The Greenhouse Blog
Who Are You, Really? How the V/TO® Turns Your Vision into a Plan
“We have a great understanding after today of who we are, not just where we’re going.” That was a comment from a leadership team member as we wrapped up Vision Building® Day 2 earlier this week. It captured the purpose of the work perfectly. Many...
11 Tools to Build Stronger Teams
After decades of coaching teams in every kind of setting, one lesson stands above the rest: without trust, teams struggle to engage in healthy conflict, commit to one another, hold themselves accountable and put the greater good of the group first. Trust on a...
Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in the Weeds
You know that feeling when you’re trying to work on the business, but the day-to-day keeps pulling you back in? ... A manager needs help with a team issue. ... Someone is waiting on you to make a decision. ... A project is stalled because no one wants to make the...
Why GWC® Solves So Many People Issues
One of the biggest mistakes leadership teams make is assuming a people issue is always a performance issue. Sometimes it is. But often, the real problem is simpler and more structural: You have a good person in the wrong seat. That’s where GWC® becomes one of the most...
A Better Way to Know if Someone is the Right Fit
Hiring is one of those decisions that can feel equal parts exciting and nerve-wracking. You meet someone who seems great... The conversation flows... Their experience looks strong... The team likes them... And before long, you find yourself thinking, “I have a good...
How to Fix Customer Concentration Without Shrinking
Murray Kent paid $40,000 for a four-person electrical conduit fittings business operating out of what he generously described as a crack den. A decade later, a private equity-backed acquirer wrote him a check for 6.2 times EBITDA. All cash. No earnout. No...
Your Business Isn’t a Unicorn Just Because You Think It Is
A while back, I sat in our conference room with a leadership team exploring a potential acquisition opportunity. From their perspective, the business looked incredibly attractive: Revenue was growing Customers loved them The team was strong The future upside felt...
Scorecards That Actually Drive Results
Great companies don't grow by accident. They grow because they know what to measure, how to measure it and how to turn that visibility into better decisions. In our recent training, we took a deep dive into one of the most practical business tools leaders can use to...
The Leadership Shift That Speeds Up Your Business
Every decision in your business that takes too long is costing you money. Not in some abstract, theoretical way. In a very real, compounding way. When decisions drag, opportunities get delayed. Your team hesitates. Projects lose momentum. People start second-guessing...
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STOP Training Your People What To Do
If you’re like most leaders, you maybe believe you’re training your team well. BUT, I'll bet you're continually dealing with frustrations around developing employees with autonomy that can problem solve! If you take a step back and really look at how you onboard and...
The 2 Traits All Great Leaders Share
I want you to actually pause for a second and think. Not skim. Not nod along. Actually think. Who’s the best leader you’ve ever worked for? Not the CEO you follow on LinkedIn. Not the person with the fancy title. The real one. The one you’d go back and work for again...
The People Issue Keeping You in the Weeds
As a business owner, you’ve felt this tension. You want to grow. The opportunity is there. The market is there. You are willing to push. But something keeps slowing you down. And if we are being honest, it is not strategy. It is people. When I sit down with business...
A Simple Test Most Leadership Teams Fail
Most leadership teams don’t have a values problem. They have a values honesty problem. Because the fastest way to see whether your Core Values are actually working isn’t a survey, an engagement score or a culture workshop. It’s to ask your team to write them down from...
Why Your Progress Feels Harder Than It Should
Every business owner knows how to make a to-do list. Most are overwhelmed by them. You’ve set annual goals, quarterly Rocks, and weekly priorities. Leadership meetings are full. Action items are everywhere. And yet, progress still feels harder than it should. You’re...
2025 Wrapped: Big Wins, Real Momentum
As we wrap up 2025, we're grateful, inspired and fired up for what’s ahead. This year at The Greenhouse, we had the privilege of partnering with amazing leaders and teams across the region—from emerging startups to well-established legacy firms. And the numbers tell...
The 4 Core People Issues & How to Solve Them
If you’ve led a team for any length of time, you’ve run into people issues. But here’s the truth: there are only four. That’s it. No matter how complicated a situation feels—someone underperforming, conflict on the team, lack of accountability—it all comes down...
Align Your Personal WHY to Multiply Your Business Growth & Results
By: Patrick Metzger, CEO/Founder If you're anything like me, you've probably pondered your big WHY in life for decades. That deeper purpose. The reason you get up early, push through the hard days and pour yourself into building something bigger than you. For...
You’re Forgetting These Two Vital Items in Your Weekly Schedule
If you’ve been using block scheduling to structure your week, you already know how powerful it can be. If you're not using it as an efficiency tool as a leader, get on the train because it's a game changer. When you’re intentional about how you use your time, you stop...
Am I Leading or Am I Managing?
There’s a quiet but crucial question that separates good business owners from great ones: Am I leading my organization, or am I managing it? It’s a question that sounds simple, yet when answered honestly, it can completely transform how you operate, how your team...