This week on Fast Pace, Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan discuss the big shift to being a director in a business, what directors actually do, and what allows you to play at this level. They look at the role of director as partner, leading by example, responsibilities, expectations and accountability, and how individual director’s styles can contribute.
Tag Archives: Leadership
Fast Pace Ep 28 – Lifting engagement across workforces of the future
In this Fast Pace episode, Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan discuss lifting engagement across workforces of the future and what that looks like. They explore hybrid workplaces, cross-generational expectations, non-dollar-productive activities, exercises for maximising engagement, leadership that connects to people, and the plus dot minus chart for measuring engagement.
Succession planning
Your business will fade out if you have no succession plan. In this Growth, Leadership and Management Tip I’ll show you how to do succession planning, generate capital to get people involved, prepare to sell, and find talent that can take the business into the future.
Business decisions principles
You’ve got to know what you want your business to look like before you can make it happen. In this Growth, Leadership and Management Tip I’ll explain business decisions principles that will help you make those decisions and do the right things to get you there.
Fast Pace Ep 24 – Tactical excellence vs. strategic negligence
In this Fast Pace episode, Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan explore perspectives around tactical excellence vs. strategic negligence, with insights on what tactics and strategy are and why you must balance both, the measure and adjust strategy concept, clarity on goals and what must be done to reach them, setting a 90-day cadence, and delivery through technical excellence.
Fast Pace Ep 23 – Making change happen
This episode of Fast Pace features Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan on the challenge of making change happen inside of your business. They look at why we resist change, how we fail, and what actually works. They also examine the 5 step formula for change, understanding the actual problem, people’s willingness to change, and keeping everyone’s eye on the goal.
Tactical excellence or strategic negligence?
We have tactical excellence, but we’re strategically negligent. In this Growth, Leadership and Management Tip I’ll explain how to become tactically and strategically excellent by understanding your business model, structuring your planning, and making better quality decisions.
Fast Pace Ep 21 – Recurring revenue models
This week in Fast Pace, Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan look at recurring revenue models as an underestimated asset for the real estate industry. We start by examining property management and growth as a business in its own right, look at opportunities with current landlords, and suggest making quality improvements to the property over time.
Fast Pace Ep 20 – The sales leadership function
This Fast Pace podcast features Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan on the sales leadership function, who should fill the position, different approaches to sales management, and the pros and cons of outsourcing the task. They compare techniques for coaching salespeople and list the key metrics that determine success. They explain that the sales leadership function is ultimately to interpret the numbers and metrics of sales, and communicate the meaning of those elements in a way that helps people perform at their best.
Functional roles
Feeling differently about what you do changes the scope of your work. In my Growth, Leadership and Management Tip this month I’ll address functional roles inside of your organisation and perspectives that improve the way people feel about what they do.