Accelerated Growth Consulting

As you know, every team has conflict. To find out one of the best ways to ensure that everyone on your team “fights fair” when conflict does arise, you’ll want to watch the following video clip. Note:If you have some conflict norms of your own–or comments about this video, please leave your thoughts and ideas [...]

In a video post on the Fast Company site, Alex Bogusky, co-chair of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, argues that the classic business mantra of learning from failure is just plain wrong. In his world (and at his company), he doesn’t debrief failure or lost accounts or why a campaign isn’t working (which I find hard [...]

When was the last time you did a website makeover? Or changed the interior design of your workspace/office/store? Or more importantly, changed the way you do business? Or changed the way you market what you offer? Or even changed what you offer? Most leaders underestimate the power of a makeover–and the speed at which they [...]

If you’re like most leaders, you probably have a fair amount of frustration concerning your staff. You ask them to do something. You believe you’ve clearly communicated what you want them to do. And yet, for some reason, they don’t get it (or get it done). Now, while there are plenty of reasons why this [...]

Far too often, annual staff celebrations are left to the last minute or simply rehashes of the previous year’s shindig, when they should be something far more. Last evening’s Oscar awards show clearly points out three classy lessons for how to make your annual celebration something memorable. 1. Make it an Event – The Oscars [...]

If you could find one idea or technique that could quickly and “almost miraculously” transform any communication you’re engaged in–from speaking at a community event to leading a team training or meeting to talking with a loved one to writing a letter or blog post–what would that be worth to you? Or if you could [...]

I was talking with one of my clients earlier today and we ran into a common problem that most organizations have when they engage in strategic planning–that is, confusion (or agreement) about what individual terms mean. For example, what’s the difference between a mission and a vision? Or what’s the difference between an opportunity and [...]

Every CEO eventually has to do a presentation. And that invariably means that you have to use PowerPoint–or if you’re lucky enough to be on a Mac, Keynote (which is way better, by the way). Note: That’s also why “PowerPoint” is in quotes above since Steve Jobs clearly uses Keynote–but you get the point. While [...]

I’m constantly amazed how a large company can be so terrible at customer service and have their systems so poorly designed and run. I’ve written about this multiple times, but there are two key lessons any business ought to take from my latest encounter with the mess called Verizon. First, before I share the two [...]

Want to Know How You Can Immediately Begin to Grow Your Business Faster Than You Ever Have Before—While Increasing Your Ability to Lead It More Effectively? If so, you’ll want to immediately get your hands on the new free report I just released today entitled, “The Seven Secrets of Fast Growth Companies.” Inside it you’ll discover, [...]