Tag: business mentor

4 Skills Every Mentor Needs

I own the largest mentorship practice in the world for gym owners. There are over 900 gyms currently in the program, each with their own 1:1 mentor. The mentors are trained, drilled, tested and taught nonstop. They’re quizzed on our

The Hedgehog Concept

In his book, “Good to Great”, Jim Collins shares 6 big ideas that great companies have in common.

The unifying theme of the companies in his book is that they didn’t start out great, but became great when they acted on these big ideas.

One of the biggest is the “hedgehog concept”, which is a strategy of focusing hard on the thing you can do better than anyone else, and repeating it over and over.

Time-Tellers and Clockmakers

If you’re a CEO or business owner, you might feel that you have to be more charismatic; louder; or more motivational. As my company grew, I felt that I needed to become a larger inspirational “presence” to my team and my clients. But, as Jim Collins discovered in his six-year study of companies that last, this isn’t true.

Does Canada Lack an Entrepreneurial Culture?

More than ever, our kids will have to create their own careers.Jobs in middle management, 30-year positions with IBM, lifetime gigs protected by tenure–these are industrial-era dinosaurs that are slowly disappearing. And according to Scott Stirrett in this Globe and

How To Beat AI

We content creators live in a miraculous time. We can talk to more people than ever before in history. The power of marketing is astronomically stronger than it’s ever been. Our audience knows no geographical limit. The real foundation for

Our “Basics” Are Not Their “Basics”

This is a fantastic story from Josh McKiterick of Rockstar Trainers. Josh is working with me to audit and improve our curriculum in my mentorship practice, Two-Brain Business. Josh was visiting Vietnam for a wedding. He took his young family

Minimum Effective Task (MET)

If you want a client to get a result as fast as possible, you must simplify their assignment. That means your online course should really be a checklist. Of course, you’ll need to add some background knowledge and maybe coach

Breaking Problems Down

Want your clients to get results faster? Make the steps smaller. This is a meta-skill for great coaches in every field: fitness, business and even spiritual leadership. There are many reasons clients can’t hit their goals: All of these problems

The Quicksand of Control

“Fix the leader, fix the business”. – Aaron Stokes, ShopFixAcademy In this series, I’ve been talking about the natural evolution of a business…and the things that stop it from growing. The things that stop the business from evolving are usually

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