining, and coaching talent in today's unpredictable work environment. With a background as a high-performance tennis coach, representing Australia on twenty occasions, Emma Doyle brings a unique perspective to her coaching approach.
It’s Time for Action
Implementation of AI in increasing productivity of your core business processes. This workshop is designed to give you confidence to launch initiatives harnessing AI which will give you order of magnitude improvement in performance, reducing time, minimising the human involvement in repetitive tasks and focusing on added value.
Reinforcing your business goals with Trust, Loyalty, and Advocacy.
We are delighted to welcome top US Vistage Speaker Sean Flaherty who will share his Momentum Framework. This framework enables business leaders to harness and empower the Trust, Loyalty, and Advocacyof employees and customers to deliver on business objectives.
RealTime CEO aims to influence leadership behaviour to improve numerical results. It is a fresh perspective on ‘whole of business” leadership that enables the CEO to grasp a true understanding of the real position of their business, thereby allowing them to act in real time to challenge and improve their future.
Nick Setchell has won multiple awards in the TEC/Vistage community including International Speaker of the Year (Vistage) and Speaker of the year (Vistage Australia)
Its never been more important to restate who you really are.
Join Mark Puncher, the guru of Employer Branding, as he helps you craft truly Authentic Company Values. When done well, these values are a truly powerful tool to WIN with and through your people, delivering exceptional performance.
Now our goals retreats are done and dusted really excited about my speaker program for the beginning of the year. Have a read here and also look at the events pages.