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A President’s Journey of Success

7/28/2021

 
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If you were a CEO or business owner coming out of a severe industry downturn, or facing an eventual surge in demand, how would you invigorate your midsize company to truly take advantage of the opportunity?

Add to that, you’re in an industry where creating a sustainable competitive advantage is nearly impossible, because most anything you do can be copied.

In this Gravitas Impact Premium Coaches webinar, Andy Warren, former President of award-winning Maracay Homes in Phoenix, Arizona, shares his decade-long tenure of working through these challenges and building a top-performing company, focusing on culture, people, and clarity. 

Andy is joined by his Gravitas Impact Premium Coach, Keith Cupp, to share parallel insights into Maracay’s “not so secret, secrets of success”
How can you build a great culture in your company?
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To find out how to build a great culture to grow more easily, quickly and profitability, AND enjoy the ride, try our complimentary Agile Growth Checklist. This self-service questionnaire takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. You'll receive the checklist with your responses immediately. Within 24 hours, you'll receive a compiled report highlighting areas to improve. Complete section 1, 2 and 4 to check your culture processes. Or complete all 7 sections to find out how your company is doing in each of the 7 areas needed to produce more rapid, profitable and sustainable growth. This report is complementary and involves no obligation.
CHECK YOUR CULTURE - TRY THE CHECKLIST

Live Virtual Event with Adam Grant - July 27, 2021

7/21/2021

 
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In partnership with The Growth Faculty, we’re delighted to offer you discounted rates to The Critical Art of Rethinking with Adam Grant.
THE POWER OF WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ​
Let organisational psychologist and leading expert in motivation, Adam Grant, open your mind and challenge your notions of what builds resilience. 

Adam will present a 90-minute live, interactive virtual masterclass in a first for The Growth Faculty.


Learn to rethink, unlearn, interrogate ‘truths’ and embrace being wrong
to develop the cognitive skills needed to adapt to change and build resilience in the workplace. 


​Adam has been described as
a deeply engaging storyteller and a wildly entertaining speaker.  
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- DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE AND INTERACT WITH ADAM GRANT -

​Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 6pm in SK and 7pm in MB
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NON-MEMBER: $99 | OUR NETWORK: $79
*Prices quoted in USD. 
What don’t you know about your company?
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To discover your blindspots about your business to grow more easily, quickly and profitability, AND enjoy the ride, try our complimentary Agile Growth Checklist. This self-service questionnaire takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. You'll receive the checklist with your responses immediately. Within 24 hours, you'll receive a compiled report highlighting areas to improve. Find out how your company is doing in each of the 7 areas needed to produce more rapid, profitable and sustainable growth. This report is complementary and involves no obligation.

CHECK YOUR BLINDSPOTS - TRY THE CHECKLIST

book of the month: 12 - the elements of great managing

7/14/2021

 
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In last week’s blog, I shared a podcast highlighting how CEOs can develop their leadership team members into A-Players by looking in the mirror at their own management style.

The book, 12: The Elements of Great Managing, by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter, can help. 

It highlights twelve key management practices that have the greatest impact on employee engagement as shown by increases in several tangible business performance metrics.

The book is based on two decades of Gallup surveys, interviews, focus groups and statistical analysis.

12 is a breath of fresh air for business owners, leaders and managers overwhelmed by the wide variety of management models and books they’ve come across. It helps by highlighting what makes the biggest difference.

The 12 elements, written from the perspective of the employee, are:
  1. I know what is expected of me at work.
  2. I have the materials and equipment necessary to do my job.
  3. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day.
  4. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work.
  5. My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person.
  6. There is someone at work who encourages my development.
  7. At work, my opinions seem to count.
  8. The mission or purpose of my organization makes me feel my job is important.
  9. My associates or fellow employees are committed to doing quality work.
  10. I have a best friend at work.
  11. In the past six months, someone has talked to me about my progress.
  12. In the last year, I’ve had opportunities at work to learn and grow.

Note that 12 does not hone in on what specific management behaviors or organizational systems to change at a deeper level to strengthen those twelve elements. The twelve elements are those seen and experienced by employees. Less visible dynamics such as leadership team functioning, culture, authenticity and trust underlie them. 

Yet, I have found 12 to be a helpful tool for leaders and managers I work with.

Many management frameworks can either be too high level to be actionable or lose leaders in the weeds with rheams of behaviours and tactics while forgetting the impact leaders need to have on their people in the first place.

12, on the other hand, provides leaders with a relatively small set of clear, tangible practices enabling their people to develop and be more engaged. From there, leaders can clearly identify what they are doing that is helping or getting in the way.

By strengthening these 12 practices in yourself, you can also inspire your leadership team members to strengthen how they manage their people, creating a positive impact on employee engagement, productivity and results throughout your company.

Book: 280 pages. Audio book: 4 hours 15 minutes. Soundview book summary: 8 pages, 20 minute audio.

How can you manage your leadership team members more effectively?
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To find out how to manage your team members to grow more easily, quickly and profitability, AND enjoy the ride, try our complimentary Agile Growth Checklist. This self-service questionnaire takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. You'll receive the checklist with your responses immediately. Within 24 hours, you'll receive a compiled report highlighting areas to improve. Complete section 2 to check your people management processes. Or complete all 7 sections to find out how your company is doing in each of the 7 areas needed to produce more rapid, profitable and sustainable growth. This report is complementary and involves no obligation.



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CHECK YOUR MANAGEMENT - TRY THE CHECKLIST

Develop Ourselves to Develop Our Team

7/7/2021

 
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When members of our leadership team aren’t performing, it’s easy to jump to blame. But that gets us nowhere. Instead, we can ask ourselves “how am I contributing to the situation?”.

As the head of a company, our leadership has a huge impact on the people we lead. It can either support or stifle performance. So getting the most out of the leaders on our team requires us to first look in the mirror. 


Every CEO I’ve worked with has had to take this step at some point to see meaningful improvement in their team and company.


​In this Gravitas Impact Premium Coaches podcast, my colleague Graham Mitchell in Johannesburg, South Africa, shares two stories of CEOs who built A Player leadership teams by considering how their own leadership style was supporting or hindering their efforts.
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How can you develop more A-players on your leadership team?
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To find out how to develop more A-player leaders to grow more easily, quickly and profitability, AND enjoy the ride, try our complimentary Agile Growth Checklist. This self-service questionnaire takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. You'll receive the checklist with your responses immediately. Within 24 hours, you'll receive a compiled report highlighting areas to improve. Complete section 2 to check your talent processes. Or complete all 7 sections to find out how your company is doing in each of the 7 areas needed to produce more rapid, profitable and sustainable growth. This report is complementary and involves no obligation.
CHECK YOUR TALENT - TRY THE CHECKLIST

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