*CEO, It’s Your Fault?*

Is your business thriving, generating profits, and fostering a great team culture? Or are you blaming external factors like the economy, team members, sales, customers, or even Eskom for your struggles? It's time to consider that you might be the biggest obstacle to your business's success path.

Here are 10 signs that indicate you might be such a CEO:

1. Cutting Budgets on Marketing and Sales: Reducing investment in the activities that drive your business's growth.

2. Blaming the Economy and Customers: Focusing on external factors for poor cash flow instead of looking inward for solutions.

3. Wasting Money on Team Builds with No ROI: Investing in events or activities that do not contribute to team or business growth.

4. Underperforming Team Frustrating You: Failing to see leadership's role in team performance.

5. Lack of Vision and Values Integration: When no one in the company knows or lives by the company's vision and values.

6. Ignoring Customer Feedback: Not valuing customers' insights can lead to missed opportunities for improvement and growth.

7. Resisting Change and Innovation: Being stuck in a "we've always done it this way" mentality stifles growth and adaptability.

8. Poor Financial Management: Not having clear financial goals or mismanaging company funds can lead to disaster.

9. Neglecting Employee Development: Failing to invest in the growth and development of your team members.

10. No personal coaching or mentoring for the Team: Do not invest in a personal coach for yourself or for the executive team.

In my years of experience assisting businesses, from startups to scale-ups, in achieving 10x growth, I've learned the following key lessons:

1. Investment in Sales and Marketing is Fundamental: These areas are the foundation of your business growth.

2. Creating a High-Performance Team Culture: A strong, positive culture is essential for success.

3. Upskilling in EQ, AQ, IQ, SQ, +5more etc.: Developing these quotients across the team boosts overall performance.

4. Mapping Out ROI from Team Builds: Ensuring every investment in team activities brings value to the business.

5. Cultivating a Team of Action Takers: Encouraging habits that apply learnings from meetings and strategy sessions.

6. Establishing a Viking Code of Honor: Implementing a code with clear consequences for actions that align with or deviate from company values.

7. Emphasizing Agile Leadership: Adapting and responding to change swiftly is critical.

8. Fostering Innovation at Every Level: Encouraging everyone in the organization to contribute ideas for improvement.

9. Building Resilience and Grit: Preparing your team to face challenges head-on without faltering.

10. Prioritizing Customer-Centric Strategies: Placing customer needs and feedback at the heart of business decisions.

“The moment you became a leader is the moment you lost your right to be Negative."

I've invested in a two-hour 10x assessment that can help identify your business's red flags and pave the way for scaling 10x. It's about doing "Whatever It Takes."

Cobus "Viking" Visser

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