Accelerate Your Business Growth

Unlocking the CEO Mindset

08.24.2023 - By Diane HelbigPlay

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Welcome back to "Accelerate Your Business Growth"! In today's episode, we dive into the world of organizational development for business owners transitioning from entrepreneurs to CEOs. Our guest, Brett Gilliland, is here to share his expertise on the crucial topic of building the right team and establishing a meeting rhythm for success. Brett introduces the concept of a meeting rhythm that may initially seem overwhelming but is essential for balancing day-to-day operations with strategic planning. We'll learn about the different components of this rhythm and how consistently implementing it leads to progress and improved collaboration within your team. Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Let's dive in with Brett Gilliland on how to shift from being a "super doer" to a capable business-building CEO. Stay tuned!

Brett is the founder and CEO of Elite Entrepreneurs, a company that specializes in giving 7-figure business owners the knowledge, processes, and tools to grow to $10M and beyond. Prior to Elite, he spent a decade helping Infusionsoft grow from $7M to over $100M in revenue. Brett is an expert in organization development, leadership, and strategy.

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Extracting Oneself as a Key Puzzle Piece: "A key to moving forward is being able to organize the work in a way and building the team in a way that they can extract themselves from being a key, a key puzzle piece."

— Brett Gilliland 00:02:47

Transitioning from Entrepreneur to CEO: "So of all the hats that we wear as entrepreneurs, as we're making this transition from entrepreneur to CEO, we need to divest ourselves of all the hats, except for set the vision, build the team, Get the resources."

— Brett Gilliland 00:07:57

The Importance of Meeting Rhythm in Business: "A good meeting rhythm will not only help create the balance between those two things, but more importantly, initially, it will create time and space to be more future focused, more long term oriented and not just here and now day to day operationally focused."

— Brett Gilliland 00:16:24

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