Posts by Ursula Jorch
Is Your Company Focused on Growth or Great?
The media tells you, you have to grow! Investors want growth too. But is growth necessarily a good thing? We’re so distracted by growth that we fail to ask ourselves, why does growth even matter? Sure, growth can mean that you make more money (though not necessarily!). It can mean that you get to do…
Read MoreThe CEO Danger Zone: Too Tired to Think
As CEO of a growing company, you may be doing so much that you can’t even take the time to think. You’re in the growth stage and are between doing everything yourself, and having a staff trained and coached sufficiently to take care of the day-to-day activities. It’s easy to get overworked, with so much…
Read MoreAre You Wasting Your Time as a CEO?
Effectively managing your time becomes more important once you’re the leader of a company, a CEO. The impact of your decisions is great, so addressing and moving through issues efficiently is going to have positive repercussions. So how do you best spend your time as a CEO? It’s not like the role fits neatly into…
Read MoreTo Be a Strong Leader, Know Your Limits
We spend a lot of time in our culture emphasizing possibility and lack of limits. You can do it! Everything is possible! In a sense, that is true, as the field of possibility does allow for much to unfold. However, our relentless focus on lack of limits doesn’t allow for us to know when the…
Read MoreTo Increase Revenue, Focus on Your Impact
Companies that focus on impact have between 12 and 50% more financial success than those that focus primarily on profit. It may seem counter-intuitive, but the financial results of companies like Eileen Fisher, Patagonia, and Dr. Bronner’s bear this out. There are really two key words here: impact and focus. If your impact isn’t infused…
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