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Nick Anderson OneAccord CEO | OneAccord

10/21/2026

Strategy offsites go well. The real challenge is keeping things moving six weeks later.

By then the urgent work is back, and the priorities everyone agreed on are competing with a full inbox. Nobody decides to abandon the plan. It just stops getting time.

What I've seen in companies that actually execute comes down to rhythm: a standing meeting where priorities get reviewed, and a named owner for each one. It's closer to maintenance than inspiration, but a decent strategy with a weekly rhythm will outperform a brilliant one that gets discussed twice a year.

10/20/2026

There's no shortage of talk about AI right now. What's harder to find is time set aside to actually build something that works inside your own company. That's what these two days at Sage Cliff are for.

Details and qualifications at oneaccord.co/ai-workshop/

Your website can create questions before you ever get to answer them.Compare your homepage with your sales material. Do ...
10/20/2026

Your website can create questions before you ever get to answer them.

Compare your homepage with your sales material. Do they explain the same business, customer and value? Clear positioning starts with alignment, not a new color palette.

Where would a stranger get the clearest explanation of your company?

Explore the Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMXBF3KQ

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Bellevue Club for our Annual Celebration of Partnerships.After 25 years, I st...
10/19/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Bellevue Club for our Annual Celebration of Partnerships.

After 25 years, I still think of this as the most important night on our calendar. The work OneAccord does only happens because clients trust us with decisions that affect their companies and their families, and because partners keep introducing us to the next leader who needs help. Getting everyone in one room to say thank you in person is the least we can do.

This year we also celebrated the launch of Hidden Multiples. The book comes from years of working with founders who built real value and couldn’t see how much of it still depended on them. Many of the people in that room helped shape what’s in it, whether they knew it or not.

If you took a copy home, I’d like to hear what stays with you once you’ve read it. And if you couldn’t make it, you can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH96FDYY?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Thanks again. It was a good night.

10/18/2026

Founders choosing a successor often end up looking for a younger version of themselves.

The company you're handing over is a different company, though. It has a leadership team, established customers, and a level of complexity you didn't have when you started. The person who does well there is usually better at building structure than building from scratch.

Over time, I've learned to ask a different question in succession conversations. Instead of "who could do what I did," ask "what does this company need from its next leader for the next ten years?" Those two questions rarely produce the same name.

Just another day at the office.
10/17/2026

Just another day at the office.

Buying an AI tool is not the same as changing how the business works.For one repetitive workflow, name the owner, desire...
10/17/2026

Buying an AI tool is not the same as changing how the business works.

For one repetitive workflow, name the owner, desired result and human review step. Then ask where automation belongs. A subscription is a capability. A reliable workflow is an implementation.

Which workflow would you examine first?

Explore the Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMXBF3KQ

If three systems give three answers, which one should a buyer trust?Choose one important metric and trace it back to its...
10/16/2026

If three systems give three answers, which one should a buyer trust?

Choose one important metric and trace it back to its source. Do sales, finance and operations use the same definition? If not, start there before building another dashboard.

Which metric takes the most work to explain in your business?

Explore the Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMXBF3KQ

10/16/2026

Companies want to know which AI tool to buy. The better question is whether they've written down how their business actually runs. An agent can only answer from what you've documented, and that work usually starts long before anyone is thinking about AI. Good conversation with Jesse Kreun on this.

10/15/2026

When was the last time someone on your leadership team told you, in the room, that you were wrong?

Founders rarely set out to build a team that agrees with them. It happens gradually. You've been right a lot, and you tend to speak first, so people learn it's easier to raise concerns afterward or not at all. The leaders I work with are usually surprised by how much their team is holding back.

Speaking last on the decisions that matter helps more than you'd expect. So does paying attention to how you respond when someone does push back, because the whole team is watching that closely.

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