Struggling to get your flywheel spinning? | Issue #235
How to tackle a lack of urgency in your business head-on
You’ve just shared some financial data with the rest of your Executive Team. The auspices aren’t good. Your platform’s on fire and threatening to engulf your entire business. It’s clear to everyone that radical transformation is needed. Yet your team lacks any sense of urgency to do something about it. What should you do?
In our experience, transformation doesn’t happen in one fell swoop. There’s no single significant action, killer innovation, or miracle moment. Instead, it’s more like relentlessly pushing a giant, heavy flywheel. Turn by slow turn, you gradually build momentum until, at last, it starts to spin for itself.
Recognise that change is hard. Really hard. 80% of heart attack victims resist any changes to their diet and lifestyle following their first attack. This is despite their GP giving them comprehensive recommendations. Your team must see the rationale for change to make lasting changes. They’ve got to want it. And you’ll need to drive through the changes until your flywheel starts to spin.
E240 | Creating Effective and Engaging Meetings with Mamie K. Stewart
Have you ever felt that you were wasting your time in a meeting? When we ask clients this question, all hands go up. Yet, everybody seems clear on what a good meeting looks like. Why is this? Our guest on The Melting Pot this week brings some light to this.
This week we learned from Mamie K Stewart, host of The Modern Manager podcast, author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings and Founder of Meeteor, a training firm focused on improving the productivity of meetings.
In this insightful conversation, Mamie tells us why she decided to write a book about meetings and gives us some tips on how to run great meetings in person and virtually. She also discusses how meetings are a reflection of your culture and your team dynamics, and what questions you should ask yourself before setting up a meeting.
Download and listen to learn more.
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Quote of the week
“People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.”
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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.