Is your headcount approaching 100 staff? | Issue #240
Headcount approaching 100 staff? Ask yourself these seven crucial questions.
You’re a CEO on a mission. Over recent years, you’ve scaled your business with a sound strategy and talented people. But cracks are starting to show. Systems that you’ve relied on have started to break. People have stopped putting their cups in the dishwasher. Accountability and profitability are dropping. As your headcount approaches 100 staff, you’ve hit an inflexion point.
People often ask me what we do. My reply often surprises them. Pattern-matching. That’s it. We’ve coached clients in different-sized businesses for the last eight years, all growing fast. And they all hit the same challenges. But growth isn’t linear. It’s exponential. And, if you’re not ready for them, the challenges come thick and fast.
So if you’re heading for 100 staff, here are some essential questions you need to ask.
E245 | How to Thrive as a Smart and Creative Individual with Eric Maisel
This week on The Melting Pot, we learned from Eric Maisel, creativity coach and trainer of creativity coaches. He writes the ‘Rethinking The Mental Health’ blog for Psychology Today, which has more than three million views, and he’s the lead editor for the Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry series. Eric is also the author of more than 50 books covering the areas of creativity, life, purpose, meaning, and mental health.
In this episode, Eric talks about one of his books, Redesign Your Mind, and cognitive therapy and how it works on your thoughts. In his book, Eric proposes a methodology for changing your thoughts or replacing them with something else. He also about entrepreneurs and how he coaches them, as well as artists, who he thinks share many things but are also very different. He shares some tips about how to get in flow, his thoughts about burnout and how to live a better life and lower your anxiety.
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“By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture.”
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Dominic Monkhouse
Dominic offers business coaching and management development, strategy planning and organisational change, using tried and tested methods to launch your organisation onto an unparalleled growth trajectory. His programme is a function of his broad experience, his deep expertise and a proven process used by over 2,700 firms worldwide.