Growth Think Tank

When you lead a company that has an amazing employee experience, you get more than just happy people. The employee experience shapes how they think about their work, their co-workers, and leaders. Creating an amazing employee experience drives company growth too. Today's guest is Dan Foley, Founder, and CEO of Curate Partners. This company was ranked #20 in the 2018 Inc 5000 List. Dan shares the reasons why creating an amazing employee experience matters. He also gives you a way to improve your employee experience. Get the show notes for Creating an Amazing Employee Experience with Dan Foley at Curate Partners Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Dan Foley  with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/GTTDanFoley   #AmazingEmployeeExperience #FocusOn Character #GHepisode461 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts   Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes! Get the show notes for Creating an Amazing Employee Experience with Dan Foley at Curate Partners Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Dan Foley  with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/GTTDanFoley   #AmazingEmployeeExperience #FocusOn Character #GHepisode461 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts   Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Companies that want to grow understand the need for investing in employees. Leaders of these companies make the hard decision to put money and time into skills training that lift their employees to a new level. One mistake that is common, not investing beyond just new skills. Gordon Vanscoy is today's guest. He is the CEO of Panther Speciality Pharmacy, #31 on the 2018 Inc 5000 list. Gordon shares why investing in employees is necessary. He also gives reasons why it is more than just new skills. Investing in employees is required if you want predictable growth in the long run. Get the show notes for Being Customer Centric By Investing in Employees with Gordon Vanscoy at PantherX Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Andrew Paradise with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/GordonVanscoy   #InvestinginEmployees #EmployeeFirst #FindingTheFit #GHepisode460 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts   Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Creating an agile culture gives you speed and results. Agile is the norm in development teams. They have proven the value of small incremental growth that evolves the technology quickly. Some companies are embracing an agile culture across the whole company to improve growth. Think that each team has a new project that is the prime focus every two weeks. They learn to complete projects instead of just ongoing work. Our guest today is Andrew Paradise, Co-Founder of Skillz. Skillz was the #1 fastest growing company in 2017's Inc 5000 list. Their revenue growth of 50,059 percent in three years proves they understand growth. Andrew shares how his teams think about their work in the agile framework. Create a team that moves fast and makes work happen with an agile culture. Get the show notes for Agile Culture Improves Growth with Andrew Paradise at Skillz Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Mark Ellis with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/AndrewParadise   #AgileCulture #ImprovesGrowth #GHepisode459 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts   Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Maintaining a culture with a remote team requires intention. The culture of an organization is the cornerstone of how work gets done. It is easier when the people show up to the same building and gather face-to-face to maintain culture as the company grows. As companies have embraced virtual workers, the idea of maintaining a culture with a remote team has become more critical. Today's guest is Jeff Kupietzy, CEO of PowerInbox, who shares how they have to see a culture with their remote team. PowerInbox ranked on the Inc 500 list at #30 in 2019. Jeff gives you insights on how to lead a culture when the team is virtual.

Discover the rules of making a partnership work from two fast-growth c-founders. Partnerships can be hard. Most tend to end in frustration and turmoil. Partnerships are much harder when you don't have a framework for making the partnership work. Today's guests are Sam Khorramian and Oliver Graff. These two co-founders started Big Block Realty with the right frameworks to guide their growth. Big Block Realty ranked on the Inc. 500 list between 2016 and 2018, ranked 26th, 31st, and 33rd, respectively. Sam and Oliver walk us through how they approached making a partnership work. Listening today will give you some very tactical steps to improve your business and make your co-founders align together for the journey.

The journey of increasing team confidence requires that you lead by example. This means your confidence level has to rise higher than your team. The energy that you have when your confidence level is high will give you a chance to increasing team confidence. My guest today is Mark Ellis, co-founder of Liftoff. Liftoff was #8 on the 2017 Inc 500 List. Mark gives the critical principles of getting a team firing on all cylinders. Increasing team confidence will provide you with a team that shares their ideas and executes at a higher level. Your team will also navigate failures with more resilience. Join me for increasing team confidence in today's episode. Get the show notes for Increasing Team Confidence with Mark Ellis at Liftoff Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Mark Ellis with your host @GeneHammett #TeamConfidence #Courage #GHepisode456 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

People first leadership is rare. Putting your team before your clients are tough. After hundreds of interviews with fast-growth leaders, I see that most of these leaders know the value of their people. They are willing to invest in their people and create an employee experience that drives a customer-centered workforce. People first leadership is a way to ensure that your people know you care about them and raises their loyalty to the company. Our guest is Jeff Knauss, co-founder of Digital Hyve. Digital Hyve was #52 on the 2018 Inc 500 list. Jeff gives insight into hiring the right people. He provides details on how to create people-first leadership. This episode will challenge you as a leader that has been taught customer first. Tune in to find out the benefits of people-first leadership.   Get the show notes for People First Leadership Drives Growth with Jeff Knauss at Digital Hyve Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Jeff Knauss with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/GTTJeffKnauss #PeopleFirst #GrowYourself #GHepisode455 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!  

Vulnerability is often seen as a weakness. When it comes to leadership vulnerability, it is a strength. Those that dare to have leadership vulnerability will say I don't know the answer. They will share from their heart. My guest today is Thomas Donohue, founder of Level Agency. Level Agency ranked #190 on the 2014 Inc List. Thomas shared his challenges with leadership vulnerability during the interview. Being a great leader requires that you build trust. Trust requires authenticity. Join us today as we explore leadership vulnerability. Get the show notes for Being Vulnerable Triggers Growth with Thomas Donohue at Level Agency Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Thomas Donohue  with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/ThomasDonohoe #Weakness #Vulnerability #GHepisode454 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Getting your employees to want to do the work is very different than just getting them to do the work. You may think it is semantics, but getting your employees to want to do the work has tremendous power. Leadership is a journey of getting your employees to see their highest potential and live their best lives. I find that employees that want to do the work when they feel that that work will align with their personal goals. They also want to create value for the organization that gets them recognized. Today's interview is with Justin Bakes, co-founder of Forward Financing. This company was #404 out of 5000 in the 2018 Inc List. They grew 1,238 percent in the previous three years. Justin shares the steps in getting your employees to want to do the work. We talk about the mistakes in this endeavor. I hope that as a leader, you can understand the power of getting employees to think for themselves. Get the show notes for Getting Employees to Want to Do the Work with Justin Bakes at Forward Financing Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Justin Bakes with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/JustinBakes   #WantToDoTheWork #Employees #HIghestPotential #GHepisode453 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts   Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

One of the most important jobs for you as a leader is getting employees to think for themselves. You want them to see the challenges of the organization internally and externally. You want them to think for themselves instead of following the playbook. The reason is that the steps in the playbook are likely to change. When they think for themselves, you will see their work proactively and innovatively. Today's interview is with Mark Gallagher, Founder, and CEO of GForce Solutions. This company was #8 out of 5,000 in the 2018 Inc List. They grew 16,427 percent in the previous three years. We talk about getting employees to think for themselves. Discover the critical steps in this interview when you want your employees to think for themselves. Get the show notes for Getting Employees to Think for Themselves with Mark Gallagher at GForce Life Sciences Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Mark Gallagher with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/MarkGallagher #Getting EmployeesThink #FeelingSchizophrenic #FailFast #GHepisode452 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!