Growth Think Tank

One of the most powerful factors to attracting the right people to your business is Culture. Culture is more powerful than strategy and culture is what shapes your business. As a student of leadership, you have likely read about culture and studied it. A culture is simply the collection of beliefs on which people build their behavior. This is a good definition, but I like to say that culture is the PERSONALITY of the organization (the written and unwritten rules). I recently developed a culture scorecard that will help you see where you stand with your culture. There are 8 objectives in the Growth Culture Scorecard. What is your score for your culture? Get the show notes for 322 | How do you improve your culture? Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett #ImproveYourCulture #Leadership #Episode322 #Podcasts Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

When you set out to improve employee engagement, you have to first understand what it is and what it is not. Most people confuse that it is all about working environment and benefits. However, our guest, Kevin Kruse with LeadX.org, shares that 70% of employee engagement comes down to one key factor. You might not like it, but it is the driving factor to improving employee engagement. Get the show notes for 321 | Improving Employee Engagement Takes Intention with Kevin Kruse Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett @Kruse #employeeengagement #workingenvironment #Episode321 #Podcasts Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

When you read a business book, do you consistently take something from the book to apply to your business or leadership? Well, you can't learn to lead from a book. You can get insights. You can get excited about the benefits of the "new thing." But you can't learn to lead without application of the insights. I have been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 12 years, and I know I would not improve without consistent time on the training mats. Discover how you can be a better leader by doing this one thing...I continue to learn it every day I train on the mat. Get the show notes for 320 | You Can't Learn To Lead From A Book Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett #LearntoLead #Leadership #Episode320 #Podcasts Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

The process of creating a more effective marketing strategy includes tracking ROI. You can't wing this component. You can't use "gut feeling" in the fine-tuning phase of marketing. Lynan Saperstein, Founder of The Experience Experts, shares with us simple ways to improve your marketing by being willing to track it. Results are the game. Discover ways to make your marketing more effective. Get the show notes for 319 | How to Make Your Marketing More Effective with Lynan Saperstein Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett @ExperienceExprt #Marketing #MarketingMoreEffective #Episode319 #Podcasts Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

You want everyone within your organization to understand your vision and work to making it a reality. Creating a vision that is shared across the organization is a process that breaks the norms of top-down vision into including others in the creation and the validation of the vision. In the case of top-down only, most of the effort in getting others to buy-in to the vision of the organization. In my research with hypergrowth companies, those organization that involved all levels into the company of the vision are more likely to grow faster. When you create the vision, you have more ownership. Ownership of the vision makes you more engaged with the strategies and tactics of the organization. All this comes down to results and getting others within the company to work with you on making the vision a reality. Get the show notes for 318 | Creating a Vision That Gets Buy In Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett #Norm #Expert #Episode318 #Podcasts #Vision Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

Creating high-performance teams is a competitive advantage and the path to fast growth. This episode is about creating teams that are aligned and able to produce results no matter what. Today's interview is with Rob Braiman, the Managing Member of Cogent Analytics. He took his company to the Inc 5000 in 2017. Rob shares insights on how to build a culture that grows leadership. It is all about people. It is about those people becoming leaders and making the vision possible. Discover how to create high-performance team to drive your growth. Get the show notes for 317 | How Do You Create High-Performance Employees with Rob Braiman Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett @RobBraiman #Team #Growth #HighPerformance #Episode317 Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

Discover how to build trust using radical transparency. This is all about how you can create a loyal following of people and have continuous growth. Get the show notes for 316 | How to Build Trust Using Radical Transparency Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett #HowToBuildTrust #RadicalTransparency Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

The way we think and see the world is defined by our mindset. It is more than being open-minded. It is more than seeing opportunity. Mindset shapes everything we say, do and have. This interview is with Michael Zipursky who works with consulting companies on growth and mindset. I share this with you today because it is critical to growth to understand the limits set by your thinking. Join me in talking mindset with Michael. We talk about the mindset of success today. Get the show notes for 315 | The Mindset Of Success with Michael Zipursky Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @MichaelZipursky and @GeneHammett #Mindset #Leadership #Success Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

Develop your people. Your people will build your business. This is a common saying in the circles of leadership. From what I have seen with companies that are growing rapidly they embrace the concept of developing your people. This is a Hypergrowth tip that shares how to get new results by developing your people. Get the show notes for 314 | Develop Your People HyperGrowth Tips Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with Bob Dunham and @GeneHammett #Hypergrowth #Leadership Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

Company values are often taken for granted. We take time to develop values with our teams (I hope you include your team). We talk about them for a while. Then we let them fade away into the background. Our guest today is Dina Dwyer, the CEO of The Dwyer Group - a group of companies. These brands provide a diverse array of specialty services through more than 3,100 franchises in nine countries. Dina shares why values are so critical to growth. Discover more about values than the traditional conversation going on these days. Get the show notes for 313 | Operationalizing Company Values with Dina Dwyer Owen Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with@DinaDwyerOwens and @GeneHammett #CompanyValues #Leadership Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!