You know your business better than anyone: your strategy, priorities, and business risks. But you don’t know what you don’t know. To help you make better informed high-stakes decisions, INFORMED DECISIONS shares new ideas, been-there-before advice, and sometimes, a reality check. Each episode focuses on one pressing leadership or strategy topic. In 30-60 minutes, gain strategic perspective, along with practical (and tactical) ideas that can help. Informed Decisions with Randall Craig is not ...
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Business Acceleration with Peer Mastermind Groups: Part
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How important is executive presence, and how much should it play into your hiring process? Topics include: ↳ Executive Presence and Local Culture: Do core qualities of executive presence transcend geography? ↳ Executive presence and succession planning ↳ How best to elevate your executive presenceOleh Randall Craig
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This episode is for leaders in their role as mentors and role models. Topics include: ↳ Executive presence as a learnable skill: Can anyone get there or are some personalities better suited? ↳ Executive Presence vs Professionalism ↳ Having Hard Conversations: How do you talk about "executive presence" with your employees?…
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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze: Increasing Your Business Efficiency Part 2
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26:58Gain new perspectives on how to incorporate greater efficiencies into your operations and processes so that your growth will be smoother – and faster.. Topics include: ↳ 4DX or alternative frameworks? ↳ Whose “job” is it to resolve inefficiencies? ↳ When head office won’t change… but you want to do something new in your division?…
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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze: Increasing Your Business Efficiency Part 1
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29:16“Work smarter, not harder”, they say – but what does that mean exactly? Especially in growing businesses, leaders know what they know, but don't know what they don’t know… Topics include: ↳ Is “getting ahead” a myth? ↳ How will AI impact how we work? ↳ How can we prepare for disruption?Oleh Randall Craig
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Pivoting Your Organization: How and When to Change Directions Part 2
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41:26Our 2nd segment on how and when to pivot. ↳ Should organizations buckle down or take more risks when there is uncertainty? ↳ When is an “inspiration to pivot” wise vs a distraction from testing the current business model? ↳ Organizational pivot.... or create a new business?Oleh Randall Craig
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Pivoting Your Organization: How and When to Change Directions Part 1
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41:34In business, there is always change, particularly when you are chasing product-market fit. How do we decide to stay the course or look for new opportunity? Topics include: ↳ Proactive pivots vs reactive pivots ↳ The role of "weak signals", and how to identify them? ↳ Predicting the future vs creating it…
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Achieving Work-Life Balance for Leaders and their Teams: Part 2
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24:44Going deeper into work-life balance for leaders, including frameworks from Randall’s bestseller Personal Balance Sheet.Oleh Randall Craig
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Achieving Work-Life Balance for Leaders and their Teams: Part 1
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31:43A perspective on work-life balance that incorporates the realities of leadership and team dynamics (finally!). Topics include: Managing by minute vs managing by objectives What should leaders share (or not share) with teams when trying to role-model work-life balance? Perceptions of work-life balance for younger employees who prefer a flexible sche…
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Digital Strategy and Inbound Marketing Part 2
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35:27We continue exploring digital strategy with live website feedback, questions on Google Adwords, and how to scale a tech startup.Oleh Randall Craig
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Digital Strategy and Inbound Marketing Part 1
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36:47One of the biggest drivers of business growth is Digital Strategy… so are your digital investments actually yielding the results you expect? Or is there a better way? Let’s talk about: Is your tech working together to actually drive business? Or are there disconnected silos of technology? Will AI be just another “bolt-on”, like social media and oth…
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Delegation Skills, Leadership and Business Growth Part 2
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31:24We continue with more on delegation as a key skill for leaders of growing organizations. Topics include: Making the decision to do it yourself or delegate to others Empowering your team and employee over-reliance Developing trust Letting go of the outcomes, and more.Oleh Randall Craig
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Delegation Skills, Leadership and Business Growth Part 1
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32:42This session will address delegation as a lever for business growth. Catch the full episode. Topics include: Proper way of delegating Obstacles and the flip side of delegation Impact of delegating to managers and employees Setting boundaries and expectations, and much more.Oleh Randall Craig
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Getting the Most from Your Learning and Development Budget Part 2
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29:34We continue with more ideas on how to upskill your team and retain the learning. Topics include: New Management Teams: What are good professional development topics to start with a new team coming together? Improving the impact of professional development for senior leaders. Professional Development Priorities: Build deeper expertise or train on sk…
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Getting the Most from Your Learning and Development Budget Part 1
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29:57New ideas on generating alignment while upskilling your team. Topics include: ROI: Getting the most out of your learning and development budget? How to leverage (and improve the impact) of your team’s professional development. What is the most efficient and effective approach: external trainer, internal dedicated resource, or other?…
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Getting the Most from an Advisory Board Part 2
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28:39More on how to set up an advisory board to successfully support organizational leaders. Topics include: ↳ Advisory board compensation: cash, or equity? ↳ Advisory board diversity vs “cohesive” culture? ↳ Building trust between board members (and with the leader).Oleh Randall Craig
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Getting the Most from an Advisory Board Part 1
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31:29Many leaders don’t fully take advantage of their Advisory Board… or even know why they should have one. Topics include: ↳ Key considerations when setting up an advisory board. ↳ Recruitment, engagement, and Setting the meeting agenda? ↳ Keeping it fresh: board succession planning (and how to off-board “stale” advisory board members?…
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Wrapping up this three-parter on planning impactful conferences with a focus on lessons we can learn from our conference planning efforts. Topics for part 3 include: ↳ Reinvent the program anew or rinse and repeat what previously worked? ↳ How do we measure if a conference was a success? ↳ Conference post modems (and what if a conference falls flat…
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You are planning a conference and want it to be as successful as possible. This episode will offer some fresh ideas and insider perspectives to help you create a truly memorable conference. Gain insights about: ↳ Who does it best? Association events vs the corporate world ↳ How long?: The one-day summit vs the multi-day conference ↳ Building the ag…
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Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 3
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30:07Wrapping up with part 3 on creating change that sticks. Topics include: What is the appropriate timing and method of acknowledging the negative impact of a change? Incremental changes vs transformative change? Partner Dynamics: How can partners set up their relationship to avoid conflicts and allow for necessary change to roll out?…
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Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 2
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24:47Continuing with part 2 of 3 on driving meaningful and sustainable change towards a more successful organization. C Topics include: ↳ What happens to objectives and performance reviews when an organization pivots? ↳ Incremental changes vs transformative change? ↳ When and how should an organization communicate change?…
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Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 1
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24:54How can we drive impact throughout the organization, and have it stick? Let’s go beyond traditional change management, and explore a number of additional concepts. Topics include: ↳ The impact and role of a multi-modal approach to change management: Communication/Coaching/Training/Monthly reinforcement/Events/etc. ↳ Internal vs external execution: …
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Pricing Strategy for Service Businesses: Part 2
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36:26Does this sound like you: “Are my rates too low… or too high?” “Is it too soon to raise my fees?” “How do I justify my rates?…. And should I have to?” Topics include: ↳ Pricing per participant ↳ Subcontracting ↳ The connection between pricing strategy and marketing strategy, and ↳ How to communicate that your organization is a high-end brand (and w…
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Pricing Strategy for Service Businesses: Part 1
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36:09Does this sound like you: “Are my rates too low… or too high?” “Is it too soon to raise my fees?” “How do I justify my rates?…. And should I have to?” Topics include: ↳ Demystify pricing strategies ↳ Explore the tactical parameters, and ↳ Getting clear on the value your organization offersOleh Randall Craig
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Business Development for Firms: Part 3 or 3
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28:17More fundamental marketing frameworks to focus your business development strategy. Topics include: ↳ How to measure the success of your business development initiatives, and when change may be needed? ↳ Is the juice worth the squeeze when it comes to your bus dev investments? ↳ How might an emphasis on (or lack thereof on) in-house training investm…
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