Catalyst Programme
93 Lessons
Welcome
Welcome!
Welcome & congratulations!
How this programme works
Learn how to get the most out of the programme
Joining the Community
How to join our Facebook community
Getting the most out of this (and what to do if you get stuck)
Getting the most out of this programme
Week 1 - Catalysing Change - A New World of SCALE
1.1 Start with the end in mind
What matters to you, and why?
1.2 Becoming the Catalyst
Who are you and who do you need to become?
1.3 How scaling actually works
How do you really scale your business?
1.S Automating Outreach
Automating outreach on LinkedIn
Week 2 - Catalysing Change - Strategic Vision (Head)
2.1 See Your Business With New Eyes
A new way to look at your business
2.2 Transformative Purpose
Build a purpose that builds your community
2.3 Vision Mapping
Turn your vision into an executable plan
2.S Liveplan Walkthrough
To understand how to build your liveplan to better onboard and engage others in the journey
Week 3 - Catalysing Change - Execution (Hands)
3.1 Keeping the main thing, the main thing (rhythms & rituals)
Getting traction across your team towards your goals
3.2 How to get traction at Board level (Top Down)
Create your PRISM Scorecard & reach your goals faster
3.3 How to build an Effective Board
Designing the right Board for you
3.S OKR Dashboard Implementation
Using the OKR Dashboard (& why it is important)
Week 4 - Cohesive Culture (People Power)
4.1 Building your Dream Team
What does your dream team look like?
4.2 Your People Philosophy
How do you build a team of people willing to go on the journey with you?
4.3 High Performance - Hiring, training, retaining
Steps you can take to increase your likelihood to hire & retain A-players
4.S Recruitment Platform (Breezy.hr)
Learn the power of using a recruitment platform
Week 5 - Commercial Mindset (Revenue Rocket)
5.1 New Age Lead Generation
Build trust through social selling and seeing from the clients perspective
5.2 Consultative Selling
Taking a consultative approach to selling
5.3 Building a Commercially Minded Team
How do you actually build a commercial culture in your team?
5.S Sales CRM Walkthrough (Pipedrive)
Understand how to drive activities with a CRM
Week 6 - Added Value (Innovation Impact)
6.1 Catalyse Through Customer Feedback
Identifying your feedback loops to drive constant improvement
6.2 Build To Sell At Scale (Productisation)
To help you build towards scalable operating profit
6.3 Team Creativity – Unlocking Hidden Talent (20% time)
How do you get your team to create from where they are?
Week 7 - Building the Machine (Systems Thinking)
7.1 Defining your Systems (SOPs)
Map out what is actually happening before you seek to improve
7.2 Refining your Systems
Building the Manifesting Machine – Improve (but don't over design)
7.3 Automate to Accelerate
Take steps to automate (or delegate) to accelerate your business
Week 8 - Liquidity (Money Multiplier)
8.1 Financial Freedom (Budget, Cash & Controls)
'Cash is king' - you need a budget!
8.2 Financing & Risk
Looking at options for financing & your appetite for risk!
8.3 What's Your Exit (& acquisition) Strategy?
Why you need an exit strategy! Plus some M&A tips
Week 9 - What next?
9.1 What happens next...
We are building all the time, lets build the right solution for you!
Weekly Q&A
06/Sep/22 Weekly Q&A - LinkedIn Tactics
LinkedIn Tactics
19/Jul/22 Weekly Q&A - Budgeting (no sound JP!)
Budgeting (no sound JP!)
06/Jul/22 Weekly Q&A - Mid-Year
Mid-Year Focus
28/Jun/22 Weekly Q&A - Fund Raising
Fund Raising
21/Jun/22 Weekly Q&A - Team Away Day
Team Away Day
14/Jun/22 Weekly Q&A - Innovation
24/May/22 Weekly Q&A - Far vs Fast
Far vs Fast
17/May/22 Weekly Q&A - Building Trust
Building Trust
11/May/22 Weekly Q&A - Velocity & Automation
Velocity & Automation
03/May/22 Weekly Q&A - Hiring too fast
26/Apr/22 Weekly Q&A - Productising
Productising
21/Apr/22 Weekly Q&A - Recruitment Tips
Recruitment Tips
05/Apr/22 Weekly Q&A - Pricing Models
Pricing Models
29/Mar/22 Weekly Q&A - Hiring Sales Lead
Hiring a Sales Lead
22/Mar/22 Weekly Q&A - North Star (worked example)
Worked example of 'North Star'!
15/Mar/22 Weekly Q&A - Culture
Team Culture
08/Mar/22 Weekly Q&A - One Year!
One Year!
01/Mar/22 Weekly Q&A - Buyers Journey
Buyers Journey
22/Feb/22 Weekly Q&A - Mid-Quarter Focus
Mid-Quarter Focus
15/Feb/22 Weekly Q&A - DISC
10/Feb/22 Weekly Q&A - Agencies
25/Jan/22 Weekly Q&A - Cashflow
Options for better managing cashflow
18/Jan/22 Weekly Q&A - Proposals
11/Jan/22 Weekly Q&A - Staff Onboarding
04/Jan/22 Weekly Q&A - Revenue (Mod 5)
21/Dec/21 Weekly Q&A - Quarterly Rhythms
Why build quarterly rhythms
09/Dec/21 Weekly Q&A - 2021 Year End
2021 Year End Awards
16/Nov/21 Weekly Q&A - Sales Check-In
09/Nov/21 Weekly Q&A - PIVOT!
Steps to consider when pivoting
02/Nov/21 Weekly Q&A - Sales Tricks&Treats
Walk through sales setting script
19/Oct/21 Weekly Q&A - Sales Session
A discussion around sales process & key things to focus on
12/Oct/21 Weekly Q&A - Problem Clients
Is it worth taking a risk on a potentially problematic client?
15/Sep/21 Weekly Q&A - Timeout & Culture
06/Sep/21 Weekly Q&A - 10 Steps
24/Aug/21 Weekly Q&A - Cash Planning
17/Aug/21 Weekly Q&A - Mastering Marketing (& Outsourcing)
10/Aug/21 Weekly Q&A - Outsourcing
03/Aug/21 Weekly Q&A - Clarity of Roles
Do you have a CEO job spec?
27/Jul/21 Weekly Q&A - Commercial Culture
Discussion on creating commercial mindset in our teams
20/Jul/21 Weekly Q&A - Business Partnerships
How to build commercial culture & better business partnerships
13/Jul/21 Weekly Q&A - Social Media
Why do it and how to get into the routine - Set a schedule & get support to do it!
07/Jul/21 Weekly Q&A - VAs & SOPs
29/Jun/21 Weekly Q&A - Remote Teams
22/Jun/21 Weekly Q&A - Going on Holiday
2nd half of video discussion about steps to actually take a break
15/Jun/21 Weekly Q&A - Dream Team
08/Jun/21 Weekly Q&A - Check-Ins Only
01/Jun/21 Weekly Q&A - Check-Ins Only
25/May/21 Weekly Q&A - Recruitment
18/May/21 Weekly Q&A - Building your Board
11/May/21 Weekly Q&A - Marketing Mix
Sounding Board on Marketing Mix
04/May/21 Weekly Q&A - PRISM Scorecard
Using the PRISM Scorecard to get focused reporting to the board
27/Apr/21 Weekly Q&A - Setting Standards
The importance of the board setting the standards & policy in the business
20/Apr/21 Weekly Q&A - OKRs
OKRs covered this week
13/Apr/21 Weekly Q&A - Focus
How do you keep a daily focus on the outcome
06/Apr/21 Weekly Q&A - Quarter End
Quarter End Process
30/Mar/21 Weekly Q&A - Painted Picture
Painted Picture
23/Mar/21 Weekly Q&A - Module 1 - DISC
Understand more about DISC profiles & automation
16/Mar/21 Weekly Q&A - Module 1&2 + Systems Discussion
Weekly Q&A - Module 1&2 + Systems Discussion
09/Mar/21 Weekly Q&A - Welcome
Welcome to the Catalyst Programme