Growth Igniters® Radio
Join global keynote speaker, author, and business leadership advisor Pamela S. (“Pam”) Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., and her business partner/husband D. Scott (“Scott”) Harper, a global innovation advisor, for thought-provoking conversations with visionary leaders who are changing the face of business. Established in 2015, Growth Igniters® Radio has been named a top business podcast in 2022, 2023, and 2024 by the PopCon Podcast Awards and Thinkers 360 Thought Leaders. Each week, a new show focuses on sparking fresh insights, inspiration, and immediately useful ideas to take you and your organization to new heights of innovation, transformation, and game-changing growth in this rapidly changing world.
Episodes
What does it take to develop future-ready leadership when you’re focused on transformational growth? It’s tempting to focus on your existing strengths. But when you’re leading to reimagine your company and create new value, it’s also critical to develop yourself and others with new skills and abilities. This can enable you and your team toRead More
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We’ve been having conversations with top leaders who tell us that with all of the uncertainty and volatility in the business environment, decision-making can feel like being in a bubble. You may be aligned with your top leadership team and employees on decisions such as entering new markets, introducing new technology to streamline operations, andRead More
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As uncertainty and ambiguity have become the norm, one thing is clear. The needs of employees, customers, partners, investors, shareholders, and other stakeholders will keep changing in unpredictable ways. This is when leading with humility can ignite transformational growth. In this week’s “Fan Favorite” episode, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of leading with humilityRead More
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These days, it can be difficult to know which signs are most important to consider when everything changes so quickly. This applies whether you’re faced with situations of evolving technology, emerging competitors, workforce change, environmental issues, or other challenges of transformational growth. So, what’s the key to making game-changing decisions when the signs are ambiguousRead More
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What does it take to consistently “show up” as a leader who can engage employees, customers, partners and other stakeholders? And how can this impact innovation and long-term business Success? Our Fan-Favorite guest this week, Dave Wendland, was recently featured in an article as an example of a leader who consistently “shows up” for others.Read More
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Maybe you’ve noticed that with greater levels of complexity and uncertainty, more customers, employees, and other stakeholders are calling for even more business transparency around the decisions that impact them professionally and personally. We believe this trend is only going to grow. At its best, increasing business transparency can foster the trust necessary for increasingRead More
What does it take to lead into the future when everything seems so uncertain? Of course, it’s critical to pivot and adapt in response to emerging technologies like AI, dramatic market shifts, and other changes in the rapidly changing world. However, if you’re like the visionary top leadership teams we work with, you also believeRead More
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In a business environment filled with disruptive forces, we need to keep discovering ways to thrive – even as we’re adapting to the unknown. Yes, we’re hearing from CEOs that AI and other emerging technologies, fluctuating economic conditions, and many other kinds of disruptions are setting up major challenges for moving their companies into theRead More
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What does it take to reimagine a legacy business model so your company can stay relevant in a world that never stops changing? This can be especially challenging for a company that’s been part of people’s lives for many decades. It takes vision and courage to lead your company for transformational growth without losing sightRead More
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Let’s face it – leading a business in the face of uncertainty has always required courage. But the constant torrent of outside forces we face now, with extraordinary tariffs heading the list, requires even more courage. This environment isn’t just uncertain; it’s volatile and complex. And all this can be exhausting when so much isRead More
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As every day is filled with unprecedented realities, it may be time to look at your challenges from a fresh angle. In previous episodes, we’ve explored a range of tools to reimagine what’s possible —from ‘wishing’ exercises to pattern-bending games and “everyday adventures” that stretch your habitual thinking, feeling and actions. But expanding your mindsetRead More
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What’s the secret of continuing to transform and grow your company when the rules keep shifting? Here’s our advice: change your frame, change your future. The real challenge isn’t just leading through the chaos; it’s how you look at the chaos. Changing your shared frame of reference about a situation can literally change how youRead More
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Does this sound familiar? You regularly engage in high-stakes communication, where even a single conversation can influence millions or even billions of dollars of value. You already carefully prepare for presentations that can impact your company’s reputation and relationships with employees, customers, investors and other stakeholders. But in a volatile world, with uncertainty at anRead More
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How often are you giving yourself and others permission to wish— without limits — about what’s possible for you and your company’s future? It might sound “woo-hooey” at first, but the power of wishing is real. This can be a powerful launching pad for reimagining transformational business growth, especially in a world turned upside-down. InRead More
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Did you know that according to multiple studies, over 80% of top leaders in established companies rank innovation among their top three areas of focus? Yet, around 60% of innovation efforts fall short of expectations or never launch. The good news is that around 40% of innovation efforts do succeed. What makes the biggest differenceRead More
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Like many of you, we’re seeing that leadership teams across industries are increasingly focused on transformational growth. Maybe you’ve decided to enter an emerging market. Maybe you’re using AI to offer new services to customers, and so on. It’s common to believe that the consensus of employees and other stakeholders is enough to achieve aRead More
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In the face of an unrelenting torrent of unexpected and unprecedented changes in the business environment, it’s natural for people to have emotions that impact their work. While it can be tempting to push down emotions as mere “distractions” and just focus on “the real work,” research shows there can be a real top andRead More
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What does it mean to you to be a “transformational leader”? This is not just a philosophical question. In the face of unprecedented complexity and uncertainty, it’s time to consider a surprising truth about transformational leaders that can profoundly impact both your top and bottom line decisions, actions and outcomes. That’s why we’re revisiting ourRead More
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One of the toughest tests of leadership—both for yourself and others—is rising above an unprecedented crisis. How can you go beyond mere survival and turn crisis into a springboard for extraordinary growth? This week, we revisit our fan-favorite conversation about this question with Luis Velasquez, MBA /PhD, Founder and Managing Partner of Velas Coaching LLC.Read More
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These days, AI technology is ubiquitous. Since 2023, we’ve seen that conversations about leadership and AI have evolved from “Should we use AI?” to “What is the best way to leverage AI to maximize potential while minimizing risks? While it’s natural to consider this as a technology question, in reality, it’s a leadership question. InRead More
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