To grow is to learn new things, meaning – getting out of our comfort zone and out of our own way.
Jessica Dewell
Business Leaders Should Be Asking More Questions: A Guide to Curiosity
Asking bold business questions that dig below the surface can be scary. But it’s a vital part of being a great leader. But before you even start asking questions, you have to learn how to listen carefully and embrace some much-needed silence. It’s worth it to be vulnerable when it comes to the important work […]
How to Shift Your Business Strategy Without Losing Focus
When we talk about change, we’re talking both big and small. This could be a small tweak to your daily operations or a huge pivot in your company’s mission. Either way, when you’re focusing and refocusing your business strategy, keep these tips in mind.
6 Ways Business Leaders Can Adapt in This Ever-Changing World
The world is changing by the day — or by the hour, really — and business leaders must learn to adapt to stay competitive. When it comes to adapting to this change, “you simplify every single time,” says Tom Libelt of Smart Brand Marketing. “Stop thinking about all these other things and the bloat in […]
5 Ways Business Leaders Can Bounce Back from Failure or Trying Times
When you’re at the bottom, you have to accept accountability and solicit feedback. This is the core of the whole “learn from your mistakes” adage. Be transparent with your team, and listen.
Can You Achieve More With Your Business by Doing Less? Yes! The 4-Part Strategic Plan You Need to Evolve
In the whirlwind of your day-to-day grind, every task seems critical, and every idea seems like a good one. You can jump from one objective to the other without taking time to assess whether the areas of your business you prioritize will lead to success.
Top Tips To Do More With Less
No matter how different your business is from the competition, it would be best if you had clarity before deciding why and how to do more with less.
3 Pillars to Find the Perfect Interplay of Positioning and Growth in Your Business
To build and grow a business, and make bold business moves, prioritizing both positioning and growth is essential. Positioning is a key element to your growth strategy.
Top Tips To Achieve Business Goals
It’s difficult to make plans surrounded by uncertainty. However, we can’t allow ourselves and our businesses to stay still. Even with a slow economy and disruption lurking behind every corner, we need to prepare the best we can.
Top Tips for Effective Management
Whether “manager” is part of your job title or not, some form of management certainly is. After all, you are accountable for your portion of work, and that includes the way you show up to interactions with other people.
Set Your Direction for Effective Business Management
If you are like 75% of the successful companies that have pre-established systems to inform their strategy, you’ve already incorporated ways to put attention on these areas. Because things change, we must adapt and so must our processes.
What is Leadership, Anyway? Plus 5 Lessons From Top Leaders
Defining good leadership is an impossible feat, but you can learn from successful companies and leaders and define your own unique strategy.
Pragmatism and the Worst Case Scenario
At the center of every business are people. Those people, including you and me, can get caught up in visioning, in processing, in distributing, or impacting.
Agile Leadership: Adapting to Change
In the midst of any change, and especially rapid change, the weaknesses in process, culture, and even strategy create pressure.
UNCHARTED: Decision Making Framework with Jeff Bermant
Facing uncertainty can be challenging – being a business owner facing uncertainty is tougher. Red Direction helps you [fast track and] grow your business – authentically, pragmatically, and resiliently. Start your journey HERE! Starting the conversation: What am I going to do about it? Use a framework for decision making to ask good questions to […]
UNCHARTED: Cash Flow Metrics with Andrew Podner
Facing uncertainty can be challenging – being a business owner facing uncertainty is tougher. Red Direction helps you [fast track and] grow your business – authentically, pragmatically, and resiliently. Start your journey HERE! Starting the conversation: Knowing the acceptable range of key cash flow metrics for business health and longevity allows you to pick a […]