I recently had an epiphany (if this can be called that) after teaching Scorecard for the last 13 years to over 125 companies, running my last two businesses on one, and teaching it to our 58 EOS Implementers and thousands of companies indirectly.

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We’ve just passed the halfway point of 2013, and here are a couple of thoughts to help you finish the year strong. The average growth rate across all U.S. small businesses last year was 8 percent, according to Libby Bierman, an analyst at Sageworks. I’m proud to say that my clients’ average growth rate for that same period was 18 percent. You might be interested to know that there is a specific reason for this, and it’s three words.

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Many leaders have too much on their plates and must free themselves up. Last week marked the 500th time I’ve heard a leader utter the words “I can just do it myself in the same amount of time it takes me to teach someone else.” I hear this often, and when I do, I think to myself, “Oh boy, we just lost another one.”

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Having world-class, rock-solid weekly meetings will make a difference in achieving your goals this year, as well as saving you time and building team health. While this may seem a boring topic with little sizzle, it is the one discipline that is the moment of truth for leadership teams (departmental teams as well).

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