by Jim Schleckser | Mar 1, 2017 | Business
When to Know You’ve Earned Your Pink Slip A word of caution for any entrepreneur who has founded a business and remains active in it: you might need to fire your CEO – yourself. Of course, every owner of a growing business knows what it’s like to...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 28, 2017 | Acquisitions
How to Get Growing Every year, I speak with nearly a thousand CEOs in detail about their companies. One of the key topics that I talk to all those CEOs about is their strategy for achieving future growth. Whether that’s expanding a business geographically, or...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 6, 2017 | Talent
Think of What You Value in an Employee When you’re hiring, think beyond the skills and experience a candidate might have and assess whether you want a patriot or a mercenary. When you’re thinking about hiring people, especially those in...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 4, 2016 | Talent
Save the Sugarcoating to Cereals Many companies rate their talent well above average. Besides being untrue, this is a dangerous strategy as your top performers will leave you if you do. In the mythical town of Lake Wobegon, made famous by Garrison Keillor on National...
by Jim Schleckser | Oct 26, 2016 | Acquisitions
Make Your Moves With The Future In Mind To get the best value when selling your business, keep your focus on building a great business, serving your clients, growing your revenue and profits and exit will take care of itself. Many of the CEOs and leadership teams I...
