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The Art of Transforming Business Models for Dramatic Growth

How did one company scale and grow 10X despite twists and turns in the economy?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 74 TranscriptGain insights by listening on-the-go to Episode 74. We speak with Cheryl Biron, President and CEO of award-winning One Horn Transportation, a trucking and logistics brokerage she co-founded in 2005 with her husband, Louis.

Through its “constant reinvention” strategy, One Horn pivoted from an asset-based carrier, owning tractor-trailers, to an agent-based brokerage using independent contractors to move their customers’ loads

One Horn has been ranked among the 50 Fastest-Growing Women Owned and Led Companies by the Women’s President’s Organization. It has also been listed among New Jersey’s 50 fastest growing businesses by NJBIZ for the past several years. (read Cheryl’s bio below)

Find out:

  • How One Horn scaled and grew 10x despite the great recession
  • The go-big-or-go home decisions that drove One Horn’s successful business transformations
  • Three immediately useful ideas to apply when transforming a business model

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The Secret to Achieving Game-Changing Results

What does it take to stay first, fast, and foremost?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 66 TranscriptFind out by listening on-the-go to Episode 66. Scott and I share what visionary leaders of  leading companies do to break with the status quo and keep their competitive edge.
In this episode, you’ll gain insights on:

  • Myths about “changing the game”
  • The secret for discovering  new opportunities faster
  • Three immediately useful ideas for changing the game faster

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The Art of Fusing Technology and Business for Growth [Episode 33]

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Beyond “Uberizing” — could your company use IT in new ways to stay ahead of the competition?

Listen on-the-go to our conversation with Tim Hebert, CEO of award-winning Atrion, about using IT as a transformative strategic asset. Atrion is a “top 1% organization” with a proven track record for helping clients fuse IT with their businesses. Under Tim’s leadership over the past 20 years, Atrion has earned numerous industry awards, including: Best Place to Work, Business Excellence Award Winner, and Inc. 5000 Company.

Tim is also a published thought leader who regularly blogs for IDG Enterprise, the leading enterprise technology media company composed of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO, InfoWorld, ITworld and Network World.

We discuss:

  • How IT can transform business models to creatively respond to emerging market needs
  • What it takes to foster a truly strategic IT organization capable of delivering breakthrough value
  • Three essential questions for maximizing IT expenditures to grow and transform a business

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CEO Lessons Learned From a Successful Company Reinvention [Episode 18]

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How did one CEO dramatically reinvent a company, resulting in a multi-billion dollar deal?

Listen now to our conversation with Dr. Francois Nader, M.D., MBA, who was the CEO and President of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2015. He tells the remarkable story of his company’s reinvention, resulting in its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals in January 2015 for $5.2 billion.

We discuss:

  • The anatomy of the crisis that resulted in the wholesale reinvention of NPS
  • How Dr. Nader and his leadership team won stakeholder support for the reinvention
  • Two actionable steps you can take to accelerate reinvention, big or small, in your own company

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The Secrets of Creating an Environment For Innovation [Episode 10]

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What does it take to foster unprecedented levels of innovation?

We delve into the critical role that leaders can play in achieving this goal with Arthur Fox, Founder and Chief Innovation Leader at Innovation Global Network. Arthur developed his innovation expertise as one of the principal forces behind the explosive growth of Listerine Brand products over the past 20 years. He has since extended into building a global presence for sharing innovation best practices across companies of all sizes.

We discuss:

  • Why it can be so challenging to create an environment that consistently ensures the highest levels of innovation
  • What it takes to engage all levels of a company into becoming innovation champions
  • How leaders can immediately start to bring increased strength and vigor to their company’s innovation engine

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