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You don't have to impress the room. You have to guide it. Michael Gerharz on why great speakers stop performing and start lighting the path. Ep. 535 is out today: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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You can't fix 16 things at once. That's bailing water with a teaspoon. Grade your business, pick your top 3 hot spots, and build a 30/60/90-day plan to fix them. $9 workbook: dougthorpe.com #BusinessOwners
The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

ALT The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

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Messy processes and wobbly numbers are often symptoms. The root is usually People: leaders promoted for doing the job well, never taught how to lead. Find where your trouble really starts with my $9 workbook: dougthorpe.com #Leadership
The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

ALT The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

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If you disappeared for two weeks, would that part of your business still run? If not, it's not a strength. It's a dependency, and the dependency is you. Take the vacation test across 16 areas with my $9 workbook: dougthorpe.com #SmallBusiness
The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

ALT The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

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You paid for the answer. Now the deck sits in a folder and it all still runs through you. Wrong hire? A consultant owns the answer. A coach helps you own it. Read it: dougthorpe.com/coaching-vs-c… #Leadership
A smiling man with short graying hair and a beard, wearing a denim shirt, stands with his arms crossed in a woodworking shop. Lumber is stacked behind him and a blue mug sits on the workbench in front of him.

ALT A smiling man with short graying hair and a beard, wearing a denim shirt, stands with his arms crossed in a woodworking shop. Lumber is stacked behind him and a blue mug sits on the workbench in front of him.

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Red: it all lives in your head. Yellow: it works, but won't survive growth. Green: it's written down and owned by someone else. Grade 16 areas of your business with my new $9 workbook. dougthorpe.com #Leadership
The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

ALT The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

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The board says move faster. Your ops lead says slow down. Both are right. Neither is the lesson. #Leadership More here: dougthorpe.com/sifting-the-n…
Illustration of a prospector crouched at a stream, panning for gold.

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Long plans gather dust. 90-day sprints keep you moving. Keep the direction, plan the work in 90-day chunks, adjust, go again. Henry Evans and I talk strategy in a crisis: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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Imposter syndrome? Borrow someone else's confidence for a while. Like jumper cables: their battery gets you started, then your own engine takes over. My talk with Henry Evans: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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Most owners only look under the hood when something starts smoking. My new workbook is your business's annual physical: 126 plain-spoken questions, 16 areas graded, and a 90-day plan. Just $9. dougthorpe.com #SmallBusiness
The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

ALT The EDGE Business Blueprint: Finding Your Hot Spots. A plain-spoken self-assessment across People, Process, Product, and Performance, and a 90-day roadmap to strengthen what matters most.

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Optimists see the destination. We don't always see the potholes. Henry Evans's advice: keep a pessimist on your planning team. podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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Your team is waiting on you. Again. A stalled decision isn't neutral. It's a choice to let the problem keep running. How to get unstuck: dougthorpe.com/how-to-overco… #Leadership
A gray-haired man wearing a black backpack sits on a rocky ledge, chin resting on his hand, looking out over a misty coastline, forested hillside, and gray ocean.

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Stuttering kid in Brooklyn. Millionaire by 30. Lost it all after 9/11. Then a friend said, "Henry, I decide who's qualified." Failure doesn't make you a failure. My talk with Henry Evans: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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Colin Powell's 40-70 rule: with less than 40% of the info, you're guessing. Wait past 70% and the moment's gone. In between, start moving and adjust. Henry Evans and I talk crisis leadership: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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In a crisis, your emotions show up first, like a Ferrari. Your thinking brain is the bicycle. Great crisis leaders notice it and switch vehicles fast. My talk with Henry Evans is out today: podcasts.dougthorpe.com
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Full calendar. A dozen open decisions. A team waiting on you. You know something's stuck. You just can't name it. 8 honest questions to find it: dougthorpe.com/book-leadersh… #Leadership
Six smiling professionals in business attire gathered around a wooden conference table in a modern office. Three are seated with notebooks, a coffee mug and laptops in front of them, and three stand behind them, one with arms crossed.

ALT Six smiling professionals in business attire gathered around a wooden conference table in a modern office. Three are seated with notebooks, a coffee mug and laptops in front of them, and three stand behind them, one with arms crossed.

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Coaching that lives on your calendar, not in your week, becomes expensive conversation. Measure behavior, not how the session felt. More here: dougthorpe.com/alternatives-… #Leadership
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ALT Six smiling professionals seated and standing around a wooden table with hands folded, in a warmly lit office with shelves and plants behind them.

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One extra word ("nut") and the barista and I were totally out of sync. I could have gotten spun up. Instead I owned it and laughed. React or respond. Leaders choose every day.
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Everybody knows what empathy is. The hard part is the story running in your head about the person who gets under your skin. That's where the real work is.
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Your people aren't skipping the wellness benefits because they're lazy. They're skipping them because they're worried what the boss will think if they take a walk at 2 PM. That's a culture problem.
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