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A simple three-page business plan you can actually share — clarify vision, align strategy, and reinforce it with your team every quarter. The Vision & Strategy Map™ (VSM) helps leadership teams reinforce the company’s strategic plan, vision and strategy on a regular cadence. It turns long-term thinking into a practical...
A Starter Tool of the Summit Operating System™ (Summit OS®) — to Clarify Roles, Build Accountability, and Accelerate Growth If your business has grown beyond the point where everyone does everything, you need a structure that empowers leaders, not entangles them. The Function Ownership Chart™ is a proprietary Summit OS®...
Set quarterly priorities you can actually finish — make them Specific, Transparent, Elevating, and reviewed periodically. STEP Rocks™ is a simple, disciplined system for choosing and delivering the few initiatives that matter most each quarter. Leaders pick one to three Rocks each, plan concrete Rock‑Steps™, and use weekly reviews to...
The essential tool for structured leadership growth — Mentor Meeting™ equips organizations with a repeatable system for coaching, accountability, and professional development. Mentor Meeting™ is our proven coaching discipline for building stronger leaders and healthier teams. It combines clear commitments, focused feedback, and consistent follow-through—so executives and managers grow faster...
A practical planning tool that helps leaders visualize their business three to five years into the future, set measurable goals, and align their teams around progress toward their Summit Vision. The Medium-Term Milestones™ framework guides leaders in painting a clear picture of what their business will look like three to...
A practical framework that helps leaders organize their businesses around core functions — Get Work, Do Work, and Get Paid — to achieve clarity, accountability, and sustainable growth. The Function Finder Chart™ is a structured approach to designing and managing a business by defining its essential functions. It provides a...
Build self-sustaining growth momentum by focusing on the few cogs that matter most — define your Advanced Profit per X™, delight customers, and turn the wheel faster every quarter. The Strategic Flywheel™ is a practical framework for designing an engine of momentum in your business. Leaders identify the key elements...
Legendary business coach Dan Sullivan coined the concept of The Gap and the Gain, later developed into a bestselling book co-authored with Benjamin Hardy. In this book, Sullivan and Hardy explore how entrepreneurs can burn out themselves and their teams by constantly seeing the glass as half empty—focusing on the...
Fear has long been described as the strongest motivator of all. When survival is at stake, nothing mobilizes energy and focus faster. This is why fear sells so effectively. From life and health insurance to diet programs, security systems, retirement plans, safe cars, and even cosmetics, fear has been the...
I recently listened to a podcast featuring David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), the Denmark-born creator of the project management and team collaboration software Basecamp, as well as the author of Remote and Rework. During the conversation, he spoke about “manufacturing” a flow state as one of the key factors that allowed...
As of July 4, 2025, it has been 248 years since Thomas Jefferson and 55 other freedom-loving Americans initiated the Declaration of Independence. This was not just a political statement—it was a bold act of defiance that came at a tremendous personal cost. Many of these leaders lost their property,...
A business is a living organism. And just like any living thing, it needs its vital organs in top shape if it wants to survive—let alone achieve sustainable business growth. Some businesses are like single-season blooms—quick to appear, quick to fade. Think pandemic mask manufacturers: here one moment, gone the...