How It All Fits Together – Stage 1

I’m writing a series called A Summary of How the Hidden Agents in the Stages of Growth Model Interact. You can also find this video series on the GCS Membership Site under the 7 SOG Videos tab, and they are called How it All Fits Together.   The real value in...

Leadership Presence Defined

When a company is in crisis, due to factors outside their control, the CEO’s presence (or lack of) will define how that company manages through that crisis. Leadership Modality is perhaps the more difficult of the hidden agents to understand. However, it’s also a...

Pacesetting Leadership Style: Pros and Cons

In a recent session with a Stage 5 company, 75% of the managers selected Pacesetting as their top leadership style. When we examined the definition and descriptions for each of the styles, the question was asked: Why is this style dissonant and recommended used...

The Steps to Integration

“I just can’t get any traction selling the X-Ray program.” This is a typical concern I hear voiced often. You may have even said it yourself. My first very honest response to this is to ask the person ‘what have you done in the past to grow your business?’ If you are...

Critical Hidden Agent: The 3 Faces of a Leader

Recently, in working with a CEO of a Stage 3 company, we talked about the 3 Faces of a Leader and I explained the role of being a Manager (60% of their time in Stage 3 is in Manager Face) at this critical stage of growth. His response was: “I don’t want to do that....