Author: The Strategic Coach Team
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The 4 Performance Capabilities
Talent and personality certainly count when building your team, but the people who will really thrive in an entrepreneurial business are the ones with these four qualities: alert, curious, responsive, resourceful. Illustration by Hamish MacDonald.
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Who’s At Coach: Jill Wilcox
My name is: Jill Wilcox My company is: Jill’s Table, offering kitchenwares, tablewares, specialty foods, cooking classes, gift baskets, and culinary tours. Freelance food writer for Sun Media (Free Press for 32 years). I was born in: London, Ontario. I currently live in: London, Ontario. My first job was: a popcorn maker at Delaware Speedway for Parnell Foods. My…
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5 Leadership Books Recommended By Coach Gary Mottershead
Leadership Charisma by Bud Haney & Jim Sirbasku with Deiric McCann. Delivering Happiness: A Path To Profits, Passion And Purpose by Tony Hsieh. Built To Sell: Creating A Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann. Brand:…
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The Team Success Handbook
We’ve featured several blog posts by Shannon Waller, our entrepreneurial team expert. She’s now written a book called The Team Success Handbook that shares the insights and wisdom she’s gained from coaching team members of entrepreneurial companies for nearly 20 years. Here’s her introduction to the book: Introduction In 1995, I started coaching the team…
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The Laws of Lifetime Growth
At Strategic Coach, we talk a lot about growth, and it’s a theme you’ll see recurring through all our media aimed at entrepreneurs and others. Why? Why this imperative to grow? Sure, the market benefits when entrepreneurs extend themselves, but growth is important at a personal level too. Growth is simply the best way to…
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Scarcity vs. Abundance
There are two predominant mindsets in the world competing for your attention: scarcity and abundance. Scarcity leaves you feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and paralyzed; abundance makes you feel excited, motivated, and ready for action. Here’s how to recognize each of these mindsets, so you can choose abundance—the worldview that enables entrepreneurs to make the biggest difference.…
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Permission To “Slap The Boss”
We talk a lot about Free Days — time you spend completely away from work so you can live your life and come back to work refreshed and rejuvenated. But another key part of The Entrepreneurial Time System is the Focus Day, a day in which you concentrate on your most promising ideas, opportunities, and…
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Delegation Do’s And Don’ts
Delegation is a great way to multiply your capabilities, so here are our top do’s and don’ts for sharing responsibilities with your team. Illustration by Hamish MacDonald.
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Shannon Waller’s Recommended Reading List 2013
Our teamwork expert, Shannon Waller, is also one of the most voracious readers we’ve ever met! Here are her top 10 book recommendations, full of strategies for giving everyone in your organization a personally meaningful reason to show up fully at work and achieving great things while they’re there — for you and for themselves. Peak:…
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10x Is Easier Than 2x
Dan Sullivan’s advice for entrepreneurs is to aim for a 10x bigger future. When you set your sights on the goal of a 10x bigger future, something immediately happens to: your thinking your innovation your decision-making your communication your action Incremental goals like 2x, he says, simply don’t engage people the same way intellectually or…