On Signal: Leading Brilliant Growth Through Deep Stakeholder Respect

George Wright III and co-host John Harding discuss leadership and propose that an organization’s greatest growth opportunity lies in deeply valuing and investing in its key stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and others.
They talk about “deep respect” as a growth strategy and cite research linking engagement and organizational health to higher profitability, productivity, and shareholder returns. Two primary obstacles are outlined: the “mission-strategy-success gap,” where few employees understand or connect daily work to strategy, and the “productivity avalanche,” driven by constant digital interruptions and low-value activity.
Harding introduces “being on signal” as the solution: dual alignment with the organization’s mission and each stakeholder’s definition of success, supported by clarity, rhythm, measurement, trust, and systems such as Franklin Planner.
01:26 Stakeholders Drive Growth
04:35 Respect as Strategy
09:05 Mission Strategy Gap
13:07 Productivity Avalanche
16:20 On Signal Solution
20:21 Franklin Planner System
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The Franklin Planner Team