Janice DiPietro, CEO, Exceptional Leaders International As CEOs we have all felt how lonely the role can be and the multiple and often conflicting demands placed upon us. This becomes amplified as our various constituencies of stakeholders begin the chant relative to the New Year. What is our plan? How will we ensure a successful […]
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Sitting above the clouds let’s us dream about the future for our business, but blocking off time and getting off site with your team is how you make that dream a reality.
Tom Leahey, Principal & Lead for Strategic Growth Advisory Practice, Windham Brannon Leave it to Silicon Valley to introduce yet another business term―so futuristic and symbolic―that its meaning is barely recognizable beyond those in the know. We’ve had these episodes before. Terms such as “accelerator,” “revenue linearity,” and “asymmetric returns” have been thrown at us
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I am not talking about holiday shopping. I am talking about “shopping” for your business. Last year, I like many individuals waited, and waited and waited for word about the expired tax extenders. Just in the nick of time, tax extenders were approved. Of course by that time many did not have time to shop.
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Charlie Fusco, CEO, Synergixx, LLC If you’re a small company desiring or experiencing rapid growth – jump in–but do so cautiously. Clearly, you’re producing a valuable service or product, but without careful strategies to manage your growth, the business can plummet as quickly as it rose. SAVE MONEY TO MAKE MONEY Rapid expansion, especially for
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Jerry Jao, CEO, Retention Science You’ve heard it all before. Successful CEOs are driven, hardworking, thick-skinned. Starting a company requires the courage to take risks, and an aversion to backing down. Even Elon Musk came toe-to-toe with bankruptcy with both Tesla and SpaceX, living off loans from friends as he poured all his resources into
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Mark Fagan, CPA, Managing Partner, Connecticut Office, Citrin Cooperman Jack Welch, the highly quotable former chief executive of GE, once said, “Change has no constituency—and a perceived revolution has even less.” That’s a vital lesson for CEOs of companies that are going through a strategic pivot. It is fine for a CEO to mandate a
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Is your organization stuck in the Engagement Paradox? Time and again, we see that the more leaders try to manage engagement, the more disengaged their employees actually become. So what causes this paradox? It’s not that employees don’t want to be engaged; many are committed and loyal workers who come in early, stay late, and try
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Will Fleming, CEO, MotionPoint Corporation Recently, my company—a provider of technology solutions for business globalization—celebrated its 15th birthday. MotionPoint, with its culturally diverse team of more than 200 employees, is a pioneer in its field. But localizing websites, and later discovering ways to maximize the value and impact of those sites in ways that transcend
Rich McIver, Founder, Merchant Guide LLC Credit card processing has become essential for businesses to thrive, but choosing the right company can feel like an overwhelming process. There are several aspects merchants must consider, including the costs and credibility of the company. Finding a company that can provide the services needed for your business at
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