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Business Breakthrough 3.0 – Hardback, Softcover, Audible comes out April/May 2023

An Accessible, No-Nonsense Guide Filled With Actionable Steps For
Transforming Your Company And Implementing Sustainable Change

Are you ready to break free of your old ways of doing business and transform your company from within? Eager to build teams of engaged employees who bring their best selves to work – every day? Ready to weave sustainability and cultural longevity into the very fabric of your company? Then BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH 3.0 is the book for you.

Experts Lee Atchison and Ken Gavranovic, who share a combined 60 years of business and technology experience, provide a no-nonsense, step-by-step methodology to clarify how your company actually operates and uncover the entrenched patterns that are holding you back. They explain that leading by gut instinct will keep you spinning in circles, while putting your key business data to work will help you grow a thriving organization.

Based on the authors experience working with hundreds of leaders around the world, the Business Breakthrough 3.0 approach not only leverages the universal motivational drivers embedded in every person, but uses data to identify what’s working and what’s not within your company.

Business Breakthrough 3.0 involves five distinct processes:

Establishing and actively embracing a company mission, vision, and set of core values
Using a formal critical-thinking framework to organize how your company makes decisions
Understanding what to measure and knowing how to use the data correctly
Optimizing your organizational structure to drive successful actions
Leveraging a market growth strategy for sales success.

BUSINESS BREAKTHOUGH 3.0 is the ultimate guide to overcoming entrenched patterns and building a highly profitable organization that attracts and retains people who truly love their jobs.

Grow

Why do you Publish on Linkedin?

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you post on LinkedIn? Is it to connect with other professionals, to share industry news and insights, or to promote your business? While all of these reasons are valid, there may be another motivation behind your postings that you haven’t considered. According to recent research, posting on LinkedIn can make you happier. Yes, that’s right – using this platform can lead to increased happiness and satisfaction in your personal and professional life, especially when you use Linkedin to give without expecting anything in return. Let’s take a closer look at why this is the case. (Continue blog post below…)

Grow your professional skills

The Difference Between Leaders and Managers: What Makes One a Leader?

Leadership and management are often mentioned in the same breath, as if they’re interchangeable. In fact, many people think that managers are also leaders. Is this true? Do these two roles have nothing in common?
A manager’s job is to take care of operational tasks at a company or organization, making sure that everything runs smoothly and efficiently. A leader, on the other hand, has a different role. They inspire their team members to achieve goals and build lasting relationships with other teams and individuals.
Management vs leadership: How do these roles differ from each other? Let’s find out!

Digital Transformation

Product-led Growth: Is it right for your company?

The world is changing. As product-centric, market-led companies feel the pressure to take a customer-centric approach as expeditiously as possible, it can be difficult to maintain – let alone devise – the strategies necessary to survive and thrive.
As customer demands continue to increase, companies need to adopt a customer-led growth approach to stay ahead of the curve and get the most out of their limited resources.
What exactly is product-led growth (PLG)? It is a sustainable, long-term growth strategy centered on creating a product that people want – rather than just a product.

Stop the big quit drive employee engagement by 30%

Difficult Conversations

Stop the big quit. More than 2/3s of US employees are not actively engaged at work. Boost your employees’ engagement by 30% with 7 powerful questions.

Stop the Big Quit More than 2/3s of US employees are not actively engaged at work. Boost your employees’ engagement by 30% with 7 powerful

Digital Transformation

Boost Your Enterprise Agility by Following the Three Rs

In the first article in this series, I made the case for enterprise agility – not just saying you’re a digital business but truly operating like one. It means that throughout your organization, teams accept change, drive towards acceleration and are comfortable with ambiguity.