by Jim Schleckser | May 4, 2017 | Talent
You Need to Learn Who Can Bend And Not Break Every business has the occasional fire. When it hits, you should have plenty of people who we call “Firefighters” while avoiding folks we label “Snow Cones”. Every business, from successful startups...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 12, 2017 | Business, Culture, Entrepreneur
As business people, we know we need to “network” as a way to build relationships that will help us in business and life. But attending a networking event like a conference can pose challenges, especially when it comes to making the most of your time there....
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 27, 2017 | Business
You Need a Process and You Need to Protect That Process Warren Buffett knows great financials are critical to the success of any business, they are really just outcomes of having a strong “machine” and an impenetrable “moat” for your business....
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...
