Wolfgang Koester, CEO & Co-founder, FiREapps It has been my experience that the most important factor in a CEO’s success is whether he or she is willing and able to get down in the trenches with employees. Like the coach who is still out on the field with the team. There is an adage that great leaders don’t […]
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Evan Hackel, CEO, Tortal Training & Ingage Consulting I am a CEO, and I have worked with many other top executives during my career. So I speak from experience when I say that this could be the biggest day-to-day frustration many leaders face . . . “I tell people what to do, but they don’t
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Alan Stein, Vice President, Marketing Services & Product Development, AlliedBarton Security Services A catastrophic event will put your property and customers at risk, and can be detrimental to your brand. Emergencies, disasters and other crises don’t occur at convenient times. Whether dealing with hurricanes, floods or blizzards, or widespread serious illness such as a viral outbreak or acts
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Phil Friedman, President & CEO, CGS Innovation, expansion and competition. These are just a few concerns with which executives are tasked in today’s fast-paced business climate. Yet, companies want to be more than relevant in a sea of competitive players. Executives looking to differentiate itself should prioritize the hiring of new talent. Whether seeking to
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Ash Noah, VP of CGMA External Relations, AICPA Rapid strategic decision making is becoming increasingly critical for businesses to stay competitive and successful. It is also becoming harder and harder for today’s CEOs to do, as they have to contend with a host of challenges like market volatility, traditional business models becoming outdated, the need
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Dr. Liz Alexander, Author, FOUND: Transforming Your Unlimited Ideas into One Sustainable Business In April 2015, Nina Mufleh crafted a well-researched and thoughtful whitepaper outlining why Airbnb should consider expanding into the Middle East. She wasn’t yet part of their marketing team, but wanted to be. This was her audacious attempt to attract a job
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Karissa Thacker, Founder & President, Strategic Performance Solutions Inc. Feedback has become the new f word in the workplace. It is starting to make people more uncomfortable than the other f word that you probably thought of. Delete the word “feedback” from your workplace vocabulary now. I will offer up some useful phrases that might
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David Ossip, CEO of Ceridian Success comes from culture When I first walked in to our head office in Minneapolis – a beautiful building, with a welcoming reception desk – my first thought was “Oh my, I don’t think I’m going to be allowed into the building.” Hanging behind reception were large flat-screen televisions, one
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Dr. Rob Fazio, Managing Partner, OnPoint Advising, Inc. “I didn’t find the meeting valuable.” Years ago, those were the words in an email I was copied on to my boss. It was my first CEO executive coaching engagement, and all I knew was I never wanted to see those words again. I was confident that
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Danna Korn, Co-Founder & CEO, Sonic Boom Wellness Entrepreneurs are forced to move a mile a minute. We carry an entire business on our shoulders, with a constant stream of employees coming to us for guidance (not to mention feeling responsible for the livelihood of all these employees – on top of wondering if we’re
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