It’s Not What You Know; it’s Who You Know. As many individuals enter the prime of their careers or even shift into retirement, the idea of landing a board seat can be compelling for multiple reasons. That might include a source of income in...
Negotiation Tips: Flinch, Reflect, and Go Silent A Simple Technique to Get a Concession There are plenty of standard methodologies and techniques people rely on when it comes to handling negotiations, in everything from haggling over a yard sale purchase all the way...
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...
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....
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...
