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The Keys to Leading a Successful U.S. – European Business Expansion – with Sophie Boutelegier

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We speak with international expansion advisor Sophie Boutelegier about leading for a successful European-U.S. expansionAre you thinking that 2023 might be the year to expand your US company into Europe, or to expand your European company into the US?  If so, you’re in good company, according to our guest, Sophie Boutelegier, Founder and Chief Expansion Officer of Expandify. The question is, what does it take to lead a successful international expansion that provides a return on your investment? This is the focus of our conversation.

Sophie is an expert in international expansion and strategic alliances. Her core expertise lies in creating international expansion strategies, developing powerful go-to-market plans, and helping European businesses thrive in the US market. She works with entrepreneurs and business leaders to create and implement powerful strategies to achieve sustained, profitable revenue growth.

In this episode, we discuss Sophie’s views of the trends for European-US business expansion in 2023. She shares the most common assumption that business leaders need to examine when crafting their expansion strategy. We also discuss contrasts between the US and European approaches to expanding internationally. For example, Sophie shares the story of one of her European clients who increased their company’s success by developing an expansion strategy that accounted for differences in US market needs and culture. We also discuss highlights from 10 tips Sophie has developed to increase the success of expanding from Europe to the US. These tips can also help US companies expand intoEurope.

One of the keys to successful European-US expansion is thinking big, but starting small. Begin with a very specific focus and grow from there. – Sophie Boutelegier

This week on Growth Igniters Radio:

  • Sophie’s view on trends for European-US business expansion in 2023
  • The most common assumption business leaders need to examine about European-US expansion
  • A story of how she helped a European client successfully expand into the US
  • Three immediately useful ideas for increasing trust and mutual commitment to new relationships

Resources for This Episode:

  • Sophie Boutelegier’s full bio and website for her company Expandify
  • Sophie’s profile on LinkedIn
  • Download Sophie’s Download White Paper, “10 Tips to Expand Successfully to the United States”
  • Find out more about Pam’s keynote “Break Orbit: Achieving Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World”

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A Quick Take on Being “The Disruptor and Not The Disrupted”

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As innovative competitors keep emerging, you and your leadership team may be wondering what it will take to be “the disruptor and not the disrupted.”

We’ve seen that the most successful CEOs and top leadership teams are not just disruptors in their businesses; they’re disruptors in their own careers as well. They’ve internalized that integrating professional growth with business growth is foundational for creating lasting legacies of value.

We discuss how The innovators Dilemma and Disrupt Yourself can guide us in being the disruptor and not the disruptedThat’s why in this “Quick Take” book pairing episode, we are featuring our views on two very different classic best-selling business books: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen and Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson. We share how, taken together, these two books can complement each other in guiding you and your company to be “the disruptor and not the disrupted.”

We need to recognize opportunities as they are emerging, and be be willing to stay with them to grow the company. – Pam Harper

This week on Growth Igniters® Radio:
  • What impacted us about Clayton Christensen’s finding that companies can be upended when they become overly attached to their success.
  • Our take on applying principles from The Innovator’s Dilemma as you lead in your own business
  • What impacted us about Whitney Johnson’s research on applying concepts of disruptive innovation to personal and career growth
Resources Mentioned:
  • Find out about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks
  • Book: The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen
  • Book: Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work by Whitney Johnson

 

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Leading for Multi-Stakeholder Benefit in the New Year – with Andrew Hollo

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As we move into the New Year, you may be wondering what it will really take to lead your bold vision and strategy to create a lasting positive impact for society as you also build financial value. We’ve already seen that the leadership teams who foster strategic collaborations between their diverse stakeholders are achieving game-changing results in their industries as well as for the world as a whole. This can be challenging, but is possible.

Andrew Hollo shares insights on creating lasting positive benefit for multiple business and societal stakeholdersThat’s why Scott and I are featuring this fan-favorite conversation with Andrew Hollo, the director and principal consultant at Workwell Consulting.

Andrew  is one of Australia’s leading experts in realizing the potential of organizations and groups to develop big ideas and gain collective results. He does his best work in demanding, complex sectors and where work across organizational and sector boundaries is required. In over 20 years, he has led almost 1000 projects for clients who deliver substantial public value: government and non-government, privately held and non-profit organizations. He is also author of the book From Impossible to Possible. Learn more about Andrew Hollo

It’s not a question of environment or profit.
It’s how do we do environmental responsibility and profit? – Andrew Hollo

This week on Growth Igniters® Radio:

  • Why Andrew believes that multi-stakeholder societal benefit matters now more than ever
  • Top leadership implications for CEOs, C-Suites and Boards leading for net positive impact
  • Immediately useful ideas for leading an organization to build business value and create a lasting positive impact for society

Resources for This Episode:

  • Download a complimentary copy of Andrew’s book, From Impossible to Possible
  • Read / Subscribe to Andrew’s 5 Minute Strategic Mindset Newsletter
  • Visit PamHarperSpeaks.com to find out more about Pam’s insights on game-changing leadership in her new keynote “How Growth Igniters® Lead for Tomorrow, Starting Today”

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What is the Secret of Transforming Disadvantages Into Advantages?

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When you’re leading for game-changing growth, the disadvantages you face can sometimes seem daunting. Perhaps your company has entered a new industry sector and you’re facing unexpected challenges as you compete with market leaders. Maybe you’re facing a tight timeline and there are serious disagreements between employees, partners and other stakeholders about the best strategy for moving forward.

David & Goliath and Yes, And - transforming disadvantages into advantages To move beyond these types of dilemmas, in this week’s Quick Take  book pairing episode, we share how two very different classic best-selling books, David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell and Yes, And by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton actually complement each other to address these and other seemingly daunting challenges.

Taking an overview of these two books together, we share our take that the secret of overcoming disadvantages lies in reframing your disadvantages in a way that enables you to fully accept the challenge. Building on the perspectives from others who may see the situation differently and collaborating in new ways can be the secret to transforming disadvantages into advantages.

As we move into the New Year, here is a question for you and your team to consider:

How will you collaborate with employees, partners and other stakeholders in new ways that can transform your disadvantages into advantages?  – Pam Harper

This week on Growth Igniters Radio:

  • Why we believe the very different classic best-selling books David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell and Yes, And by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton complement each other
  • What impacted us about how Malcolm Gladwell presents reframing apparent disadvantages in David and Goliath
  • The key to the ability of small companies to rise to large challenges
  • Why Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton see that taking an improvisational “Yes, And” approach to conversations and challenges can improve almost any situation
  • How we apply the art of improvisation with each other as an example of the “Yes, And” approach for collaborating to transform disadvantages into advantages

 Resources Mentioned:

  • Learn more about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks
  • Book: Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No, But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City by Kelly Leonard
  • Book: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Our previous book pairing: “Thinking Differently About Complex Leadership Issues“

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How Scenario Thinking Can Help CEOs Chart the Course with Tara Rethore

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Tara Rethore shares insights on the art of scenario thinkingTara Rethore is a C-suite advisor and the CEO of Strategy for Real, a strategy development and consulting company that helps organizations drive growth and profitability through a clear strategy and structured framework. She is the author of Charting the Course: CEO Tools to Align Strategy and Operations, which discusses scenario thinking and other tools she’s gathered throughout her 20+ years in the industry to help business leaders make their business strategies a reality.

Tara joins us today to describe how business leaders can use scenario thinking in the context of  preparing for the future. This helps with strategic thinking in a way that extends beyond financial modeling and contingency planning. She provides examples of how scenario thinking can be applied in an organization. She shares how leaders can help their team members more vividly see the company’s future and how it fits into the vision. Tara also shares how fostering a wide range of stakeholder conversations contributes to creating more expansive strategic scenarios .

Scenario thinking creates a habit that allows you to reach beyond what you already know.
— Tara Rethore

This week on Growth Igniters Radio:

  • How Tara came to write her book, Charting The Course
  • Defining scenario thinking in the context of business and why it can be valuable
  • Using a range of scenarios to make sense of a future we can’t see yet
  • Examples of companies that practice scenario thinking
  • The importance of cultivating a wide range of conversations to expand your strategic mindset
  • Practical ideas on how to apply scenario thinking in your organization

Question to discuss with your team:

  • What new conversations do we need to have at the C-suite and board level to increase the linkage between our strategy and where our operations are taking us?

Resources Mentioned:

  • Learn more about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks

Connect with Tara Rethore:

  • Strategy for Real
  • Book: Charting the Course: CEO Tools to Align Strategy and Operations
  • Tara Rethore on LinkedIn

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Leading at Warp speed? Here’s What You Need to Know

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Pam Harper and Scott Harper question assumptionsIn this Growth Igniters® Quick Take, Scott and I discuss why it’s important to question assumptions when you’re making game-changing decisions in this fast-changing business environment. Getting a clear idea of how well your organization understands your vision and strategy, and what they are doing to bring it off, it can pivotal to accelerating your success. It is all too easy to assume that employees and other stakeholders know and understand what needs to happen and why, and will support the changes needed to move the company in a new direction.

We share the  story of what one CEO and C-suite team discovered  about the impact of their assumptions  as they led their company for dramatic transformation and growth.

We  also discuss the benefits of using our free strategic checklist, “5 Questions To Ask When You Need To Move Even Faster,” and three particular times where these questions can be especially useful.

“One of the biggest challenges of moving fast is the tendency to make assumptions about what and how strategies and plans will play out in the bigger picture.”
– Pam Harper

This week on Growth Igniters Radio:

  • What you need to know when you’re leading your company for game-changing growth
  • The challenge of moving at “warp speed” when everything is important
  • The story of how discovering leadership assumptions enabled one company to accelerate their growth
  • The benefits of our free checklist for discovering leadership assumptions  when you need to move even faster
  • The best situations to use the checklist

Resources Mentioned:

  • Download Our FREE strategic resource: 5 Questions To Ask When You Need to Move Even Faster
  • Find out more about Pam’s keynote speaking at Pam Harper Speaks

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The CEO’s Key Role in Increasing Innovation ROI — with guest Tendayi Viki

“It’s time to start a movement that transforms how innovation is managed”

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At a time when it’s more important than ever to get the greatest possible value from innovation, listen again to our Fan Favorite episode 191. Scott and I speak with Tendayi Viki, an award-winning thought leader, author and corporate innovation expert. We discuss insights from his third book, “Pirates In The Navy: How Innovators Drive Transformation,” and how they apply to increasing innovation ROI.

As Associate Partner at Strategyzer, Tendayi works with companies to develop their internal ecosystems so they can innovate for the future while managing their core business. He was shortlisted for the 2021 Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He is also a regular contributor at Forbes. (read more about Tendayi Viki below)

You’ll gain insights on:

  • Why continuous innovation in an established company (beyond start-up) can be so challenging
  • The myths of leading innovation and how they can decrease value
  • Three immediately useful ideas for CEOs and top leadership to create a greater ROI for innovation

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The Next Big Wave for Business: Multi-Stakeholder Societal Benefit — with Andrew Hollo

More top leaders are prioritizing strategies that address society’s biggest needs

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 205 TranscriptListen to episode 207. Scott and I speak with Andrew Hollo, the director and principal consultant at Workwell Consulting. We discuss the growing trend for businesses of all sizes to collaborate with their diverse stakeholders on strategies that create a lasting positive impact for society and build financial value.

Andrew is one of Australia’s leading experts in realizing the potential of organizations and groups to develop big ideas and gain collective results. In over 20 years, Andrew has led almost 1000 projects for clients who deliver substantial public value: government and non-government, privately held and non-profit organizations.
(read Andrew Hollo’s bio below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • Why multi-stakeholder societal benefit matters now more than ever
  • Top leadership implications for CEOs, C-Suites and Boards
  • Immediately useful ideas for leading an organization to create multi-stakeholder societal benefit

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How Top Leadership Impacts Your Company’s Value — with guest Bharat Kanodia

A valuation expert shares why the “intangibles” of leadership matter during company appraisal

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 200 TranscriptDownload and listen to episode 200. Scott and I speak with valuation expert Bharat Kanodia about the contribution of top leadership to a company’s valuation. He is the Founder and Chief Appraiser of Veristrat LLC, a technology development, valuation and analytics outsourcing company that helps founders, business owners and VCs by telling them what their companies are worth.

Bharat has appraised over 2000 businesses and signed off on over 4500 valuations of assets in real estate, industrial, personal property and financial assets worth $2.6 trillion in value. This includes some very unique assets including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Atlanta Airport, Uber, Airbnb, Yahoo!, the Brooklyn Bridge, Mirage Casino Las Vegas, among many others. (read more about Bharat Kanodia below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • Why there’s more to valuation than “the numbers”
  • Bharat’s approach to appraising top leadership’s contribution to company value
  • Immediately useful ideas for how top leadership can increase their company’s value

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Reimagining Your Global Supply Chain as Strategic Partners — with Patrick Daly

As the global supply chain crisis persists, it’s time to change the game

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Download and listen to episode 199. Scott and I speak with Patrick Daly, Managing Director of Alba Consulting, and author of the book International Supply Chain Relationships: Creating Competitive Advantage in a Globalized Economy, about the value of re-imagining your global supply chain as strategic partners.

Based in Ireland, Patrick works with clients in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics services in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He helps them achieve dramatic improvements in their supply chain capabilities and performance.  (read more about Patrick Daly below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • How supply chain relationships are being reimagined in the changing business environment
  • Vendor or partner? The leadership challenges of elevating supply chain issues to the C-Suite
  • Immediately useful ideas for fostering more valuable supply chain relationships

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