Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

My work continues all the way deep into Christmas week. I guess it’s the hazards of operating retail companies for so many years. I struggle to wind things down and do my best to serve clients up to and for as long as they need my help. The week between Christmas and New Year’s – The post Thank You, Happy Holidays & Good-Bye 2021 appeared first on GROW GREAT.

What if? It was the foundational question behind spreadsheet analysis when LOTUS and other tools were around before Microsoft brought us the defacto standard, Excel. The name Excel is a dead giveaway of the power of asking and answering “What if?” questions. It’s what we all hope to accomplish.  Many years ago I was heavily The post The Power Of Scenario Questions (for hiring, management & leadership) appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Those of us in the helping business – as our friends in the UK refer to it – are defined by our clients. That’s why we seek out high-performing clients who demand our best. They want us to push and challenge them to get better – which means we have to get better ourselves. Birds The post Clients Who Demand My Best appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Business owners hit some point early in the process of building their business where they lament being unable to replicate themselves. This is even more so when the business owner has some innate skill that helped propel the business forward.  Executives hit the same point, many because they struggle to control their control freakishness. “Give The post If It Is To Be…It’s Up To Me (doing the hard work of improving yourself) appeared first on GROW GREAT.

The question assumes you were once there – wherever there may be.  I’m a hockey fan. Through the years I’ve watched countless NHL players battle injuries to get back into the lineup. Each year after one team lifts the Stanley Cup you then hear about all the off-season surgeries. Players sometimes play in every game The post How Do You Find Your Way Back? appeared first on GROW GREAT.

It doesn’t’ happen often. In fact, I’ve gone on record that in all my years of serving leaders I’ve only encountered one client who was utterly disagreeable to be helped. But that doesn’t mean all of us don’t encounter times – perhaps just moments – where we’re resistant to asking for, or accepting help even The post Breaking Through Your Own Resistance To Accept Help appeared first on GROW GREAT.