Posts by Ursula Jorch
Why Impact-Focused Entrepreneurs Need to Do Performance Reviews Differently
Hiring doesn’t just mean having employees who are excited about your company’s impact-focused vision. You have to nurture those relationships, like any other relationship, if you want long-term team members who are ready to contribute to your company’s success. Here are 3 questions to ask yourself before you do a performance review: Have you made…
Read MoreBORED WITH YOUR BUSINESS
When your business is getting too comfortable, it’s important to address it, like you would in any relationship. You losing your edge means eventually the business will lose its edge too, and that’s not good for anyone or for your impact. One way or another, you two need to break up: Sell it. If you’re…
Read MoreBUSINESS CANNIBAL
Peter Drucker famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. As an experienced business strategist, it pains me a little to have to agree! People have to be given the room to spread their wings and grow into good habits at work. Even the most demanding industries would benefit from allowing their teams the space to…
Read MoreAre Old Patterns Keeping You From Having Impact?
Are you in a forever-looping movie of an old pattern? Do you react when you really want to respond? That can happen to pretty much all of us, depending on the trigger. One of my old patterns was to try so hard, even past the point when it made any sense. True, I have a…
Read MoreROOTS OF YOUR IMPACT
Over the years, I’ve noticed something really interesting about my clients in our work on their impact. Their vision for impact has roots that extend back into childhood and even beyond, into the realm of the experiences of their ancestors. The roots of your impact are based on what helped to form you. That includes…
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