Business Accelerator
Michael Hyatt & Megan Hyatt-Miller
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Short-term wins are easy. Sustained achievement is another story. On Business Accelerator, join New York Times bestselling author Michael Hyatt and CEO Megan Hyatt Miller as they discover how current research combines with timeless wisdom for lasting success. From personal productivity to personal development, self-leadership to team leadership, and intentionality to influence, get the insights and tools you need to win at work and succeed at life.
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Michael Hyatt & Company Has a New Name!
Business Accelerator
02/15/22 • 26 min
As your company grows, it can be hard to streamline your product offerings and make what you do simpler to understand. But customers and clients need to be able to immediately understand who you are and what you offer. Otherwise, they’ll be left confused—and you may even risk losing potential customers.
In this episode, Megan and Michael talk through the company rebrand and how it unifies our products and makes the customer journey clear.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- The new company name
- The backstory behind the company rebrand
- What Michael was up to when Megan broke the news
- How a rebrand can tie your products together
- The necessary mechanics of a successful rebrand
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How to Make Your Vision a Reality
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04/14/20 • 29 min
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As a leader, you have a clear vision for the future. But the busyness of life always pulls your attention back to business as usual. You make occasional bursts of effort toward the vision, but there’s no real progress. It’s frustrating to watch your dream for the future collecting cobwebs.
Here’s what we’ve learned after more than 40 years in leadership: Vision doesn’t force its way into your business. You have to make room for it. And you can do that by linking your vision to daily actions through strategy.
We’ll show you a chain of execution that will anchor everything you do each day to your greater vision. Try this, and you’ll finally get past that stuck feeling and watch your vision take shape before your eyes.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- Practical steps for linking vision to execution.
- How to tell the difference between vision and strategy.
- The missing ingredient for attaining your desired future.
- The value of creating a Vision Script.
- Questions to ask yourself about the coming year to make progress on your goals.
- Tips for laying out both short-term and longer-term goals that are in alignment with your vision.
- How to develop a reliable cadence of execution so the higher level plans don’t get lost.
- The psychological benefits of isolating your top 3 objectives each week.
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How Successful Leaders Overcome Resistance
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05/05/20 • 25 min
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You’re well on the way to achieving your vision, but something unexpected happens. Maybe a cost overrun or a production delay. Vendors are confused. Customers aren’t happy. Employees start complaining as the problems pile up.
Is it a sign that your vision is simply out of reach?
Now way! We’ve been in the game long enough to know that resistance to your vision—both internal and external—is perfectly normal. It means you’re on the right track. We’ve identified the three essential tools you need to overcome resistance to your vision.
Put them to work, and you’ll go from tired and discouraged to energized and focused. Problems won’t magically disappear, but you’ll find the courage and energy to blow past them. Your vision will move closer by leaps and bounds.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- The importance of balancing your team’s needs for certainty and variety.
- One secret weapon for communicating change.
- How to help people see themselves in the vision of the team as a whole.
- Practical tips for maintaining trust with your employees while announcing changes.
- The value of candor and inclusion during transitions.
- When to bring other minds into the vision process to maximize value and avoid drama.
- What to do with the feedback you receive from your team.
This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's new online course for navigating crisis as a leader, Leading Through Crisis. Learn more at leadto.win/crisis.
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#83: Next-Level Strategies for Weekly Planning
Business Accelerator
11/09/21 • 26 min
Leaders like to plan their work and work their plan. The problem is that real-life gets in the way. Interruptions, distractions, and unforeseen problems can make a trainwreck of your week even before it leaves the station. By Friday, you can feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and wonder, “What did I really accomplish?” There’s got to be a better way to plan your week.
Well, there is! And we can teach it to you. We’ve seen our share of Monday to Friday chaos, and we’ve developed a simple system that lets you take control of your week and ensure that you stay focused.
Try these next-level strategies, and you’ll finally escape the sickening feeling of never getting anything done. You’re going to start loving Mondays again!
Don’t miss out on the free download that goes along with this episode, the Perfect Progress Checklist. It’s a simple tool to tuck inside your Full Focus Planner to kick your weekly planning into high gear. Get yours now.
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Resources from This Episode
- The Quick Win
- Full Focus Planner
- “Self-Care as a Leadership Discipline” by Michael Hyatt
- The Perfect Progress Checklist
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The Leadership Superpower of the Post-Pandemic World
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06/16/20 • 29 min
As a leader, you’re used to being on top of your game. But this crisis has been more draining than any of us expected. As the weeks become months, you become more and more exhausted. Is this thing ever going to end?
Here’s what we know: you can develop resiliency as a leader regardless of what’s happening in the world. In this episode, we’ll teach you the three primary traits that will boost your “immunity” to stress and help you bounce back from periods of intense turmoil.
Develop them and you’ll begin to feel better almost immediately. You’ll finally shake that feeling of fatigue and foreboding and gain new energy to face the future. You really can do this!
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- Advice for how to bounce back when times of crisis gets you down.
- That some challenges are too big to power through—and what to do instead.
- One key to resilience that you can’t afford to be without.
- How limiting beliefs hold you back—and how to reshape those stories.
- Practical steps to maintain a healthy body and mind so you’re ready for a challenge.
- The importance of cataloging your achievements to build confidence.
- Tips for remaining flexible if you tend to become rigid in conflict.
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7 Must-Have Tools for Remote Work
Business Accelerator
04/07/20 • 31 min
You want to stay productive while working at home, but it’s not easy! There are challenges in team communication, collaboration, conferencing, and document sharing. And? You’ve got to set up an entirely new workspace. It’s challenging. And, especially at first, exhausting.
We’ve got help. Based on nearly a decade of working remotely and leading remote teams, we’ve got the tools you need to stay productive. With these recommendations, you can stop fumbling around for solutions and get your team back to work right now.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- How to simplify team communication and avoid lost conversations
- The difference between synchronous and asynchronous tools
- What you can do to automate tasks and processes and save time
- Tips on maximizing your video conferencing experience with your team and clients
- Simple solutions for sharing and collaborating on documents and files
- Suggestions for staying focused when your kids (or other people) are making noise
This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's new book, The Vision Driven Leader. Order your copy for free bonuses today at www.visiondrivenleader.com.
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BONUS: How One Business Owner is Successfully Using Vision Today
Business Accelerator
04/16/20 • 19 min
As a leader, you’re eager to develop a vision for your business. You’ve got a copy of The Vision-Driven Leader, and you’re ready to dig in. But how do you put this all together? Is it difficult to create a Vision Script? What can you expect by way of results? We’ve got answers! We’re joined in this episode by one of our coaching clients who has already created a Vision Script and put it to work in his business. Listen now to get insider tips on the process, and a first look at the results you can expect.
When we’re finished, you’ll have the confidence you need to write your own Vision Script!
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- The motivation you need to finally create your own vision script.
- Real-life examples of a business leader’s journey through the process.
- Tips on how to get started and what resources to tap into so you don’t have to start from scratch.
- How to translate visionary ideas from your head into a clear, tangible document.
- Questions you can ask to prime the pump and get the ideas flowing through your pen.
- Ideas for how to roll out your vision and sell it to your team.
- How to find the clarity you need to continue growing and scale your business.
This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's new book, The Vision Driven Leader. Order your copy for free bonuses today at www.visiondrivenleader.com.
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4 Essential Documents for Leading Your Business
Business Accelerator
04/21/20 • 34 min
As a leader, you know vision is important. But what on earth is it? There are many conflicting voices on the subject. It’s enough to make you forget the whole thing and just focus on operations. Why is this so hard?
We’ve been refining these concepts for decades. And we’ve distilled them into four distinct documents that form the foundation for any successful business.
Forget what you’ve heard before. Adopt this simple system, and you’ll escape the fog of vague ideas and definitions. You’ll gain instant clarity on the kind of company you want to be, and how to make it happen.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- Strategies for translating your directional ideas into clear documentation.
- The differences between vision scripts, mission statements, and other similar documents.
- How to identify where you’re going as a business, and how you’re going to get there.
- Tips on articulating your organization’s “why.”
- Ideas for dialing in exactly who you are serving.
- How to identify your boundaries so you know how to play the game well.
- Suggestions for how to learn from the past and use that knowledge to build a better future.
This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you the Wall-Street Journal best-seller, The Vision Driven Leader by Michael Hyatt. Get your copy online today, and claim your free bonuses today at www.visiondrivenleader.com.
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How to Communicate Sensitive Information
Business Accelerator
05/12/20 • 32 min
As a leader, you’re committed to transparency in running your business. But that’s not as easy as it sounds. What about introducing a major change or initiative? Or announcing a layoff? How to manage the flow of sensitive information without causing confusion or mistrust.
No worries. We’ve spent the last 40 years perfecting the art of communicating important information. In this episode, we’ll give you four steps that will take all the stress out of making major announcements within your company.
With this simple process, you can communicate the most sensitive or impactful information with perfect confidence that you’re communicating the right information to the right people at the right time.
In this episode, you’ll discover—
- How to avoid negative surprises that damage trust and confidence.
- Practical tips on how to implement Cascading Communication in your organization.
- Questions to ask yourself when you’re deciding what to say and when to say it.
- The importance of putting yourself in your team’s shoes and viewing your communication from their perspective.
- How to avoid mixed messages and ensure you are delivering information with clarity.
- One mistake that will sabotage your attempts, no matter how much you prepare—and how to avoid it.
- The most important element for getting your messaging right.
This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's new video series, Clear Communication Tips, to help you end communication breakdowns in the workplace. You can learn more at www.leadto.win/tips.
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BONUS: How to Be Resilient in Tough Times
Business Accelerator
04/02/20 • 35 min
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How many episodes does Business Accelerator have?
Business Accelerator currently has 310 episodes available.
What topics does Business Accelerator cover?
The podcast is about Leadership, Business, Society & Culture, Management and Productivity.
What is the most popular episode on Business Accelerator?
The episode title 'Michael Hyatt & Company Has a New Name!' is the most popular with 1 listens and 1 ratings.
What is the average episode length on Business Accelerator?
The average episode length on Business Accelerator is 34 minutes.
How often are episodes of Business Accelerator released?
Episodes of Business Accelerator are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Business Accelerator?
The first episode of Business Accelerator was released on Oct 10, 2017.
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