Interests shift over time - you need to be prepared.I was recently working with the two founders of an entrepreneurial company. Between the two of them, they still owned most of the company. While they had grown the company substantially since its inception, the two partners began to have some se...
KEEP READINGRight now, they are not good enough and too expensive.A lot of us operate in relatively stable and existing in markets where we sell a product or service that our customers are happy with--which allows us to make money every day of the week. We also know who our primary, or "in-kind," competitors...
KEEP READINGIt's not performance or work ethic - but they help Every great leader has something in common. They have gravitas, which is to say they have executive weight, a presence that people respect and want to follow. Yes, they also need to have intellectual capability and competencies. But without gravi...
KEEP READINGThey are valuable, if they are used properly Most of us who run companies aren't lawyers, perhaps fortunately. At the same time, we are dependent on the skills, education, and background of professional attorneys to advise us. The challenge is that we have to be very careful about how we eng...
KEEP READINGThe most disruptive innovation comes from elsewhere Whenever I speak about innovation, one of the companies I point to is Apple. Of course, some would argue that Apple is less than innovative these days. But just about anyone would acknowledge that Apple has produced a strong line of innova...
KEEP READINGTransparency and vulnerability are key and hard to have. One of the most important things we do as leaders is to help align teams around attaining a strategic goal or goals. Lots of leaders struggle with this, mostly because they are opaque about what is in their head, hoping the team figures it ...
KEEP READINGIt's hard to diagnose if you are a micromanager - here are 6 sure signs As a manager or CEO, it can be extremely difficult to self-diagnose whether you are a micro-manager or not. Especially if you run a fast-growing company, you might expect that your job entails staying on top of every detail, ...
KEEP READINGW.L Gore let's you pick your title and everyone is happier One of the things that we're tempted to do in the early days of a business is to hand out titles. That's especially true when you're limited in how much money you can spend even as you try and recruit senior level people from other organi...
KEEP READINGWhoa and Giddy up Can Tell You Everything In my various roles leading organizations over the years, I came up with a management concept that I found to be incredibly valuable. It came down to asking myself a particular question when it came to my employees. The question: was I more often telling ...
KEEP READINGOr, a pig with lipstick is still a pig I have worked with a number of CEOs who gone through the sale of their business. And one of the questions I get asked by people going through this process is about whether they should be doing any advance work inside the business to prepare it for a sale. In...
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