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Visionary Leaders Praise Growth Igniters® Radio as we enter our 6th year!

Thought Leaders, Award-Winning Authors, and CEOs Share Trends, Insights, and Innovative Ideas for Game-Changing Strategies and Growth

GLEN ROCK, N.J., Feb. 26, 2020 – CEOs, C-Suite executives, and corporate directors at successful companies are increasingly downloading and tuning into the popular business podcast series “Growth Igniters® Radio with Pam Harper & Scott Harper.”

These regular listeners have been showering high praise on the podcast series for its capacity to spark powerful insights, inspiration, and immediately useful ideas designed to take both listeners – and their companies – to their next level of innovation, transformation, and game-changing growth.

Now entering its sixth year with 170 episodes released, this free, professionally produced half-hour podcast is hosted by internationally known strategic growth expert Pamela S. “Pam” Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc. (BAI), and her business partner and husband, D. Scott “Scott” Harper, Ph.D., an internationally recognized innovation expert.

“We explore issues that are most relevant to CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Corporate Directors, and others focused on leading their successful company on their journey of transformation and dynamic growth,” explains Pam Harper, author of the critically acclaimed book, “Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High-Performance Results.”

Adds Scott Harper, “Our listeners tell us they appreciate that we break these topics into fast-paced 8-minute segments: The Premise, Digging Deeper, and Immediately Useful Ideas. This makes it easier to take action while an idea is still fresh in their minds.”

Since the bi-weekly’s podcast’s launch in February 2015, prominent guests include notable CEOs and top executives such as:

  • Brian Scudamore (O2E Brands: Global Franchisor including 1-800 GOT-JUNK and author of the best-selling book “WTF?! Willing to Fail”)
  • Peter R. Gleason, (National Association of Corporate Directors)
  • Shari Spiro (Ad Magic and Breaking Games, publisher of games including “Cards Against Humanity”)
  • Deborah Lee James (23rd Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and author of the best-selling book “Aim High”)
  • Tanya Hall, (Greenleaf Book Group, publisher of WSJ and NY Times best- selling books)

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Visionary Business Leaders Praise Growth Igniters® Radio

Growth Igniters® Radio with Pam Harper and Scott Harper is entering its 5th year!

This news and praise for our podcast was featured by over 150 media outlets including MarketPlace (NPR), Yahoo Finance, and more.

Thanks for being a listener! Can you help us spread the news about Growth Igniters® Radio so that people in your networks can listen as well?  Here is a link to the press release on PR Newswire.  Feel free to share it with friends and colleagues.

Here are highlights from the press release “…Since the bi-weekly’s podcast’s launch in February 2015, prominent guests have included notable CEOs such as:  Read More

Where do you stand on the business ethics of digital technology?

We read a compelling article on protecting privacy in the digital age which appeared as the August 19, 2018 cover story of the New York Times Magazine. The huge bold red headline screamed “Big Tech’s War on Privacy.” While this article profiles privacy activists and their push for new legislation to protect Americans, we believe that considering ethics related to digital technology and business models must go beyond which legislation will or won’t be enacted.

The fact is that every business leader needs to take responsibility and accountability for looking at the issue of how what you do in the digital realm affects the trust of your employees, customers, users, partners and other stakeholders. What specifically should you do? Read More

Finding The Right Mentors To Help You Grow Your Business

Although it’s only mid- January, all of us are navigating dramatic changes in the business environment that will substantially change the game of business in the year ahead.

For example, how will the rising stock market impact your company’s business strategy? What could it mean for your customers when technology trends such as AI and IoT are changing the very nature of the types goods and services that you and your competitors bring to market? Given the tight labor market in some areas of the US, what will you need to do differently or better as a company to attract and retain talent? It all boils down to the decisions and actions you take as a leader.

Under these circumstances, we’ve seen that the most successful leaders are the ones who are constantly developing themselves and their outlook on business. One of the ways to do this is to take a more expansive approach to finding the right mentors.

Many people think about mentoring as a personal relationship between a more experienced individual guiding a less experienced individual for a period of time. In fact, there are a number of other ways of thinking about mentoring that go far beyond traditional definitions.

To find more of the right mentors to serve your needs, start with outcomes in mind:
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Good News For Visionary Leaders Of Companies With Beloved Brands

If you are the visionary leader of an old, established company with beloved brands, one of the major challenges you may face is innovating and growing to keep pace with customers’ changing expectations due to digital technology. It’s a delicate balancing act.

On the one hand, to stay relevant and realize untapped opportunities, it’s essential to lead your organization in constantly reimagining even your most beloved brands. On the other hand, it’s also essential to preserve the magic that has made your brands so special. To do otherwise puts your organization at risk of being disrupted by more agile competitors or alienating loyal customers.

The good news is that it is possible for you to navigate this high-stakes journey.

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Listen to Pam Harper’s Radio Interview with Kelly Scanlon about How to Be the Disruptor, Not the Disrupted

In these turbulent times, companies of all sizes and stages of growth are at increasing risk of being upended by technologies and competitors that can seemingly come out of nowhere with just a moment’s notice.  How can you lead your company to not just keep up, but move at the forefront of change?

Listen to Pam Harper’s interview on Smart Companies with Kelly Scanlon: Be The Disrupter By Getting Ahead of The Curve With Author Pamela S. Harper.

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Listen to Pam Harper explain why these six business books are among our favorites

In her most recent guest appearance on The Small Business Advocate Radio Show with host Jim Blasingame, Pam and Jim discuss business books and why they are still relevant to business leaders.

They  also talk about six of our favorite books and why they are at the top of our reading list. Check out the conversation by clicking on the “Play” links below. Each segment is between 5 to 10 minutes long.
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What Business Are You REALLY In? – A Thought from Richie Havens

What Business are your inApril 2013 has been a rough month for celebrities. Icons who’ve passed away over the last few weeks include Roger Ebert, Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello, Jonathan Winters, and Richie Havens – may they all rest in peace. These losses make us stop a moment and consider the passing of time and how we can make each day the best it can be, creating value that really matters in the world.

The foundation for truly creating value is to be clear about what your business really provides to your customers.Read More

Preventing Strategic Gridlock Receives Another 5-Star Review

Pamela S. Harper’s critically acclaimed book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock, has garnered another 5-star review on Amazon.com, from Mary Clare Garber, Vice President of Princeton Legal Search Group, LLC. This recent review starts:

“Have you ever found a gem of a book that you know you’ll hold unto and use again and again? I found that book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock by Pamela S. Harper. The value of the book is twofold; the ideas and concepts about how to identify the root causes of seemingly mysterious organizational problems she calls ‘strategic gridlock,’ as well as a process to follow to break through the gridlock and accelerate progress toward high performance results – regardless of the economy…”

To read this and other reviews in full, visit Preventing Strategic Gridlock on Amazon.com.