

You know your business better than anyone: your strategy, priorities, and business risks. But you don’t know what you don’t know. To help you make better informed high-stakes decisions, INFORMED DECISIONS shares new ideas, been-there-before advice, and sometimes, a reality check. Each episode focuses on one pressing leadership or strategy topic. In 30-60 minutes, gain strategic perspective, along with practical (and tactical) ideas that can help. Informed Decisions with Randall Craig is not “just another podcast” – go behind the scenes and listen in for yourself what it’s like working with a proven business growth coach, serial entrepreneur, and Hall of Fame speaker.
Episodes

Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Driving Your Leadership Performance Part 1 of 3
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
As a leader, you motivate and set expectations for everyone within your organization… but what about yourself? For your peers? And for your leadership team?
Topics include:
💡What wake-up call do leaders need to hear?
💡Recommendations to safeguard time for the “urgent” vs the “important”
💡Accountability, and more.

Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Creating a High-Performance Team and Work Culture Part 2 of 2
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Here’s part 2 on Creating a High-Performance Team and Work Culture. This week we move from role modelling, to utilization, burnout and employee turnover, to “stretch goals” (and who they benefit), to peer mentoring, and more.

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Creating a High-Performance Team and Work Culture Part 1 of 2
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
What’s behind creating a high-performance team and work culture? And what are the obstacles we don’t see that prevent us from getting there?
Join us as we explore the employee “journey”, touchpoints from hiring to onboarding and beyond, expectation setting and accountability, and the role of leaders and managers.

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
What Can You do in December for a More Successful Q1?
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
As you close up Q4, are there specific things that you can do to ramp up business growth for next year? Are you open to new ideas that can make the difference between real success? And are there important market changes that you can capitalize on moving forward?
Join Randall Craig as he shares specific business growth activities that you can put into place now, that will make a difference in the coming year. (And also a few that you might want to ditch.)

Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
AI Risks and Opportunities Part 2 of 2
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Part 2 on AI risks and opportunities with questions about the use of AI in hiring and recruiting, AI employee acceptable use policies and enforcement, and developing a proprietary generative AI tool for your organization.

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
AI Risks and Opportunities Part 1 of 2
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
The opportunities offered by generative AI are extraordinary. But no leader we’ve met has boasted that they’ve cracked the nut on it. This week we’ll chime in on two aspects: growth, and protection from AI risk.

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Expertise, Expert, Thought Leader: Part 3 of 3
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Continuing from last week... As a leader, you are likely already an expert, and surely have expertise. But what about “Thought Leadership”? Being a “thought leader” is a separate differentiator altogether – and in today’s world, more strategic than ever.
Today we will share ideas on how to get there, and how thought leadership can be used to differentiate and advance your business.

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Leaders know that delivering continuous professional development, or Continuing Education, to your team is key to having a thinking organization, but landing that CPD plane is fraught with challenges. Today’s session will be a conversation about the topic.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Expertise, Expert, Thought Leader Part 2 of 3
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Continuing from last week... As a leader, you are likely already an expert, and surely have expertise. But what about “Thought Leadership”? Being a “thought leader” is a separate differentiator altogether – and in today’s world, more strategic than ever.
Today we will share ideas on how to get there, and how thought leadership can be used to differentiate and advance your business.

Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Expertise, Expert, Thought Leader? Part 1 of 3
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
As a leader, you are likely already an expert, and surely have expertise. But what about “Thought Leadership”? Being a “thought leader” is a separate differentiator altogether – and in today’s world, more strategic than ever.
Today we will share ideas on how to get there, and how thought leadership can be used to differentiate and advance your business.

Friday Oct 11, 2024
Welcome to the conversation!
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Kickstart your week with thought-provoking questions in our weekly Q&A sessions for leaders: Informed Decisions. We talk about all things organizational growth: leadership, growth strategy, marketing, business development, people and tech – the topics you need to scale your organization.

About Randall Craig
Randall has held a long-time position at KPMG, was an executive at an American public company, and founded (and exited) two of his own companies. He has served over 100 organizations as an advisor or board member, leads the Braintrust Professional Institute, and is a venture partner at a VC. Randall has written 8 books and has built a library with over 1100 resources. Randall delivers C-suite coaching, facilitates high-stakes meetings, and speaks at leadership retreats.
Randall has been inducted into the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame, and earned a Black Belt in Karate. He holds an FCMC, CFA, MBA, CSP, and is a certified Basadur Simplexity facilitator.