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Whether communication comes naturally to you or not, it’s a skill that you can grow and improve at. In this episode, Alex and Ben continue their conversation on the fundamentals of great communication by breaking down 5 more actions you can take to improve at communicating. They also talk about some of the communicators they admire and lessons they’ve learned from watching them. 

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Episode Recap:

• When the unexpected happens, you can fall back on the fundamentals of strong communication 
• To improve as a communicator, focus on these actions 
• 3. Find your voice and style
• Pay attention to the communication styles of people you admire 
• 4. Identify your intent
• Think about your message as an answer to “why” or “how” questions 
• 5. Practice the way you plan to perform 
• 6. Communicate with people, not at people
• 7. Evaluate and improve
• Communication is a skill, and that means it’s something you can grow 

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

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No matter who you are or what you do, growing your communication skills will benefit your life. In this episode, Alex and Ben explain why communication matters and how you can start getting better at it. They break down 2 of 7 actions to improve your communication, along with some foundational principles to keep in mind. Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss part 2 of this episode! 

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Episode Recap:

• When did you realize communication was important to you? 
• You can learn a lot when you pay attention to how someone delivers their message
• Growing as a communicator can benefit every one of us 
• Key principles for strong communication 
• If you want to grow as a communicator, focus on these 7 actions
• 1. Remember who it’s for 
• 2. Understand the standards of effective communication:
• Good communication is CLEAR
• Good communication is CONFIDENT
• Good communication is CONCISE
• Good communication is ENERGETIC
• Good communication is EFFECTIVE 
• Check back next week for part 2 of this conversation! 

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Schedule a call to learn more about Path for Growth Coaching and Community

Download the Free Reading Guide

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

Failure is inevitable, but how we respond to it reveals so much about our character. In this episode, Alex and Ben reflect on what it looks like for a leader to grow through failure. They explore the different ways people might define failure based on their personalities, discuss the difference between failure and mistakes, and share practical advice for leaders looking to respond in a healthy way after their team experiences a failure.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Episode Recap:

• Here’s what you can expect from the podcast moving forward
• What about failure is challenging to you?
• How personality impacts our view of failure
• There’s a difference between failure of character and failure of performance
• What does it look like to fail well? 
• Responding to failure with pride can lead us to sin 
• How can leaders communicate well after a team failure?
• Humility is understanding that we are enough through Christ
• How can leaders take responsibility for failure without stealing responsibility? 

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Schedule a call to learn more about Path for Growth Coaching and Community

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Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

If you want to grow your business without increasing your stress, the 12 Fundamentals of Healthy Growth are a powerful tool for you. In this episode, Alex continues our healthy growth series by discussing fundamentals 4 through 7: an aspirational mission statement, immoveable core values, a product guide, and financial health metrics. Make sure to catch up on the first two episodes of the series if you haven’t already! 

• To escape the cycle of toxic growth, make sure you’re leading instead of reacting (0:48)
• Recapping fundamentals 1-3 (1:55)
• Fundamental #4: An aspirational mission statement (5:54)
• If you want to motivate your team, make sure they know why you exist (10:57)
• Fundamental #5: Immoveable core values (11:51)
• When done right, core values make businesses more efficient and effective (17:30)
• Fundamental #6: Product guide (20:44)
• Fundamental #7: Financial health metrics of success (25:15)
• 5 success statements for creating financial health metrics (28:35)

Resources:

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

At Path for Growth, we’ve identified 12 fundamentals that will help leaders grow their businesses without increasing their stress. In this episode, Alex and Coaching Manager Olivia Graham dive into the first 3 fundamentals: a personal growth plan for the leader, leader success statements, and a leadership team that meets weekly. They explain why it’s so important to start with these 3 steps and share practical advice for implementing them in your own business. Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the rest of this series! 

Episode Recap:

• Today we’re breaking down the first 3 fundamentals of healthy growth (0:22)
• The fundamentals provide a clear path to where you want to go (0:51)
• Fundamental #1: Personal growth plan for a leader (4:31)
• Simplicity scales, so start by creating order in your personal life (8:18)
• Identify one high-return habit that you’ll do every single day (9:50)
• Fundamental #2: The leader’s success statements (19:05)
• The path to working on the business is not working in the business harder (21:58)
• The CEOs job is not to be busy, it’s to be productive (26:49)
• Fundamental #3: Create your leadership team and establish a weekly meeting (30:25)
• Be strategic when selecting people for your leadership team (36:19)
• A consistent meeting structure will compound your success (39:22)

Resources:

Try Path for Growth Community Coaching for Free for 14 Days

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

What if there was a way to grow your business without increasing your stress? Our team set out to answer this question, and we found that there were 12 fundamentals all healthy businesses and leaders have in place. In this episode, Alex kicks off a new series on these 12 fundamentals of healthy growth. Make sure to follow the podcast for future episodes where we’ll break down each of these characteristics and explain how you can implement them in your own business. 

• Many leaders find that their stress grows proportionally to their business growth (0:23)
• What if there was a healthy, sustainable way to grow? (5:10)
• 6 characteristics of toxic growth (6:57)
• What is needed to build a business in such a way that the leader’s stress level decreases as the business grows? (9:36)
• When you start to study healthy businesses, you’ll notice certain patterns (13:17)
• We’ve identified 12 fundamentals of healthy growth (16:18)

Resources:

Try the Path for Growth Community Coaching for Free for 14 Days

Path for Growth One-on-One Coaching

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Join Path for Growth on Instagram for more content.

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Vision will define where your organization is headed, but without an actionable plan to get you there, vision will easily fall by the wayside. In this episode, Alex wraps up our series on expansionary vision by sharing the principles and practices that will help you consistently and strategically execute on your organization’s vision. He describes the importance of quarterly strategic planning meetings and weekly strategic accountability meetings and then breaks down the success statements that will help you make the most of those times.

• Businesses that win have a clear, unified vision and a plan for executing on it (0:53)
• Starting with strategy is reacting, starting with vision is leading (2:10)
• The specificity of strategy never exceeds the specificity of vision (6:42)
• Impact-driven leaders are stubborn on vision and flexible on strategy (9:34)
• Strategy without consistency is just haphazard, ineffective brainstorming (14:39)
• Establish quarterly strategic planning and weekly strategic accountability (17:46)
• 1. Be open and honest with reflection, feedback, and affirmation (21:32)
• 2. Discuss mission and values openly and honestly (23:19)
• 3. Evaluate your organization through the lens of your vision charter (25:31)
• 4. Document actionable and achievable strategic priorities (26:23)
• 5. Commit to ongoing accountability to evaluate progress and ensure focus (28:14)
• How to hold a successful strategic accountability meeting (31:07)
• Consistency compounds, so don’t give up on these rhythms (36:10)

Resources:

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

One of the greatest responsibilities for leaders is to cast an expansionary vision, but the work doesn’t end there. In this episode, Alex continues our series on vision by explaining how impact leaders can catch, cast, and coach vision within their organizations. He also walks through Path for Growth’s 5 qualities of effective coaching, which you can use to develop your people and bring them into the mission you’re pursuing. 

• We all want to know where we are going (0:52)
• While casting vision is vital, it’s not the only important thing (2:07)
• Catch Vision: If you can’t see what God is doing, you’ll stumble over yourself (2:55)
• Focus on the good, the right, the true, and the beautiful (8:10)
• Cast Vision: Why does it matter, where are we now, and where are we going? (12:11)
• Make sure to clearly communicate what the team can expect (19:42)
• Coaching Vision: Engage with the 5 qualities of effective coaching (22:18)

Resources:

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Learn more about the 2023 Path for Growth Experience – Leading Leaders

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

How do you develop a vision that moves beyond survival and service and into expansion? In this episode, Alex continues our series on vision by breaking down 5 practical steps that will help you craft a compelling, expansionary vision for your organization. He also shares a valuable tool you can use to distill that vision down into a clear, actionable, and inspirational format. Make sure to listen to the end of the episode to learn how you can access this resource for free! 

• Aim is essential, and vision defines where you’re going (0:39)
• The highest contribution of leadership is to cast a compelling, expansionary vision (4:27)
• You have agency, and your calling matters (6:45)
• Here’s how an expansionary vision benefits your team (8:09)
• 1. Define your nonnegotiables (11:51)
• 2. Choose the right stakeholders (15:44)
• 3. Change the scenery (24:43)
• 4. Unravel the dream (27:13)
• 5. Distill the vision (29:50)

Resources:

Try the Path for Growth Community Coaching for Free for 14 Days

Path for Growth One-on-One Coaching

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Join Path for Growth on Instagram for more content.

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.

If you want your business to succeed, you need to clearly define why it exists, what you stand for, and where you’re going. In this episode, Alex shares the Path for Growth definition of mission, core values and vision and explains why each is so important for impact-driven leaders. He then breaks down the three types of vision that leaders may fall into, demonstrating why expansionary vision should be your goal. Stay tuned for future episodes where we’ll discuss the process of moving from survival or service-based vision and into expansionary vision! 

• Businesses need to know why they exist, what they stand for, and where they’re going (0:42)
• Your aspirational mission tells you why the business exists (1:24)
• Your immoveable core values define what you stand for (2:53)
• Your organization’s vision outlines where you’re going (6:03)
• Humans are aim-seeking creatures; we need to know where we’re going (9:35)
• Proverbs tells us that without vision, people perish (15:10)
• Many businesses start off with survival-based vision (16:47)
• Service-based vision looks good on paper, but it’s not the highest level (22:02)
• When you don’t qualify success, you always feel like you’re failing (28:06)
• Expansionary vision has the courage to be creative and audacious (31:08)

Resources:

Try the Path for Growth Community Coaching for Free for 14 Days

Path for Growth One-on-One Coaching

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join Path for Growth on Instagram for more content.

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.