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Finding your agency

Have a regular rhythm of thinking as the owner designed into the way you run your business.

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Having agency

In social science, agency is defined as "the capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfil their potential."

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Growing mindfully

How much pruning of potential opportunities is needed in your agency? This year it's more important than ever to cut back on distractions and focus on what matters most.

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New Year's Revolutions

Your agency will be fundamentally changed this year. Either by outside forces, or by you.

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Design thank-yous into your work

Design an approach that will work for you, to make it easier to say thanks to people in a way they'll remember.

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Growing confidence

Great leaders grow confidence in the people around them, like a gardener grows plants — through careful nurture and attention to all the conditions it needs to thrive.

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Things are looking up

Spotting risks is not just about hunkering down. The risks can and will create opportunities.

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Stop doing things right

You, as the founder/CEO, need to move from ensuring things in the agency are done right, to ensuring the agency is doing the right things.

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Hang up your tools

A key part of growing as a leader as you grow your agency, is to learn to leave behind what you did before.

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September 2022 round-up

What's new from Convivio in September to help you and your agency.

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It's not all on you

Too many leaders think they need to keep the stressful stuff to themselves, and put a rose-tinted spin on everything to the team.

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Does your most important team member secretly want to quit?

I heard from someone senior at an agency recently, with a story that should be a wake up call for all of us.

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Succession

Reflect on your agency without you, and what you can do to ensure it is prepared.

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Too much to do? Stop

It's easy to feel overwhelmed, and not know where to start on your long wishlist of big-picture things to do.

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Batch and automate

The role of the agency founder is to build the business to do the work, not to do the work of the business.

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August 2022 round-up

What's new from Convivio in August, to help you run a healthy agency.

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Summer Reflections: One more thing

Right at the end of the special summer series of reflections on your agency, is just one more thing...

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Summer Reflections: Growth

What do you need to become for your agency to become what you need it to be?

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