Steven L. Blue, President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity What is a business? This might seem straightforward, but consider it more deeply; what truly is a business? I’m talking about the values, identity and culture that make a particular business what it is. This word – culture – is key. The atmosphere internal to an organization, […]
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Andy Coville, CEO, Brodeur Partners We all know that good CEOs think about the customer. Great ones obsess. As technology changes everything, constantly, leaders devour information on customers’ needs, wants, demographics and purchasing journeys. They continuously align marketing, advertising and sales with carefully conceived personas of customer targets. Perhaps there is one more thing we should
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Rob Wilson, President, Employco USA Autism rates have dramatically increased in recent years. However, while schools and community service programs have readily responded to what is being called “the autism epidemic,” employers are still lagging behind when it comes to meeting the needs of employees with ASD. According to a study led by research scientist
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Shayne Hughes & Brandon Black, Authors, Ego Free Leadership A workplace without politics is as mythical as a unicorn. But when those politics undermine company morale, it’s time to take a closer look—before they cut into the bottom line. Brandon Black was grappling with an all-too-familiar scenario in his then workplace. The erstwhile CEO of
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Darold Parken, CEO, DeepMarkit A frequently overlooked, but often key factor to a successful acquisition lies in a balance sheet item that doesn’t even exist prior to the acquisition – goodwill. The difference between the purchase price and the book value of a company, goodwill is actually created and recognized through the accounting process following
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Andy Molinsky, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Brandeis International Business School “Very few people, whether you’ve been in that job before or not, get into the seat and believe today that they are now qualified to be the CEO. They’re not going to tell you that, but it’s true.” Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks In 2014 Roger
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Larry Kendall, Author, Ninja Selling “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” President John F. Kennedy, Man on the Moon Speech Joint Session of Congress May 25, 1961 President Kennedy’s “We choose
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Adam Robinson, Founder & CEO, Hireology What if you thought about hiring the same way you think about car insurance? Think about how the car insurance process works: The agent doesn’t need to meet you in person to know that if you have a sports car in the garage, four accidents on your driving record, and
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Josh Denning, Founder, Authority Factory As a savvy business owner, you are, most likely, familiar with the 80/20 rule (or Pareto’s Law): in many cases, 80 percent of the outcomes can be attributed to 20 percent of the causes for a given event. Popularized by Tim Ferriss is his bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, the
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Chip R. Bell, Author, Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles The super cool feature of a kaleidoscope is not the charming images that take our breath away. Or, the fact that, unlike a magnifying glass or set of binoculars, you get to actively engage with the kaleidoscope to create swoons and grins. It is the fact
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