I know what you are thinking. “That’s a stupid title. This whole year has been uncomfortable. I don’t have to do anything at all. Just wake up tomorrow. Ta-Da! Uncomfortable.” True … and false. I’ve had several experiences recently in our Acumen peer advisory teams where members have become frustrated by the lack of agreement, …
This is the first in a series of videos we’re calling Acumen-it, 1 minute that helps you make “it” happen. We’re tapping into the experience and wisdom of our entire team of Growth Catalysts to bring you thought-provoking leadership content. These are shareable and can be a great discussion starter for your team meetings. More …
“What do you do?” It’s that networking or dinner party question that either strikes up a good conversation or creates a thud. Acumen creates a challenge in how to answer this question as askers usually turn their heads and ponder if they want to ask the next obvious question. “I help CEOs and Owners grow …
When you invest time and money into something you expect a return. Me too. The $12 I spend at the car wash is worth the reduction in time and increase in quality of doing it myself at home. Especially the car wash vacuums. My home shop vac sucks in comparison (#dadjoke). Have you taken a …
At Acumen, Drew and I wrestle with the “Plain Glass vs. Stain Glass” question a lot. Plain glass is the everyday normal situations, opportunities, and challenges of running a business. From dealing with people in general, all your constituencies (employees, clients, vendors, partners, community), your internal departments, to ultimately what shows up on the balance …
If you were going to be stabbed, wouldn’t you like to see it coming? That way, you would know who is stabbing you and perhaps be able to defend yourself. Too often in business, there is unresolved conflict, the gossip train leaves the station and people start a murder mystery by stabbing each other in …
Growth Catalyst - Kansas City
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Jon is a husband to his wife Jill, a dad to Gracie, Cooper and Lucy and an unintentional serial entrepreneur. Jon founded and led one of KC’s leading IT Support companies (The Purple Guys), regularly recognized on the Inc. 5000 list, the Corporate Report’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies, a Best Place to Work and being one of the KC Chamber Top 10 Small Businesses of the Year. Before that, he founded and grew an IT Staffing firm, growing from $0 to $10M in revenue in just 4 years, being recognized as Kansas City’s Fastest Growing Company. He’s passionate about leadership and businesses that impact their community. From experience he also understands the issues of an owner/CEO. Jon is an entrepreneur who likes to empower others to grow their business, become more efficient in all they do and enrich their story line. He has been a member of the Acumen community since its inception.