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While it might seem cliche, the new year is a perfect opportunity to set goals both personally and professionally. This is due to something called the "Fresh Start Effect". This idea might seem more intuitive than quantitative, but the reality is that there is a lot of data behind the effectiveness of the Fresh Start Effect. Understanding how to harness the new year could be the difference between a good year and a great year.In this episode, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller offer you four steps for making positive change happen in the new year. After that, Joel Miller speaks with author and economist, Dr. Katy Milkman, about the Fresh State Effect and how to use it in your leadership.For more about Katy Milkman and her book, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be", visit https://www.katymilkman.com/.The quote from Nick Gillespie comes from episode 77 of Political Beats: https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/political-beats/episode-77-nick-gillespie-the-byrds/Ta

Most people don't follow through on the goals that they set for themselves. This is common knowledge. But the more important question is: Why are people struggling to achieve their goals? It turns out that some of it has to do with how we structure our goals and some of it has to do with our motivation for choosing those goals in the first place.In this episode, Megan and Michael talk about five mistakes that people make when setting goals and how to move forward. Then, Joel speaks to author Luke Burgis about the importance of how we're motivated.Make sure to check out Luke's book, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life.If you need help setting your goals, then you should check out Full Focus' Best Year Ever event on January 6, 2023. For more information, visit https://fullfocus.co/goalsetting.For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values and processes inside the BusinessAccelerator coaching program. If you want a fre

If there's one thing that a leader is good at, then it's probably making lists. More often than not, it's a to-do list of tasks that you'll probably never finish and make you feel like you'll never catch up (because you always add more than you can check off). But, what if there were lists that made you feel good?In this episode, we're branching out from the to-do list and providing leaders with a few other lists that might provide clarity and increase happiness and motivation. First, Megan and Joel talk about the lists that they have found the most valuable as business leaders. Then, Joel speaks with Jeremy Adam Smith, the editor of Greater Good Magazine and co-editor of The Gratitude Project. Jeremy shares some important research on gratitude and Joel makes the case for making a gratitude list.For more from Jeremy, visit Greater Good Magazine or pick up a copy of The Gratitude Project!For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values

As a business leader, you undoubtedly have ideas and beliefs that you put into practice every day as you seek to guide your organization into the future. No matter how certain you are of these guiding beliefs, it's important to question them: How accurate are they? If they're not accurate, then how might those beliefs be hurting your business?In today's episode, we explore limiting beliefs as they apply to both the marketing and HR departments of your organization. More importantly, we also offer some actionable liberating truths that your teams can use to grow. First, Megan Hyatt Miller speaks with Marissa Miller, Director of Marketing at Full Focus. Marissa shares five limiting beliefs that marketing professionals experience. After that, Megan talks to Full Focus Chief Experience Officer, Erin Perry, about how limiting beliefs show up in HR and Operations.For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values and processes inside the Busin

Michael Hyatt returns to the podcast after a quadruple bypass surgery. He shares the story about what led him to call for an ambulance, encourages others to listen to their bodies, and talks directly about what he's learned throughout his recovery. For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values and processes inside the BusinessAccelerator coaching program. If you want a free Business Growth Coaching Call, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/coach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There's one month left to close out the year. That's the good news. The bad news is that December is perhaps the most overwhelming month of the year. It is simply stuffed with commitments that need your attention. With all of the parties, holidays, and year-end festivities, how do you steer your organization towards its end of year goals while also maintaining sanity in your life?That's the question we answer in this episode. First, Megan Hyatt Miller speaks with Erin Perry about five strategies that you can use immediately to banish overwhelm and still keep your eye on your organizational goals. After that, Megan speaks with fellow CEOs Tricia Sciortino (BELAY) and Shannon Litton (5by5) about how their organizations close out the year. For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values and processes inside the BusinessAccelerator coaching program. If you want a free Business Growth Coaching Call, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/coach.

Some people will look at the title of this episode and immediately think, "Gratitude is a 'soft skill' that has nothing to do with the productivity and profitability of my business." Those people are very, very wrong. Don't be like those people.The reality is that showing and modeling gratitude within your organization can have a tremendous impact: Employees feel valued, morale and retention are high, and productivity soars. In this episode, Megan Hyatt Miller and Courtney Baker talk about five ways that business leaders can model gratitude within their organization.Then, Joel Miller speaks with author and leadership consultant Chester Elton about the data that supports practicing gratitude at work. He explores myths surrounding gratitude and walks you through some practices that leaders can implement today.For more on Chester Elton, visit https://chesterelton.com/.For more on the book Leading with Gratitude, visit https://a.co/d/djOlXAeFor more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business

Providing effective feedback is one of the most important skills that a leader needs to possess. Throughout your day, whether you realize it or not, many of your interactions are going to be about providing the actionable feedback that others need to help grow the business.In this episode, Joel Miller walks through two different forms of communication: feedback that you give to others and feedback that you give to yourself. In the first half of the episode, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller talk through all of the steps of the After Action Review and explain how it is an essential part of growing Full Focus. After that, Joel speaks with Ayelet Fishbach, psychologist in the University of Chicago Booth's School of Business and author of Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation. They talk about how to present feedback in ways that people can hear and act on.For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast.The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of the values and proc

"Meetings are the worst." We've all said that at one point in time. Perhaps you even own the "I survived another meeting" coffee mug! People's complaints usually center on the idea that meetings are long, boring, and not even that useful for you or your organization. But, what if meetings themselves are good?As a leader, how can you make sure that your meetings are productive and efficient? What might that mean for your business?In this episode, you're going to get two different guests who are going to help you supercharge your meetings. First, Joel Miller speaks with Full Focus CEO, Megan Hyatt Miller, about how to optimize the time you spend in meetings. After that, Joel is joined by Full Focus Chief Experience Officer, Erin Perry, to talk about how to optimize the meeting itself. If you can get these two topics under your belt, you're going to see a tremendous change in both the pacing of your meetings and the return on investment for your business.For more podcasts, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/podca

As a leader, you might find it overwhelming to have too many voices chiming in with their opinions on an important decision. You're in charge so you should be able to decide for yourself, right? Well, it turns out that there are good reasons to encourage your employees and stakeholders to actively and equitably participate in the brainstorming process. In this episode, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller talk through the Nominal Group Technique for generating the ideas you need to push your organization forward. Also, Joel Miller speaks with Wendy Smith, co-author of the book Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. She talks about how the paradox of "either/or" keeps leaders thinking small.For more detailed exploration of Nominal Group Technique (NGT), visit https://chess.wisc.edu/niatx/content/contentpage.aspx?NID=147.For more information about Wendy Smith's book, visit https://bothandthinking.net/.For more podcasts, visit www.businessacclerator.com/podcast.The Busine

As a business owner, every time that you solve a problem it probably feels like you're doing your job. But, what if you're actually undermining your business' longterm potential for growth?In this episode of the Business Accelerator podcast, Joel Miller attempts to answer that question through an exploration of a concept called "choice architecture" or "choice design". First Joel speaks with Eric Johnson, a professor at Columbia Business School and the head of the Center for Decision Sciences. He's also the author of the book, The Elements of Choice: Why the Way we Decide Matter. After that, in a revealing conversation, Megan Hyatt Miller and Courtney Baker take the philosophies of choice design and apply it to the business world. The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of values the BusinessAccelerator coaching program. If you want a free Business Growth Coaching Call, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/coach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art

Botanists will tell you to have a vision for how you want a plant to look before you start pruning it. The same is true for your life and your business.Whether you're talking about programs, processes, personal commitments, or even people - over time, they all tend to accumulate. You simply end up with more of everything. However, overgrowth impedes your ability to scale yourself and your business. In order to grow, you're going to have to prune.In the first episode of the Business Accelerator podcast, we tackle The Pruning Principle. First, Full Focus' Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller talk about four key areas that business owners can target when thinking about pruning: programs, processes, people, and even personal obligations.Then, Joel Miller, Chief Content Officer at Full Focus, talks with author Dr. Henry Cloud about how The Pruning Principle intersects with the ideas in his book, Necessary Endings. Dr. Cloud offers some valuable insights into why leaders often struggle to prune their businesses.To

Dissent isn’t comfortable, no matter which end you’re on. But it’s essential. Companies that don’t welcome dissent are in danger of falling headlong into damaging situations that would have been avoidable —if only someone had mustered the courage to speak up.So what should you do? How should you respond in the face of dissent? And how can you practice dissent in a way that expresses respect and care? Michael and Megan delve into these questions and more in this candid conversation, providing a treasure trove of practical tips for leveraging dissent to help your company grow.In this episode, you’ll discover—Why responding to dissent by wielding the power of your position is a mistakeWhat to do when you feel your physiological response to confrontationThe reason leaders of the best teams should expect to experience dissentWhy your level of relational capital should shape the method of your dissentThe difference between agreement and alignment—and why it mattersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and

Your company is producing strong results, but your team seems weary. The success of yesterday unintentionally gets lost in the grind of today. How do you rejuvenate your people to continue on and even reach for new goals?In this episode, Michael and Megan discuss the way a culture of celebration leads to confidence for your team and momentum that breeds success. They share their tips on approaching celebration both thoughtfully and practically and equip you with tools for making it a regular part of your routine, so you can create engagement, foster teamwork, and drive greater performance.In this episode, you’ll discover—Why it’s vital to celebrate your team’s winsThe value of public acknowledgment3 ways to show your team you see and appreciate themPro tips for investing in celebration, even if it doesn’t come naturallyResources:Lead to Win Episode 159: "3 Moves That Defied an Economic Downturn"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se

You’re building your business but feel lost in the thick of things. You know it’s valuable to pause and think big picture, but you’re not sure how or where to begin. You don’t want to waste time spinning your wheels. What are the most important areas to focus on? And what is proven to have lasting impact?In this episode, Michael and Megan reflect on the past 10 years and explore the top 6 lessons they have learned while building a thriving business. They show you how to cast a vision and allow space for it to grow and shift over time, and then how to set yourself up with transformational mindsets and tools that lead to long-term success.In this episode, you’ll discover—The importance of having no sacred cows How to free yourself up to make greater contributionsWhy your team—not your clients—are your greatest asset2 key questions to ask that lead to business successWhy it’s critical not to export ideas you haven’t first imported Resources: Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud Belay Solutions Free to Focus by M

It's that time of year again. The weather is changing, leaves are falling off the trees, and your favorite leadership podcast is talking about Strategic Planning again. If there’s one thing that humans do well, it’s imagining the future. (We can do it badly, too, of course.) But the important thing is that we can create better outcomes for ourselves and our businesses when we do it intentionally. That's where Strategic Planning comes in. We recently hosted our second annual Strategic Design workshop and the insights and breakthroughs were game-changing. We can't wait to see what our clients do in the new year!Today, Michael and Megan help you plan for success in 2023 by offering you 6 essential ingredients for an effective strategic plan.In this episode, you will learn:How to survey your employees to better serve themWhich financial data you'll need heading into the new yearWhich stakeholders need to be talked to and considered during this processThe importance of both vision and valuesRemember that we're off

"Quiet quitting" seems to be the hot topic of conversation in business and leadership circles right now. But, what exactly is "quiet quitting"? How can you figure out if your employees are doing it? And, perhaps most importantly, how can you create an organizational culture where your team members will feel empowered in their job?Michael and Megan talk through four specific strategies that leaders like you can use to avoid quiet quitting among your employees.In this episode, you will learn:How sharing your vision with employees can make a huge differenceHow the new post-pandemic realities can make employee disconnection a real issueWhy taking the time to learn about your employees is important (even if you're in a large company)Download the Quiet Quitting Survey at https://fullfocus.co/quietquitting.BusinessAccelerator clients have developed the vision and processes to help minimize quiet quitting within their own organizations. Make sure to book your free Business Growth Coaching Call at www.businessaccelera

You spend your days managing details, scheduling meetings, and replying to emails — by the time you start on the “real work,” the workday is half over. This ends up cutting into your personal life as you try to make up for lost time. It all leads to you feeling more tired, more stressed, and less productive at work and at home. If you heed our advice, you can minimize this pain. The advice is simple: Hire an executive assistant!Once you've decided that there's no other way to get that time back, then the next question is: What do I do with a new EA? To help answer that, Michael and Megan are joined by Tricia Sciortino. Before she was the CEO of BELAY, she was Michael's first executive assistant. They talk about how Michael started her out and how she uses her experience to help leaders all around the world get more time and increase their productivity.In this episode, you'll learn:Best practices to get a new executive assistant up and runningThe one task that more and more leaders are utilizing their EA's to

Last week we talked about the importance of a thriving company culture. Hopefully, Michael and Megan made the case that a company culture is both important and the responsibility of the leader. We're going to continue that conversation by talking about how businesses can actually cultivate a thriving company culture - no matter where they're starting from. In this episode, Michael and Megan share four ingredients that are essential to creating a culture that drives employee satisfaction and operating results.You will learn:What is the correct number of values your organization should haveWhether values should be aspirational or descriptiveHow to check that your company values are aligning with company practiceWhat it requires of a leader to create a positive company cultureCompany culture is an important subject that is discussed with clients of BusinessAccelerator. If you found this conversation helpful, then book your free Business Growth Call at www.businessaccelerator.com/podcast. See Privacy Policy at ht

Anywhere you find a group of people, you'll find a culture. That's true for families, churches, cities, neighborhoods, and anything else that you can think of that includes more than one person. This idea is especially true for businesses. Leaders need to have a vision for how they want their culture to look and feel. If they don't, you could find yourself surrounded by a toxic culture that not only hurts business, but makes everyone miserable.In this episode, Michael and Megan will talk about the four ways that culture drives employee satisfaction and operating results.You will learn:A useful definition for company culture that is specific and actionable.The value that security (in all forms) brings to happiness and productivity.The importance of a person's congruence between home and work. How to recognize culture drift in your organization.To schedule your free Business Growth Coaching Call, visit https://businessaccelerator.com/podcast/.For more podcasts, visit https://leadto.win.See Privacy Policy at htt