Podcast 206 – What to Do When You Have No Map

by Nicholas McGill | Apr 9, 2019 | Business, Management Strategy, Podcast, Strategy

Welcome to the Heroik Hour Podcast the show where we help established owners get mission ready for life – I’m your host, Nicholas McGill and this is episode 206.  And we’re going to talk about what to do when you don’t have a map for your business.  ...

Capacity Counts: The 5 Lies You Buy Into That Cause You To Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

by Nicholas McGill | Jan 9, 2019 | Business, Business Development, Communication, Management, Management Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Productivity, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Look back on your past year. How many initiatives and projects did you tell yourself, your spouse and your team that you were going to accomplish? How much actually got done? Don’t worry, those horrible stats are what most establish owners struggle with and it all...

Getting It Done: 3 Steps to Help You Stop Overestimating Your Capacity & Underestimating The Effort Required

by Nicholas McGill | Jan 8, 2019 | Business, Business Model Design, Design, Management, Management Strategy, Operations, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Overestimating your capacity is a bad keystone habit that enables a lot of other self-sabotaging habits, and while there are ways to turn things around, as with any addiction, you’ll be vulnerable to repeating bad problems and must maintain constant vigilance. This...

Finding Your Flow: 8 Business and Life Altering Benefits of Getting Capacity Right

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 26, 2018 | Business, Business Model Design, Featured, Management, Management Strategy, Operations, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Being aware of your true, effective work capacity as an individual and as a company is an essential life skill. Most established business owners struggle with it. Overestimating what they can do & underestimating the effort required, is a surefire, one-two recipe...

Capacity Counts: 25 Points of Peril & The High Cost of  Getting It Wrong

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 26, 2018 | Business, Business Model Design, Design, Design Thinking, Featured, Leadership, Management, Management Strategy, Operations, Performance, Productivity, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Being unaware of your true effective capacity as an individual and as a company is deadly. If the leader of the company overestimates his capacity, he’ll flood his company with unrealistic expectations, fantasy projects, and vague goals that will cripple the...

Digital Detox: 5 #OffMode Options To Help You Reconnect With The Real World

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 5, 2018 | Becoming Heroik, Business, Digital Lifestyle, Escapes, Featured, Lifestyle, Management Strategy, Personal Development, Strategy

If you’ve been following the #OffMode series, you know that most people struggle with a lot of stress, anxiety and depression, and most of it shares a common source – our digital lifestyles and unchecked information diets. #OffMode is all about cultivating...