According to Patrick Lencioni's book, The Advantage, organizations need to be two things: smart and healthy. Smart organizations make good decisions across their businesses. Healthy organizations, in contrast, rise to the top in terms of their interactions, collaboration and conversation. To create forward momentum, a company needs to be both smart and healthy. How does yours stack up? Join us to investigate this distinction and uncover six questions that will help you get traction for healthy growth.

Do you know what makes you stand out against your competition? Do you have a clear picture of your ideal customer? And maybe most importantly, do you know both who you should and who you should NOT be doing business with? If you're unclear about any of these issues—or if you want to shore up the strategies you already have—the Entrepreneurial Operating System will bring you new clarity. With this simple, four-step system, you'll create a laser-sharp focus for your sales and marketing efforts.

Every now and then, a business decision gets put off. Maybe there are good reasons behind it - and maybe not. We found ourselves in this position when it came to hiring a virtual assistant to help with our business. In this episode, we'll talk through the reasons behind the delay. We'll also show you what we learned to help you become a more effective delegator with a team who gives you the support you need to flourish as a leader.

In this episode, we'll tackle one of the most common questions about implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System: "Can we implement EOS ourselves?"

The short answer is yes. BUT, you may not want to after this episode. Listen in to discover the four questions you need to ask yourself to determine whether you should self-implement EOS or hire a professional implementer. If you decide to hire an implementer, we'll also show you what to look for to find the right match for your company.

There are business strategies that work for businesses of every size. However, there are some that are easier to implement in small, entrepreneurial organizations—and others that come easier to larger businesses. In this episode, we'll investigate six strategies and discuss who's got the edge when it comes to each: small businesses or big businesses. Whichever type of organization you run, you'll discover new strategies to help you get more from your business.

Discover the "how" behind accessing the full power of a high-performance team: how to set up your top performers to win consistently, how to focus their energy in the direction that makes the most impact on your organization and how to make it simple for them to repeat their successes over and over to give your business tremendous momentum. The three strategies you'll discover will help you create an organization that's set up for success, one that will help you achieve your vision at the highest level.

Hiring staff is not the same as building a team. Instead, if you want to build a high-performance team that achieves high-performance goals, you have to get serious about investing your time and energy into assembling your team. When you do it right, you'll end up with a healthy team who's primed to get more done, one who will become your greatest competitive advantage. We'll show you how to make it all happen in this episode of Growing Leaders, Growing Companies.

What separates the struggling companies from the strong ones—or the good ones from the great? It's not their issues. All companies have issues. Instead, it all comes down to how your organization deals with its issues.

We'll share the same methodology we use to help our clients solve their most pressing issues once and for all—and break through to the next level. We'll also show you how to avoid the mistake many organizations make, one that wastes valuable time and resources without moving the needl

Many executives aspire to be great leaders. However, being a great leader isn't enough. Your team members need more. They need you to be a great manager. When you can be a great leader and a great manager, you'll create a team who's inspired and engaged to turn your company's vision into reality. If you need to break through the ceiling and reach a new level of success, mastering these two roles will help you get there.

Imagine what it would be like to operate in an environment of complete accountability, one in which your team members accept responsibility for the Rocks they need to accomplish; your major initiatives make progress, quarter after quarter and your company grows consistently and breaks through the ceiling. It's all possible when you can be two things for your employees. We'll walk you through them in this episode of the Growing Leaders, Growing Companies podcast.