The book review for this week is Elevate by Robert Glazer
Robert Glazer is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of businesses including Acceleration Partners and Brand Cycle. One of his secrets to success is his passion for helping individuals and organizations build their capacity to continuously improve and outperform.
The book review for this week is Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova.
Bova has written a powerful book that describes the optimal paths to business growth in today’s marketplace. She backs up her theories with excellent case studies using relevant businesses and their current levels of success and/or failure.
My takeaways from this book are the ten paths to business growth shown in the list and diagram below and the knowledge that most of these paths are not stand alone. Most business growth comes from applying a number of these paths in a strategically informed sequence. In fact, context, combination, and sequence can be the key to success!
In order to grow in your ability as a business leader you must change. This is basically an empirical law . . . there are no exceptions to this!
GROWTH = CHANGE
Before you change, it is wise to understand that any change is accompanied with a certain level of disruption. This is also an empirical law. The amount of change you go through is directly proportional to the level of disruption you experience.
CHANGE ∝ DISRUPTION
And, with any disruption there is always discomfort! In fact, the level of disruption is proportional to the level of discomfort that you will feel.
DISRUPTION ∝ DISCOMFORT
This past year was a year full of transitions, amazing challenges, and stunning opportunities!
It was a year that saw many extremes including:
Some businesses experienced amazing growth (NVIDIA, Google, Apple, Amazon) while some saw their business shrink (Sears, Macys, GE). Others saw their market shift in an entirely new direction. Some took advantage of this shift and others were damaged by it!
This unprecedented rate of change and marketplace complexity can cause business leaders no end of sleepless nights and stressful days! However, this is where Thinking Business can help you thrive!
This is not my typical weekly blog post! I am looking for some very specific feedback from you.
Are there areas where you or your business need a little extra help to push through to the next level of success?
Most business leaders have an incredible drive to be successful and to make their business ventures successful. They are motivated to continually improve and grow as individuals and to transfer that growth and improvement to their business and their staff.
Not only do they want to provide for themselves and their family, they want to build a thriving and growing business that offers a solid career for their staff and makes an impact in their communities and in the world.
However, there are times where leaders hit a wall or get stumped by problems that limit their business success. I have been a business executive for many years and I have experienced the highs and the lows of business. I know what it is like to be hit with issues that limit business success so I can help!
I would like to know what problems you are facing so that I can enable you by providing relevant and helpful content and tools. Are you having issues with:
