Grow, Scale, Master

This week on Grow, Scale, Master, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan explore the peaks and plateaus of your career. Josh notes the power of a dream on the way to a peak and Kon tells why plateaus are necessary. They discuss becoming a role model, having a life plan that mirrors your business plan, and starting out again as soon as you arrive. They continue with using success to stay humble, and peaks and challenges at each stage of growth. Josh talks about the perception of money and helping others, Kon examines the idea of behaving like a CEO from the start, and they discuss their changing views around the University on Wheels and becoming a dedicated student of the game you want to master.

In today's episode of Grow, Scale, Master, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan look at great business turnarounds. They talk about when comparison is useful and when it's useless, turning points that force us to go all in, events that trigger critical decision points, the will to commit to consistency, and transformational behaviours that put you in abundance mode. Josh tells how Changed Agents' contestant backstories demonstrate the power of belief, Kon illustrates our capability to do more as advancing through the video game of life, and they reflect on how turning off most of their digital notifications has set them free.

In this episode of Grow, Scale Master, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan look at the greatest throttle to growth, and the power of people towards what you can do. They talk about acquiring new talent and relationships through mergers and acquisitions, having a disciplined plan for market share success, and active opens vs. revenue planning. Josh applies the metaphorical Hero's Journey to expectations for adversity, Kon talks about professional vs. amateur measurement, training and attention to detail, and they illustrate how business models are chosen and why they matter.

This week on Grow, Scale Master, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan explore skillset mastery by role. They look at why, in a mature industry, we don't simply do the core basics that we know work for each job role. They discuss understanding the essentials, skill mastery by role, teaching and assessing skillsets and competencies, and what COVID taught us. Josh talks about David Allen's GTD system for getting things done, Kon examines the idea of building and retaining talent vs. buying it, and they discuss their changing views around the possibilities for growth, the power of clarity, and why focusing on one thing wins.

In this Grow, Scale, Master episode, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan present their thoughts around exponential vs. layered growth. They look at the nature of each approach and which one you should be using, knowing when to level up and what to let go of to grow, holding yourself to high standards and making the decision to go all in. Josh relates an experience with a mentor in making choices and decisions for life, Kon ponders who you need to become to quickly realise your long term plans, and they discuss the power of the checklist and the genius that lies in its simplicity.

In today's episode of Grow, Scale, Master, Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan look at the importance of setting a united vision. They lay out the power of the vision and how you create it, the role of the Chief Reminding Officer (CRO), assuming ownership with a learned history behind your business by finding your lever for success, and redefining who you want to become and what you need to do. Josh relates a childhood lesson in value and negotiation with potato cakes, and Kon shares his recent experience with a billionaire and general levels of care. They discuss changing views around the fear of aging and how to turn it into an opportunity to "re-pack" your life.

With our new podcast - Grow, Scale, Master - Kon Stathopoulos and Josh Phegan will look at a variety of topics that will help you hold to high standards, do it right the first time with no recovery needed, make the magic happen, and acquire the best talent because the greatest form of growth is people. In each episode, Kon and Josh share ideas and experiences that have rapidly shaped their thinking and things they've read or observed in the past week that have changed their views. Become a different version of yourself and find out how good you can be.