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5 Actions to Start 2025 Strong Dec 31, 2024

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It’s a powerful day when a person decides that their growth is their responsibility! In this episode, Alex invites us to start 2025 strong by creating a yearly personal growth plan. He walks us through 5 actions that will help us reflect on the past year and look ahead to the future, and he also explains how you can start strong with Path for Growth at our annual new year’s event. We hope to see you there!

Episode Recap:

There’s enormous value in creating a yearly personal growth plan (2:19)
God calls us to be active participants in the story He’s writing (5:41)
Today we’ll walk through 5 actions to start 2025 strong (7:50)
1. Reflection: It’s unwise to plan for the future without first looking back (14:28)
2. Vision: Bad growth is rooted in what you do, good growth is rooted in who you are (17:14)
3. Action: Your best growth happens in the zone of proximal development (21:38)
4. Destination: Focus on what you can control and pray for the things you can’t (26:41)
5. Elimination: Effective people will produce more than they can sustain (30:45)

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Reflecting on 2024 with Creative Curiosity - Part 2 Dec 24, 2024

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What decisions and lessons had the biggest impact on your business in 2024? In this episode, Alex leads us through a second set of year-end reflection questions, this time focused on your organization and leadership. Spend some time writing down your answers to these questions or even discussing them with your team. And make sure to listen to Part 1 if you haven’t already!

Episode Recap:

Intentional reflection is key for growth and wisdom (2:01)
What were the 3 biggest victories for your organization this year, and what caused them? (4:16)
What were the 3 biggest lessons your organization had to learn this year? (6:54)
What were the 3 most impactful things your business did in 2024? (9:22)
What were the best decisions you made in 2024, and what made them so good? (10:58)
What were the worst decisions you made in 2024, and what made them so poor? (13:22)
What is one thing you want your team to hear from you about 2024? (16:10)

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Reflecting on 2024 with Creative Curiosity - Part 1 Dec 17, 2024

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If you want to gain wisdom, you need to spend time reflecting on and evaluating your experiences. This episode is a chance to do just that, as Alex walks us through 6 questions for personal reflection as 2024 comes to a close. Take the time to think about and write down your answers to each of these questions, then join us next week for a similar exercise that will help you evaluate your business and leadership!

Episode Recap:

There’s not wisdom in experience, there’s wisdom in evaluated experience (2:21)
Reflection transforms strengths into opportunities (5:09)
Reflection turns accidental victories into intentional victories (6:36)
Creative curiosity is key for effective reflection (7:27)
Take the time to reflect on these 10 questions and write down your answers (11:15)
What are 3 specific highlights from this year, and how can you replicate them? (12:49)
What are 3 specific experiences you’re grateful you had this year? (15:47)
What are 3 mistakes you made this year, and what did you learn? (18:47)
Name 3 challenging situations. What caused them, and what did you learn? (22:27)
What is one way you grew this year, and what caused that growth? (25:09)
What personal lesson or principle do you want to take with you into next year? (28:40)

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Get Strategic About Your Personal Life Dec 10, 2024

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You know how important it is to think strategically about your business, but have you taken the time to focus on strategic growth in your personal life? In this episode, Alex wraps up our series on strategic thinking, planning, and growth by talking about how you can apply strategic principles to other areas of your life. He walks through three questions for defining your personal mission, vision, and values, explains how strategic planning can benefit your marriage, and shares practical examples of what these exercises have looked like in his own life. Make sure to catch up on the rest of our strategic growth series if you haven’t already!

Episode Recap:

The same principles that help you lead strategically can transform your personal life (0:58)
Focus on getting above and ahead to get results that are new and different (4:18)
Approach these conversations with collaboration, commitment, and curiosity (6:28)
Why do we exist? (11:02)
What do we stand for? (18:21)
Where are we going? (22:11)
Do your habits and actions align with the answers you’ve given? (25:05)
Make sure to establish rhythms for rest and evaluation (28:34)

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Lies that Keep You Working In the Business Dec 03, 2024

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If you know you should be spending more time on strategic work but aren’t sure how to make it happen, this episode is for you. Our beliefs drive our behaviors, so it’s possible that you’re believing certain lies that are keeping you stuck working in the business instead of on it. In this episode, Alex discusses five common lies that keep people from working on their businesses, along with five truths you can embrace to help you become a better, more strategic leader.

Episode Recap:

Your business survives when you work in it and grows when you work on it (1:04)
Many of us are believing lies that keep us from being strategic (3:45)
1. The Causation Lie: Since working in the business got us to where we are, I should keep doing it (5:13)
2. The Enjoyment Lie: I like working in the business and don’t want to get away from that (10:16)
3. The Delegation Lie: If they can’t do it as fast, as well, or as effective as me, I can't hand it off (16:59)
4. The Identity Lie: I’m just not a strategic person (19:51)
5. The Time Lie: I don’t have time to work on the business (22:00)
Remember that belief drives behavior (25:34)

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Creating and Executing a Strategic Plan Nov 26, 2024

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Effective strategic planning is not a one-time event, it’s a sustainable rhythm you need to establish if you want to see healthy growth. In this episode, Alex talks with Path for Growth Coach Matt Aiken about creating and executing a strategic plan. They discuss 4 pillars of strategic planning and two consistent rhythms to start implementing with your team. Make sure to catch up on our other episodes on strategic planning if you haven’t already!

Episode Recap:

Today Path for Growth Coach Matt Aiken is joining us to talk about creating a strategy (0:44)
How do you find time to ponder? (4:33)
Tactical vs. strategic work: What’s the difference? (7:30)
Strategy is not an event, it's a sustainable rhythm (11:10)
Pillar #1: Mission and values are your organization’s foundation (13:18)
Pillar #2: A “GWC” leadership team (18:47)
Pillar #3: Financial health and financial fuel (25:55)
Pillar #4: Vision (33:32)
Rhythm #1: A quarterly cadence for evaluation and prioritization (40:55)
Rhythm #2: A weekly cadence for accountability and execution (46:45)
Next steps for you and your team (49:33)

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STOP doing this if you want Strategic Thinkers on Your Team Nov 19, 2024

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How can you make sure you’re not holding your team back from thinking strategically? In this episode, Alex and Path for Growth Coach Kyle Guemmer break down 6 things you need to stop doing if you want to cultivate strategic thinking in your team. They also share practical examples from their own experience running businesses and from their work as coaches. Make sure to sign up for our new Growth Guide in the links below if you’d like to learn more about this topic!

Episode Recap:

How can we cultivate a team of strategic thinkers instead of compliant followers? (1:12)
Today Kyle Guemmer is joining us to talk about 6 things to stop doing if you want a team of strategic thinkers (2:42)
1. Stop giving answers (6:00)
2. Stop solving problems alone (13:01)
3. Stop hoarding context (16:04)
4. Stop moving faster than people’s understanding (24:11)
5. Stop overvaluing quick responses (32:13)
6. Stop overprioritizing efficiency (39:12)
Here’s how you can learn more on this topic (41:47)

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How to Think Strategically with Path for Growth Coach Kyle Guemmer Nov 12, 2024

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Clear strategic thinking is a vital skill for any leader, even if you’re someone who tends to gravitate more towards tactics. In this episode, Alex talks with Path for Growth one-on-one coach Kyle Guemmer about 6 actions you can take to grow in your strategic thinking. Whether you’re a seasoned strategic thinker or trying to learn how to build this skill for the first time, you’ll walk away with some new tactics you can try this week. And make sure to follow the podcast for more upcoming episodes on strategic thinking and growth!

Episode Recap:

Today we’re continuing our series on strategic growth with Path for Growth coach (1:03)
Your business survives when you work in it but grows when you work on it (1:36)
Most leaders are predisposed either to tactics or to strategy (4:30)
Today we’ll focus on 6 actions to help you think strategically (8:32)
1. Get clear on desired outcomes (11:49)
2. Understand the resources available to you (18:37)
3. Identify root causes and solve for them (28:57)
4. Expand your number of moves (32:39)
5. Listen to different perspectives (36:37)
6. Treat assumptions as assumptions (41:08)

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8 Principles for Strategic Planning and Growth Nov 05, 2024

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Strategic planning looks beyond the current state of your organization and can help set you up for healthy growth. But what does it look like to plan wisely and then actually take action? In this episode, we discuss 8 principles of healthy strategic planning, including why it matters, what it entails, and how your organization will change as a result. This is our first episode in a new series on strategic growth, so make sure to follow the podcast for more!

Episode Recap:

We all know strategic planning is important, but what does a healthy version of it look like? (1:03)
Strategic vs. tactical work (3:46)
Good strategic thought will always result in planning and action (8:39)
1. Your business survives when you work in it but grows when you work on it (9:38)
2. There’s a difference between spending time and investing time (13:26)
3. The specificity of your strategy will never exceed the specificity of your vision (17:03)
4. It’s better to invite God in at the beginning than at the end (19:33)
5. A good strategy with wholehearted buy in is better than a great strategy with halfhearted buy in (22:57)
6. Effective strategic planning always results in decisions and actions (24:10)
7. Faithfulness is a commitment to doing God’s work, God’s way (25:46)
8. Wise strategy is rooted in healthy single mindedness (28:31)

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5 Indicators of a Healthy Business Oct 29, 2024

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If you want to build and maintain a healthy organization, there are certain key areas you need to focus on. In this episode, Alex examines five of the most important indicators of organizational health, which impact everything from leadership to individual team members to profits. He also discusses the problem of employee engagement and shares a list of questions you can ask yourself to understand if your team is engaged in the work they are doing.

Episode Recap:

Impact-driven leaders know the health of their organization matters (1:20)
Growth for the sake of growth is death (6:08)
Today we’ll walk through 5 indicators of a healthy organization (7:37)
1. Team Engagement: 85% of people are not engaged at work (10:03)
Ask these questions to evaluate your team’s engagement (13:26)
2. Profitability: Your gross sales are meaningless in the conversation about your business’ health (19:18)
3. Consistency of Language: Language creates culture, so the words and phrases your team repeats matter (22:25)
4. Operational Excellence: Do you have a consistent system for never-ending improvement? (24:55)
5. Health of the Leader: Your spiritual, physical, emotional, and relational health matters (28:02)
What’s one area you can focus on this week? (37:06)

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