John Creighton Articles

  • The hidden cost killing your business growth: Isn’t payroll!

    Most business owners and senior leaders believe their biggest cost is payroll. It’s not. The real cost that quietly eats away at your business? It's people avoiding decisions. You employ smart people to think, take action, and move the business [...]

  • The one thing every successful business leader must build – freedom!

    Running a business is hard. Building one that thrives without you? That’s even harder. If you're a successful entrepreneur, CEO, or business leader, chances are you're already achieving great results, but you're paying for them with your time, energy, and [...]

  • Assumptions… The silent killer of Business growth!

    When you’re leading a successful business, it’s easy to believe you’ve got things worked out. Revenue is up. The team is performing. You’re making big decisions every week and most of them are working. On the surface, things look good. [...]

  • Simplicity. The secret to scaling your Business.

    As your business grows, so does the complexity. More people, more systems, more moving parts and before you know it, everything starts to feel harder than it should. You’re not imagining it, you’re not alone and you’re definitely not failing. [...]

  • The hidden Profit goldmine You’re ignoring!

    If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, or leader in a fast-growing company, chances are you're always on the lookout for the next breakthrough idea. The next big product. The next new strategy. That's great, but consider this: Your next big [...]

  • Is loyalty, holding your business back?

    Are you choosing loyalty over performance in your leadership team? If you're like most successful business owners, CEOs, or senior leaders, your journey has been built with a close team around you. The people who were there in the early [...]

  • Struggling to grow? Stop this!

    No' Is the key to growing your business! If you’re a business owner, CEO, or entrepreneur who’s already achieved success, you probably know what it means to say “yes” a lot. In the early days, saying yes helped you grow. [...]

  • Sales Problem? Don’t fix your Sales Team!

    Struggling with Inconsistent Sales? Don't fix your Sales Team! If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, CEO, or leader of a team, you’ve probably had this moment many times - sales drop, panic sets in, and the first instinct is to [...]

  • Your business doesn’t need another strategy!

    If you’re a business owner, CEO, or leader trying to grow your business, you’ve probably asked yourself: “Why aren’t we moving faster?” It might not be a strategy problem, you probably have an execution problem. Here's what often happens: There’s [...]

  • Business Risk: What aren’t they telling you?

    Silence in your Leadership Team could be holding your business back! If you're moving fast in business, that's usually a good sign. It means you’re growing, expanding, pushing forward. However, if your Leadership Team isn’t speaking up while things are [...]

  • Letting Go, could be the Best Move you make!

    If you’re like most successful business owners, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, you didn’t get to where you are by sitting on the sidelines. You built something from the ground up. You showed up, worked hard, made tough calls, and pushed through [...]

  • Why upgrading your Executive Team, may be the fastest way to break your growth ceiling.

    When Your Executive Team Stops Being the Engine: Most businesses never stall because of the market or the strategy. They stall because the same leaders who once powered the business, now cap its potential This is a quick read on [...]