‘Do the right thing, say what needs to be said, step up and genuinely show that you care’

In this episode, Nick explains in-depth the 4 things you must own and cannot delegate in your business.

As the CEO and leader, it's vital that you are clear about your role and these 4 performance drivers are not only vital to your business, they are aspects of your culture.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

There are 4 drivers of performance that will be important to your business throughout its journey from start-up to scale up.

These are 4 things that cannot be delegated in your business. As a leader, CEO or founder you must be responsible.

Strategy and obstacle

Your strategy is the decisions you make about how you are going to get to where you want to be, the choices you make.
The obstacle is the thing that’s going to get in the way, as a CEO and founder you have to be very clear about what the obstacle is

Prioritisation

When you are working in 90-day blocks you can work with more intention and focus.
You are building the machine that will overcome the obstacle, its allocating resources to overcome the obstacle to get you to where you want to be.
It doesn’t mean all structure with no innovation or creativity, In scale up it’s how you prioritise the allocation of resources.

The ‘who’

If you are trying to overcome an obstacle and get to somewhere, you are looking for the attributes and skills to achieve tasks and deliver outcomes that can be measured against business growth.

If you want to get to where you want to be quickly then you need ‘A’ players on your team,
An ‘A’ player has a focus on delivering outcomes.

Culture

In the beginning, it’s about energy, setting a leadership position and the vision
It’s about candour and being clear about what you say to people.

Process, infrastructure and measurement are all created within the context of people and culture.
A positive culture cannot exist where there is a;

Absence of trust

Fear of conflict

Lack of commitment

Avoidance of accountability

Inner tension to results

You’ve got to act with authenticity and your own level of integrity.
Do the right thing, say what needs to be said, step up and genuinely show that you care.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Opportunity without structure is chaos and in many cases the price for entrepreneurial success is structure’

‘If they are 100% focused on all areas of their life then they are going to be good in key roles because they will bring their attitude into the business’

‘I will never hire a brilliant technical person if their attitude doesn’t fit with the company culture’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Rich Dad Poor Dad book by Robert Kiyosaki

The Road Less Stupid book by Keith J Cunningham

ABOUT THE HOST

Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert.

His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.

His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact.

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