team mindset

How Do You Get the Right People Doing the Right Things Right?

By John Nieuwenburg / June 15, 2026

To grow your business, you eventually have to shift from Operator-Owner to Leader-Owner—getting results through your people instead of your own hands. Here are the three pillars that make it happen: strategic direction, people strategy, and management strategy.

Do You Have a Job? Or do You Own a Business?

By John Nieuwenburg / April 2, 2026

There are five distinct levels of Owner Evolution. Each requires a different mindset. Here’s how to figure out where you are and what it takes to move up.

Want a great team? Focus on these 5 things

By John Nieuwenburg / November 5, 2024

If you want a great business – the kind that runs smoothly, profitably, and mostly without you – you need a great team. Here’s how to get one

Want a better team? Consider content vs context

By John Nieuwenburg / July 4, 2022

We often try to solve problems with content alone – when what we need to do is stop and figure out the *context* first. Here’s how

9 Warning Signs You’re a Hub-and-Spoke Owner (and why that’s a problem)

By John Nieuwenburg / May 2, 2021

A hub-and-spoke model is only as strong as the hub. Here are some suggestions for pulling yourself out of the middle of your business.