Informed Decisions: Leadership Conversations and Q&A with Randall Craig (Video)
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 “just another podcast” – go behind the scenes and listen in for yourself what it’s like working with a proven business growth coach, serial entrepreneur, and Hall of Fame speaker.
Episodes
Our 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?
In 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
Going deeper into work-life balance for leaders, including frameworks from Randall’s bestseller Personal Balance Sheet.
A perspective on work-life balance that incorporates the realities of leadership and team dynamics (finally!).
Topics include:
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Managing by minute vs managing by objectives
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What should leaders share (or not share) with teams when trying to role-model work-life balance?
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Perceptions of work-life balance for younger employees who prefer a flexible schedule.
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And understanding the difference between work-life i...
We continue exploring digital strategy with live website feedback, questions on Google Adwords, and how to scale a tech startup.
One 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:
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Is your tech working together to actually drive business? Or are there disconnected silos of technology?
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Will AI be just another “bolt-on”, like social media and other shiny digital objects from the past?
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And how does what you have now buil...
We continue with more on delegation as a key skill for leaders of growing organizations.
Topics include:
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Making the decision to do it yourself or delegate to others
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Empowering your team and employee over-reliance
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Developing trust
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Letting go of the outcomes, and more.
This session will address delegation as a lever for business growth. Catch the full episode.
Topics include:
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Proper way of delegating
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Obstacles and the flip side of delegation
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Impact of delegating to managers and employees
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Setting boundaries and expectations, and much more.
We continue with more ideas on how to upskill your team and retain the learning.
Topics include:
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New Management Teams: What are good professional development topics to start with a new team coming together?
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Improving the impact of professional development for senior leaders.
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Professional Development Priorities: Build deeper expertise or train on skill gaps?
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When professional development topics are rejected...
New ideas on generating alignment while upskilling your team.
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ROI: Getting the most out of your learning and development budget?
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How to leverage (and improve the impact) of your team’s professional development.
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What is the most efficient and effective approach: external trainer, internal dedicated resource, or other?
More 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).
Many 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?
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…)
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 agenda: Networking time vs content
↳ Free Speakers vs Paid Speakers: Why pay when so ma...
Wrapping up with part 3 on creating change that sticks.
Topics include:
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What is the appropriate timing and method of acknowledging the negative impact of a change?
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Incremental changes vs transformative change?
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Partner Dynamics: How can partners set up their relationship to avoid conflicts and allow for necessary change to roll out?
Continuing 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?
How 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: When to use – and not use – external resources.
↳ Getting to neutral vs getting ahea...
Does 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 worth high-end pricing)
Does 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 offers
More 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 investment impact the firm brand?
↳ DEI, ESG, and other trends on bus dev.
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