Are we listening (enough) to the feedbacks our actions generate? As a leader everything we do (and don’t do) creates feedback. Effective leaders listen. Do more of what goes well; and stop doing / do less of that goes badly. Are we listening (enough)? #ceo #scaleup #leadership #business
Uncovering our blind spots helps us work on them consciously. Blind spots may exist for (all of) us, in multiple forms – such as unconscious biases, confirmation bias, similarity bias, stereotyping and so on. It manifests in different ways – in our thinking, being and actions. The key issue with the blind spots is that …
Priority is a force multiplier. We tend to focus on our priorities; and the energy flows where the attention goes. The choices we make, the decisions we take, and the actions that follow, are a direct consequence of our priorities. If we have too many priorities, or when everything is a priority, then, nothing is …
The Top-5 enablers for successful business scale-ups, according to a study, are: Focus – clear positioning, alignment of internal resources to business purpose / goals Dynamism – being open, flexible, agile Preparation – on multiple fronts, areas, functions Growth-based thinking – empowering teams, people Excellence in execution #ceo #scaleup #business
What we focus on, expands. What we focus on is where our energy flows. What we focus on influences our decisions. Often good decisions arise out of focusing on the right areas, areas that are relevant, areas that really matter. And the bad ones result out of focusing on wrong areas, that are less relevant, …
Leadership plays a crucial role in Scaling-up a business. It involves enhancing one’s Leadership impact. It also involves consciously building and developing Leadership at multiple levels within the business. To Scale-up the business, we need to Scale-up the people operating it. Leaders could significantly enhance their Leadership impact, and nurture Leadership within the business, working …
Leaders who speak last in Team meets tend to have increased leadership impact. Leaders speaking last allows, encourages Team members to express their views, opinions and insights, uninfluenced by what the Leader thinks or what his / her opinion is. This facilitates generation of more ideas and thoughts. Leads more options to emerge. The key …
Simplifying inspires action; and Scaling up needs action. A lot of it. When we simplify, we are effective, more productive, less stressed, more efficient. And we save time. One of the ways in Simplifying is cutting things down to its essence – minimalizing – rooting out extra steps, and doing only what’s truly needed. This …
It’s the Emotional drive that fuels the Scaling-up process – though strategy, logic and the like are often over-rated. The Emotional urge one has towards the business, towards the purpose, powers the Emotional drive – for self and the Team. It’s the Emotional drive that helps one go beyond comfort zones, navigate the course despite …
Scaling-up businesses are on a recruiting mode. Always. ‘Active Recruiting Posture’, as Frank Slootman calls it. Scaling-up businesses need to plan and engage in their talent hunt not just to meet their current needs, but to feed their emerging needs in future, as the growth is significantly faster. Therefore the approach to talent and hiring …