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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team. “Errr, well, no, but …” The conversation after that “but” is at the heart of teaching your team how to think and act like an entrepreneur. Be sure your town hall meetings talk more than EBITDA, with a clear message of “What I need from ya.”

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All-Hands Meeting: How to Ensure Yours is Amazing and Worth the Investment

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s the ROI that comes from curated conversations and spontaneous interactions, those electric moments of innovation that happen when your team is in the same room. A side conversation can lead to the next big idea or micro-innovation, and a shared laugh can forge a bond stronger than any Slack thread.

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Leadership Communication: How Do I Get Everyone On the Same Page?

Let's Grow Leaders

So if employees hear “EBITDA” from you or another leader, they understand “what I need from ya.” Establish a Courageous Culture of critical thinkers, problem solvers, and customer advocates in your organization with a Team Innovation Challenge or Executive Leadership Workshop.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy. times EBITDA (compared to average multiples of 15 at the time). SD : How can capabilities-driven strategy be applied to cutting costs? by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi. The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford. An innovator? From 2008 through 2013, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margins increased for 20 consecutive quarters, from 5% to 25%.

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Improve Your Ability to Learn

Harvard Business Review

The learning-agility “enablers” are: Innovating: This involves questioning the status quo and challenging long-held assumptions with the goal of discovering new and unique ways of doing things. Innovating requires new experiences, which provide perspective and a bigger knowledge base. Seek out new solutions.