Operating Partners - Part 1
The words 'strategy' or 'being strategic' are thrown around so often as to be nearly meaningless. I discussed this (and more) during my...
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- Jul 16
- 1 min
Stop Running The Business In Your Head
"The problem is that most [#CEOs*] run their businesses in their heads." A 30-year investing veteran... ...from the PE space (primarily...
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- May 1
- 2 min
Year 4 Helping Ambitious Execs & Orgs Solve Complex Challenges Across REVENUE - PROFIT - PEOPLE by Refining Strategy + Execution
4 years ago today, I launched this business. Over the weekend a client sent me this email: _________________ Hey Zito, Just wanted to say...
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- Apr 25
- 1 min
What Does It Feel Like To Be Wrong?
What does it feel like to be wrong? It feels exactly like being right (up until the moment... ...you realize you're wrong) It's only then...
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- Apr 15
- 1 min
Looking for 4 More CEOs to Include in my Q2 Growth Strategy (x)formation Program
A pragmatic, methodical approach to planning growth in #Revenue, #Profit and ultimately #Valuation. It exists. → It's not a magic wand. →...
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- Mar 28
- 1 min
Simple Questions - Crucial Answers
What does it mean to win? Really, what game is your organization playing? Why? On what time frame? How do you intend to win? What...
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- Oct 2, 2023
- 1 min
How Do You Create Unique Value?
"How will you win?" #CEOs often don't (or can't) give me a straight answer. There's a standard list of moves in the competitive strategy...
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- May 24, 2023
- 1 min
Unexceptional Performance with Exceptional Execs/Orgs is Unfortunate But Natural
It's hard for exceptional #CEOs to admit that they (or their orgs) aren't delivering. Can you be exceptional & deliver unexceptionally? ...
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- May 12, 2023
- 1 min
90 Second Sprint - Missing Strategy
A bunch of very smart ideas in a great sounding narrative is not a #strategy. Reframe the adage "Hope is not a strategy" as "#Vision is...
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- Mar 8, 2023
- 1 min
Client Quote. Client Love
I named my business (X)Form for many reasons. One was to have the kind of impact where #CEOs would tell me... ...that our work together...
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- Feb 2, 2023
- 1 min
On the same day every other week ask: What Exactly Have you created in the last two weeks?
Need better #outcomes? #Accountability? Continuous improvement? One of the most simple ways... ...comes from the spirit of...
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- Jan 13, 2023
- 1 min
Decentralized Command
"Decentralized Command" simply means: *EVERYONE LEADS*. Without this, the #CEO must get involved in tactical #Execution, and #Strategy...
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- Jan 2, 2023
- 1 min
3 Ways to create clarity for executing successfully
#CEOs would benefit if their #CRO (and all of their C-Suite) mapped out #Strategy as illustrated here. #Machiavelli was unscrupulous,...
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- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
You're losing at least $1 million annually
#CEOs: I can help you calculate more precisely one of the most expensive invisible costs to your organization. And map out how to fix it....
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
You are the CEO of the business of you
Maybe you have a PR problem? Perhaps poor NPS scores? Perhaps your customer support & success function needs an upgrade? Think about......
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- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Unlock higher ROI with the theory of constraints
Every last one of us is an investor - making bets on the returns of our limited time & energy. And we have stakeholders depending on us....
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- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
The Paradox of Success (And hard truths to avoid hard falls)
Reposting my recent Forbes article given not one but *two* #CEOs within my network had the 'hard fall' I wrote about within one week of...
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- Jan 29, 2022
- 1 min
Organizational Silos
Execs: How in what ways are you deliberately breaking down the organizational silos? Remember that silos aren't just "vertical" as in >>>...
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- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
The CEO is accountable for no less than the entire product and behavior of the organization
I’m looking for 5 #CEOs who feel the weight of this quote, and want 2022 to be a year of far less pressure… …even if this level of...
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