Continuing Education

Outcomes From the X-Ray

There are many positive outcomes from the X-Ray process and I’ve listed 25 of them below. You can use these ...

What Obstacles Are You Facing?

As a business owner, we face the same issues our clients face, right? We have to create a plan that ...

It’s Too Complicated

A typical concern I hear from GCS is The X-Ray Process is too Complicated! While there are a lot of ...

Follow Up Marketing Tools

You met with a CEO of a Stage 5 organization. You had a great conversation. You were rockin’ it with ...

Start with the Name of the Stage of Growth: Part Two

In my last email, I explained the value of understanding the Names of each Stage of Growth™. I covered Stage ...

Start with The Name of the Stage of Growth: Part One

Start-Up, Ramp Up, Delegation, Professional, Integration, Strategic, Visionary ……. When I first started learning the concepts underneath Fischer’s research, I ...

Creating Initiatives from the Builder/Protector Exercise

A recent question was asked that had to do with a company having the wrong Builder/Protector Ratio. And how you ...

Don’t Miss This Meeting

ALERT: This email has two critical resources that are a part of every X-Ray. Please read and save. As you ...

Hidden Agents: Getting to the Root Cause

In a conversation with a GCS, the question was asked: How do you explain ‘Agent’ when referring to a Hidden ...

Understanding Stage 4: B/P Ratio

You are sitting in front of a CEO and he/she asks why the B/P ratio is 3:2. How would you ...

Beyond Stage 7

You have a client that has 3,000 employees. You’ve been working with them for several years and are wondering if ...

Alignment Strategy Tool Survey

Several years ago I made a presentation to a group of CEOs. My goal was to introduce the concepts of ...

Making the 7 Stages of Growth a Part of Your Business

Raise your hand IF you feel you really, really want to make the 7 Stages of Growth a main aspect ...

Website Ideas Using the 7 Stages of Growth

If you are setting up a website, here are some ideas to engage visitors that center on the 7 Stages ...

Cracking the Code to Growth

Whether you are looking for an hour-long presentation to deliver on the 7 Stages of Growth or a 3-hour workshop ...

Help Your CEOs Know Where to Focus

Way too often, it’s so much easier to blame a problem on a person rather than digging a little deeper ...

Critical X-Ray Conversation

This critical step in getting prepared for your X-Ray has so much value for the CEO and you. I thoroughly ...

The Solution to Growth Trauma

Growing companies, no matter what size, experience growth trauma at some point as they grow. Asking a CEO if they ...

Not Able to Quickly Get Procedures and Systems in Place as the Company Grows

This is Challenge #21, showing up in Stage 4 and it is the building block to creating a foundation on ...

Company Culture is Generally Resistant to Change

This is Challenge #20, showing up in Stage 3 and it can easily be misdiagnosed. People fear the unknown, and ...