Growth Think Tank

You can't do it alone. If you want to create a company with a significant impact, you must build a team that goes beyond only you. You don't need just any team either. The end goal is to get employees to take ownership of their work and the client experience. My guest today is Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4. His company was ranked #92 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list. Stu shares his insights to get employees to take ownership. We talk about the strategies and tactics that have worked for his company to grow at an insane pace. Discover how you can get your team members to go beyond taking responsibility for a feeling of ownership that drives the organization forward. Get the show notes for How to Get Employees to Take Ownership with Stu Sjouwerman at KnowBe4 Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring @StuAllard with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/StuSjouwerman #GetEmployeestoTakeOwnership #SignificantImpact #GHepisode474 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

When you are the bottleneck to growth, you have created processes and systems that make you the final say to completion of work in the business. The founders of fast-growth companies often face this after months -- sometimes years -- of struggling with being the bottleneck to growth. It comes with frustration as you want others to support the company to grow more, but you have not empowered them. To make the shift, you to have to transform your identity from Founder to the identity of the CEO. In today's behind the scenes, you will get a closer look at being the bottleneck to growth so that you can determine if this is part of your problems. Get the show notes for Behind The Scenes: Are you the Bottleneck to Growth? Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/SoloEpisode473 #BottlenecktoGrowth #Leadership #GHepisode473 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Can you even imagine what it takes to grow your company by 10x this year? Well, you will be blown away when I tell you the private company with the highest level of revenue in the last three years grew at 36,680 percent. The one driving force for their growth is an ownership culture. This means they have created a company where the employees feel a sense of ownership in everything they do. My guest today is David Freedman, Co-Founder of Freestar. Freestar was ranked #1 in the 2019 Inc 5000 list. We talked about the importance of the company's core values and how vital the ownership culture is to their business. Discover how you can create an ownership culture to drive growth for your company. Get the show notes for 36,680% Growth with an Ownership Culture with David Freedman at Freestar Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring David Freedman with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/DavidFreedman #OwnershipCulture #CelebratingFailure #GHepisode472 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

The process to empower employees is often misunderstood. Empowerment takes trust and courage. It also requires that you be the kind of leader that wants others to make decisions. Empowering employees happens to be one of the core principles of having a culture of ownership. My guest today is Jared Hecht, Founder of Fundera. His company was ranked #69 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list and operates a marketplace for small business funding. Get the show notes for How to Empower Employees for Fast Growth with Jared Hecht at Fundera Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring Jared Hecht with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/JaredHecht #EmpowerEmployees #MissionDrivenCompanies #GHepisode471 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Do you want to continue growing your business as fast as you have been growing? If you could see where I am standing right now, you would see a symbol of growth, the Inc 5000 letters at the Inc Conference in Phoenix, AZ. I work with dozens of companies that have been recognized by Inc for their fast-growth and want to continue growing. Primarily, I see their founders and CEOs are driven, confident, and committed. Today, I give you this video about the double edge sword of when you want to continue growing. Hint: There is a new devil at each new level. Discover the three characteristics of leaders that want to continue growing. Get the show notes for Continuing Growth: For Every New Level There is a New Devil Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/SoloEpisode470 #ContinuingGrowth #Leadership #GHepisode470 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Creating a mission-driven company is much more than giving money away. Mission-driven has become a buzzword in today's business. The ones that do it right have seen benefits that go beyond philanthropy. Creating a mission-driven company will help you gain customers and even align employees in a way that drives the business forward. Today's guest is Zachary Quinn, Co-founder of Love Your Melon. Zachary shares with me how the company became mission-driven and the cycle of mission-driven. He shares how you can look at mission-driven strategies. Get the show notes for Creating a Mission-Driven Company with Zachary Quinn at Love Your Melon Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring Zachary Quinn with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/ZacharyQuinn # LoveYourMelon #CreatingaMisisonDrivenCompany #GHepisode469 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Are you a high-performing leader, and you love to learn? I am attending the Inc5000 Conference in Phoenix this week. I stumbled upon three colleges clustered together and was reminded of my college years. I didn't always love the process of learning. When you are forced to learn things that you don't have much interest in to get good grades, it is hard to stay focused on learning. After college, I discovered a love for learning. I got to learn what I wanted, and it increased my value too. Today, I am going to share this video that has a special tip for high-performing leaders. I work with high-performing leaders that often are founders and CEOs on the Inc 5000 list. These high-performers love to learn. I would bet you have people on your team that love to learn too. Do you take the time to support their learning? This is an opportunity that you might be missing. Imagine being a part of their love for learning. If you want high-performers, cultivate their learning by taking time to listen to what they want to learn about. Don't make excuses about the distractions that often get in the way of giving time to your team of potential high-performers. Get the show notes for Wake Up Leaders: High-Performers Love to Learn Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/SolowithGene #High-performerslovetolearn #SoloEpisodewithGene #GHepisode468 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts

Every leader I know is charged with finding team alignment so that the company grows in a collaborative way. The process of finding team alignment takes intentional thought and robust strategies. My guests today are Blake Harris and Charlie Matter, Co-Founders of Case Energy Partners. Their company was ranked #78 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list. We talk about how they approach finding team alignment. We discuss why it is so essential for the growth of the company. Blake and Charlie share their journey with you so that you can achieve the alignment you seek. Join us for today's conversation, all about finding team alignment.

Shifting from fear of failure to lead the team to higher levels of success takes time. The fear of failure is a common fear among entrepreneurial leaders. It comes from doing something big and scary. It often drives you to work hard and encourage your team to work hard too. However, there is another more evolved way to lead. When you profoundly connect to your mission and vision, you begin to see the opportunity in a way that pulls you forward. This allows you to lead your people with confidence, and you don't have that fear of failure. My guest today is Brock Berry, Founder, and CEO of Adcellerant. His company was ranked #83 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list. Brock shares stories about how his fear of failure drove him in the early days of starting the business. Now he has more confidence in his vision. He also has more confidence in himself. He doesn't lean on the fear of failure now. Brock can see the opportunity with more clarity. Brocks shares his journey of shifting from fear of failure. Get the show notes for Shifting Beyond the Fear of Failure Leadership Style with Brock Berry at Adcellerant Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Brock Berry with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/BrockBerry # FearofFailureLeadershipStyle #BrockBerry #GHepisode466 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Discover why transparency matters in modern culture. One big reason is that transparency breeds trust. When you are open to transparency in your business, you signal to your people that they are part of the process. My guest today is John Laramie, CEO of ProjectX. His company was ranked #65 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list. John shares why transparency matters. He gives you ways to be transparent so that it drives growth. We talk about how to leverage transparency to make your people feel and act like owners within the company. When you value transparency, your people will often be more truthful with you, which allows you to see the real truth. Get the show notes for Why Transparency Matters and How to Leverage it with John Laramie at ProjectX Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring John Laramie with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/JohnLaramie #WhyTransparencyMatters #JohnLaramie #GHepisode465 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!