Leaders Must Get in Position to be in Position
As a guest on the Manager Mojo podcast with Steve Caldwell, Ken Larson shares his best business advice on the step-by-step process setting yourself up for success as a great leader. Podcast : Leaders Must Get in Position to be in Position Steve: [00:00:00] Hello, and welcome to The Manage Your Mojo Show; Steve Caldwell […]
Go Ahead, Fire Me!
One afternoon, after successfully running a meeting with her leadership team, and everyone had left the room, my client, turned to me with a huge grin on her face. I’ll never forget what she said to me. “I think I got this,” she said. “You’re FIRED!” We both started laughing. I know it sounds odd, […]
The Power of Public Peer Pressure
While peer pressure often has a negative connotation, let’s explore the potential positives. Do you ever find yourself in meetings with employees who are unprepared, unengaged, or uninspired to make an impact? [bctt tweet=”Public peer pressure, when used correctly, revives otherwise fruitless meetings and has proven to be a powerful tool for productivity.” username=”coachkenlarson”] When […]
Case Study: Coaching the Executive Team of Swimco Canada
With 25 stores and over 150 brands, Swimco Canada is Canada’s leading swimwear retailer for women, men, and kids. “My mom started Swimco in 1975 as a mail-order swimwear company out of our basement, and she taught me to treat our customers as friends. Although we’ve become Canada’s leading swimwear retailer, our core values remain […]
Why You Need to Take Timeouts to Be Successful, and How to Plan Yours
Name a sport that doesn’t have some sort of timeout built into it’s rules. You can’t, can you? That’s because it’s a critical component of all sports. Timeouts have long been recognized as an essential part of the overall framework for success, for both the team and the fans. Hell, even NASCAR racers need to […]
Case Study: Redstich Achieves 66% Growth in Top-Line Revenue
Redstitch is a digital agency that aligns marketing and technology to help businesses reach their growth goals. Approaching its fourth year in business, the company consisted of only six employees, but the founders had built their own company around the idea of scaling. After reading Verne Harnish’s Scaling Up, they knew it wasn’t a matter […]
Uncovering Growth Roadblocks: How to Get in Position to Be in Position
Let’s flashback 30 or so years. I was playing basketball for the University of Victoria Vikings, and we had a rather fire-and-brimstone coach. One afternoon at practice, he’s trying to teach us a new match-up zone defense (one where we had to think more than we usually do – which meant thinking for the first […]
The Major KPI You Are Missing: Kept Promise Indicator
KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is a well-known acronym in the professional world, and every business that is decent at what they do is measuring against them. However, most are unaware that KPI has two meanings: key performance indicator and kept promise indicator. For the sake of clarity, I’ll explain both. Key Performance Indicators Key performance […]
What’s the Difference Between Motivation and Inspiration?
People seem surprised when I tell them I don’t believe in ‘motivation’. After all, I am an executive coach … isn’t motivating what I’m supposed to be doing? To me, the answer is not motivation but rather inspiration. The whole idea of motivation is passé — there is nothing that I (or anyone for that […]
Ken Larson Interview on “Taking Care of Business” Podcast
Listen along as we talk about entrepreneurship and how success can be guided and influenced by coaches, support systems, and mentors.
10 Powerful Business Coaching Questions & Their Benefits
Executives want real results, and that won’t happen without the right business coaching questions. Here are 10 examples of jaw-dropping questions that work to get you the clarity and motivation you need to make the best changes for your company’s success.
