by Jim Schleckser | Mar 29, 2022 | Acquisitions, Entrepreneur, Growth
Appropriately Scaling Growth Comes From Hiring Ordinary People into a System. In the early days of any company, you need to solve problems by hiring the absolute best person you can who can tackle them. For example, if you’re trying to ramp up sales fast, you...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 22, 2022 | Work Life Balance
The Big Thing to Learn: All Decisions Have Consequences. Thought leader Simon Sinek says that one of the things that businesses experience when they hire younger workers–Millennials and Gen-Zers–is dealing with the results of a failed parenting experiment....
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 15, 2022 | Advisory Groups, Delegation, Entrepreneur, Leadership
Should Former CEOs Join the Board? The answer is more complicated than you might think. It’s become common practice that when CEOs leave their position, it’s assumed that they will continue with the company as a member of its board–maybe even as...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 14, 2022 | Java with Jim, Talent
Successful People Know That There Are Six Kinds of Power That You Can Earn in An Organization and Only A Few of Them Are Given By The Company. What kind of power do you have in your organization? And by that I mean can you get other people to do what you want them to?...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 8, 2022 | Business, Entrepreneur, Negotiation, Pricing, Sales
You Might Not Want the Sale If You Can’t Protect Your Profit Margin. Anytime you’re selling, you’re trying to balance the price you’re asking for with the amount of value you’re providing your customer. If you want to get the highest...
