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Ready to Scale? The One Question Every Business Owner and Executive Leader Needs to Ask First
I left the Edge Leadership session feeling grateful. So much wisdom was shared. Diverse perspectives. Hard-won insights. Useful reminders about how we lead, what leadership demands, and where our work needs to go next. There were a few questions after Vusi Thembekwayo’s keynote, and he responded like the coach that he is—with more questions. Questions…
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Edge Leadership Series Reflection: Scaling Starts with Belief
Last evening, I attended the Edge Leadership Series under the theme “From Local to Global: The Blueprint for Scaling.” The keynote was delivered by the electrifying Vusi Thembekwayo, elite coach and founder of the School of Scale, and followed by a powerhouse panel featuring: As I sat there listening, one insight underscored everything: Scaling isn’t…
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The Hidden Costs of “I’ll do it” Leadership
Every time a leader says “I’ll just do it,” a little bit of clarity, trust, and team momentum quietly slips away. The Upper Limit Problem, a concept introduced by Gay Hendricks, refers to a subconscious self-sabotaging behavior that occurs when individuals approach a level of success, happiness, or abundance that exceeds their comfort zone. This often leads…
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Can you rely on the business you’ve built?
You’ve probably seen that old team-building exercise — where one person stands with their back to the team. They are told to fall backwards and trust that their team will catch them. It’s an exercise in trust. Can you do that with your business? Can you lean back, take your foot off the gas for…
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The money is in the clarity, not the complexity
It’s easy, we’ve been told: Except real life doesn’t work that way. Most goal-setting models are built, as if for machines, not people, with the following assumptions: But here’s the reality: Setting and achieving goals is not ever clean, because the transformation required, to adopt new behaviours, influence mindset, and maintain focus despite distraction, is…
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Be heard AND seen…
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll tolerate everything. Think of those times when you have deferred to others who were louder, appeared more ‘in the know’ than you. Perhaps you’ve encountered a bully or three, who wouldn’t even let you speak – your point of view lost in their bravado. Yet it is important…
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Stay true to the voice within
What are the questions you ask yourself as you pursue or are in the process of building and growing your business? Are you wondering whether what you’re doing will make you rich? What are the choices you make regarding your marketing and promotions? Is it based on how many potential likes you’ll get? Are you…
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Do you believe…
Regardless of the circumstance, belief ALWAYS has to come first. If you don’t truly believe it’s possible for you, then you won’t invest your time and energy into making it happen. Half of the work to be done is having faith in yourself to show up and do what’s necessary. It is about remaining open…
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Your Work Is Meant to Be Enjoyable for You and Helpful to Others
The idea that we can’t have the job we truly want, let alone experience joy while doing it, runs rampant in our world. We subject ourselves to unhealthy working conditions for eight plus hours a day at the end of which we feel tired. Not fulfilled…not feeling as if we’ve contributed or made a real…
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Fear not. Your plan will reveal itself
There are a few things you must get clear on if you’re serious about building a business that aligns with who you are and where you want to go. You need to know: And above all: Be prepared to give more in use value than you receive in cash value. That’s how you build trust.…
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