12 November 2023 Newsletter
“The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for.” – Paulo Coelho
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week full of meetings.
Following on from my article about the five types of BHAGs from a couple of weeks ago, at one of these meetings we spoke about BHAGs, and in particular Vanity BHAGs.
Vanity BHAGs are probably an expense in your financials and not connected to your making money and living Read More...
12 November 2023 Newsletter
“The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for.” – Paulo Coelho
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week full of meetings.
Following on from my article about the five types of BHAGs from a couple of weeks ago, at one of these meetings we spoke about BHAGs, and in particular Vanity BHAGs.
Vanity BHAGs are probably an expense in your financials and not connected to your making money and living Read More...
10 Reasons A BHAG Really Matters
During the last week, I discussed the concept of BHAG with different people. From what the BHAG is, through the real value of the BHAG in the Hedgehog, to the five types of BHAG. And yet, one key question kept coming up “Why should I have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal?”
The concept of a Big Hairy Audacious Goal, or BHAG (pronounced bee-hag), was popularized by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Read More...
10 Reasons A BHAG Really Matters
During the last week, I discussed the concept of BHAG with different people. From what the BHAG is, through the real value of the BHAG in the Hedgehog, to the five types of BHAG. And yet, one key question kept coming up “Why should I have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal?”
The concept of a Big Hairy Audacious Goal, or BHAG (pronounced bee-hag), was popularized by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Read More...
29 October 2023 Newsletter
“Expanding your freedom is the ultimate purpose of the entrepreneurs journey. And there is no end to how much freedom you can have or create.” Dan Sullivan
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a week of learning and meetings. I hope yours has been fruitful!
Hiring A CEO
Perhaps it’s the pandemic, perhaps my age or something else, but I’ve noticed recently that more of our clients are hiring CEOs (or COO / General Managers) to Read More...
29 October 2023 Newsletter
“Expanding your freedom is the ultimate purpose of the entrepreneurs journey. And there is no end to how much freedom you can have or create.” Dan Sullivan
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a week of learning and meetings. I hope yours has been fruitful!
Hiring A CEO
Perhaps it’s the pandemic, perhaps my age or something else, but I’ve noticed recently that more of our clients are hiring CEOs (or COO / General Managers) to Read More...
The Five Types Of BHAG’s
During my learning events this week, we discussed the five types of BHAG, which I thought you’d be interested in.
But first, remember that The Real Value of a BHAG is in the Hedgehog because a BHAG without the depth of thinking is a garbage goal.
BHAG (pronounced bee-hag) stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goals. The term was first coined in 1994 by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Read More...
The Five Types Of BHAG’s
During my learning events this week, we discussed the five types of BHAG, which I thought you’d be interested in.
But first, remember that The Real Value of a BHAG is in the Hedgehog because a BHAG without the depth of thinking is a garbage goal.
BHAG (pronounced bee-hag) stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goals. The term was first coined in 1994 by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Read More...
27 August 2023 Newsletter
Motivation pushes you for days. Intention pushes you for years.
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a good week with two quarterly planning workshops, a speaking event, and a few meetings. We also sent my next book, ‘Onboarded for Managers,’ to the printers and have set a release date for 1 October 2023.
Also, this week, I calculated the number of business plans I’ve built.
712.
That’s how many one-page plans I’ve built with Read More...
27 August 2023 Newsletter
Motivation pushes you for days. Intention pushes you for years.
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a good week with two quarterly planning workshops, a speaking event, and a few meetings. We also sent my next book, ‘Onboarded for Managers,’ to the printers and have set a release date for 1 October 2023.
Also, this week, I calculated the number of business plans I’ve built.
712.
That’s how many one-page plans I’ve built with Read More...
30 July 2023 Newsletter
“The ability to make good decisions about people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organisations are very good at it.” – Peter Drucker
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week! It began with a CEO who, after a few years, gained absolute clarity on their BHAG and became passionate about its execution, then helping a founder to hire a CEO with a fantastic interview.
Next was cleaning up the mess Read More...
30 July 2023 Newsletter
“The ability to make good decisions about people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organisations are very good at it.” – Peter Drucker
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week! It began with a CEO who, after a few years, gained absolute clarity on their BHAG and became passionate about its execution, then helping a founder to hire a CEO with a fantastic interview.
Next was cleaning up the mess Read More...
4 June 2023 Newsletter
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO.
NEW Onboarded Course
Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages.
For Read More...
4 June 2023 Newsletter
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO.
NEW Onboarded Course
Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages.
For Read More...
Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics
In our work with leadership teams, we use proven frameworks to consistently build, validate and evolve strategic plans. The Hedgehog concept from Jim Collins is one of them, helping our clients explore their strategic core, acting as a guardrail as they climb their growth mountain towards the summit, or as Jim Collins calls it, the BHAG.
In his book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins explains the Hedgehog as a concept to focus an organisation’s Read More...
Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics
In our work with leadership teams, we use proven frameworks to consistently build, validate and evolve strategic plans. The Hedgehog concept from Jim Collins is one of them, helping our clients explore their strategic core, acting as a guardrail as they climb their growth mountain towards the summit, or as Jim Collins calls it, the BHAG.
In his book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins explains the Hedgehog as a concept to focus an organisation’s Read More...
This video is a summary of the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish and should give you an understanding of the subjects and key concepts in the book. I’m going to talk about who the book is intended for, what problems it solves and how it solves them and how you can use the book to further your business.
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What is Scaling Up?
Scaling Up is Mastering Read More...
This video is a summary of the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish and should give you an understanding of the subjects and key concepts in the book. I’m going to talk about who the book is intended for, what problems it solves and how it solves them and how you can use the book to further your business.
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What is Scaling Up?
Scaling Up is Mastering Read More...
Today Short-Termism dominates with organisations only focussed on quarterly results and Governments focussed on the 24 hour news cycle. However only working on short term goals prevent you doing important work that is not urgent and takes a long time to complete. The type of work that takes years of discipline.
In this vlog learn why Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG) are important, how BHAG’s are built and why you need them.
Healthspan vs Lifespan link
Healthy Wealthy and Wise Read More...
Today Short-Termism dominates with organisations only focussed on quarterly results and Governments focussed on the 24 hour news cycle. However only working on short term goals prevent you doing important work that is not urgent and takes a long time to complete. The type of work that takes years of discipline.
In this vlog learn why Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG) are important, how BHAG’s are built and why you need them.
Healthspan vs Lifespan link
Healthy Wealthy and Wise Read More...
In this short video Naomi Simson talks about her journey implementing Gazelles tools to Scale Up her business Red Balloon. Naomi discusses the Red Balloon Core Values, how she has used the Brand Promise and Catalytic Mechanism (Brand Promise guarantee) to make it painful to not deliver on customer promises and the BHAG at Red Balloon.
She also discuses Core Purpose and how this inspired her to start the company as well as an example of a theme that could have worked better, but was Read More...
In this short video Naomi Simson talks about her journey implementing Gazelles tools to Scale Up her business Red Balloon. Naomi discusses the Red Balloon Core Values, how she has used the Brand Promise and Catalytic Mechanism (Brand Promise guarantee) to make it painful to not deliver on customer promises and the BHAG at Red Balloon.
She also discuses Core Purpose and how this inspired her to start the company as well as an example of a theme that could have worked better, but was Read More...
If one is to take a look at Australia Post on face value it would seem as though it has made a successful transition from Government postal service to a modern , thriving logistics company riding the e-commerce delivery wave, however the recent announcement of a predicted $500m loss and 1,900 job cuts in the midst of an industry boom begs the question why?
Australia Post is the longest running Australian government department with origins dating back to 1809 and today with over $6.3 Billion Read More...
If one is to take a look at Australia Post on face value it would seem as though it has made a successful transition from Government postal service to a modern , thriving logistics company riding the e-commerce delivery wave, however the recent announcement of a predicted $500m loss and 1,900 job cuts in the midst of an industry boom begs the question why?
Australia Post is the longest running Australian government department with origins dating back to 1809 and today with over $6.3 Billion Read More...
In our work with management teams one of the thought leaders we use is Jim Collins and his book ‘Good to Great’, an in depth analysis on a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies beat the stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world’s greatest companies Read More...
In our work with management teams one of the thought leaders we use is Jim Collins and his book ‘Good to Great’, an in depth analysis on a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies beat the stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world’s greatest companies Read More...
With ferry disasters too frequently in the news, Rockefeller Habits-student Chet Pastrana has purchased several new $10 million ferries to serve the Filipino people and had Fastcat Ferrie’s three clever brand promises painted boldly on the side of each vessel: Ferry Safe, Ferry Fast, Ferry Convenient (picture below). His BHAG is to connect the Philippine Islands seamlessly with its Southeast Asian neighbors. Chet, it’s a bold and worthy goal – congrats! Read More...
With ferry disasters too frequently in the news, Rockefeller Habits-student Chet Pastrana has purchased several new $10 million ferries to serve the Filipino people and had Fastcat Ferrie’s three clever brand promises painted boldly on the side of each vessel: Ferry Safe, Ferry Fast, Ferry Convenient (picture below). His BHAG is to connect the Philippine Islands seamlessly with its Southeast Asian neighbors. Chet, it’s a bold and worthy goal – congrats! Read More...
Yesterday marked a major milestone for Naomi Simson and the team at RedBalloon, an Australian gift experience provider. In 2004 Naomi and her team set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) to provide a gifting experience for 10% of all Australians within 10 years – 2 million gift experiences. At the time, it probably scared her and seemed perhaps impossible to the team. And that’s the key to a good BHAG. It’s meant to make people ask could we really achieve that or are we Read More...
Yesterday marked a major milestone for Naomi Simson and the team at RedBalloon, an Australian gift experience provider. In 2004 Naomi and her team set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) to provide a gifting experience for 10% of all Australians within 10 years – 2 million gift experiences. At the time, it probably scared her and seemed perhaps impossible to the team. And that’s the key to a good BHAG. It’s meant to make people ask could we really achieve that or are we Read More...
