Informed Decisions: Leadership Conversations and Q&A with Randall Craig (Audio)

Business Development for Firms: Part 1 of 3

Firms are built through relationships and thought leadership, but can we be more strategic with our efforts? 
Topics include:
↳ Growing your firm through thought leadership
↳ The time investment required to create thought leadership vs billable hours
↳ The shared responsibilities of Marketing, HR, and IT in the bus dev process, and
↳ Business development training opportunities for professional services

Developing Your Culture with Work-from-Home Teams Part 2 of 2

Completing our Q&A on corporate culture and work-from-home teams.
Topics include:
💡The impact that recordings of virtual meetings have had on working relationships.
💡Repurposing the “savings” from work-from-home employees to employee perks.
💡The impact and ethics of “moonlighting” by both employees and organizational leaders.

Developing Your Culture with Work-from-Home Teams Part 1 of 2

Hybrid and work-from-home are here to stay, but how can leaders build a strong culture, and ensure that team members are accountable?
Topics include:
💡 How to create your desired corporate culture.
💡 Hiring for work-from-home roles.
💡 How to teach the right habits and behaviors to work from home employees (and more).

Business Growth Coaching: Worth it or Waste of Time? Part 2

We continue with part 2 on demystifying the coaching industry.
Topics include:
↳ How to find the right fit coach
↳ How to get the most out of that coaching relationship, and
↳ Who should decide what to work on: the client or the coach?

Business Growth Coaching: Worth it? Or Waste of Time? Part 1 of 2

Today, it seems everyone is a coach. So in this session, we are calling out the “coaching industry”… on its proliferation, value, and fees.
We see cheap coaches aplenty, and then there are also exceptionally expensive ones –but are they effective? Let’s put Randall in the hotseat and explore the differences in approach and value, and how clients can get the best from their coaching relationship.

Marketing and Competitive Advantage Part 3 of 3

We wrap up part 3 this week on marketing strategies for competitive advantage. Catch the full episode 👉 https://www.braintrustprofessionalinstitute.com/marketing-and-competitive-advantage
Topics include: Frameworks to refresh your marketing, how to use IP in your marketing strategy, and how our content can compete with the AI “junkification” of the internet.

Marketing and Competitive Advantage Part 2 of 3

We continue this week with how to differentiate yourself and your organization in a complex marketplace. Catch the full episode 👉 https://www.braintrustprofessionalinstitute.com/marketing-and-competitive-advantage
In this episode we touch on building trust, reputation, and content. How to become the “preferred” provider, and how does experimentation fit into the picture.

Marketing and Competitive Advantage Part 1 of 3

Marketing takes time, costs money, and it doesn’t exist in a vacuum... So how can you differentiate? 🤔 Catch the full episode 👉 https://www.braintrustprofessionalinstitute.com/marketing-and-competitive-advantage
In this episode we explore marketing approaches that build competitive differentiation for your organization.
 

Recession-Proofing Your Organization Part 2 of 2

Closing up our Q&A on recession proofing strategies and cash management best practices.
Topics include:
💡Improving efficiencies
💡Scenario planning
💡Back-pocket options to consider if a situation is dire. (And more.)

Recession-Proofing Your Organization Part 1 of 2

Many leaders are feeling the challenge of steering their ship through recession, inflation, and economic uncertainty.
Topics include:
💡The question of cash: What can you do to preserve it?
💡How do you cut your burn rate, while still investing in critical areas?
💡And when things are very tight, what things can you do, right now, to “find” needed cashflow? (And more.)