by Jim Schleckser | Sep 6, 2017 | Talent
Talent Can Only Perform to the Quality of the System It Is In Eventually, you can’t count on superhero employees and have to deploy systems if you want to scale. In the earliest days of most companies, entrepreneurs can’t afford the systems that exist in...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 29, 2017 | Business, Culture, Strategy
If your behavior doesn’t match your strategy, you send mixed messages to the rest of the organization. Helping choose your company’s strategy is one of the key roles any business leader plays. But if our behaviors don’t match up with that strategy,...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 25, 2017 | Advisory Groups, Entrepreneur, Growth, Negotiation
It can be somewhat tricky to answer the question, “Is the Business for Sale” honestly and maintain integrity. As leaders, you can be faced with a situation from time to time where your people might hear a rumor that your business is for sale. Usually this...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 24, 2017 | Acquisitions
Slow and Steady Wins the Race While lots of mergers fail, and if you had to pick one reason -it is companies rushing in without really vetting the potential match. It seems there is news every day about a proposed merger or acquisition between two companies. While...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 20, 2017 | Entrepreneur, Growth, Leadership, Sales
When you’re trying to do business with someone in a way where ultimately you’d like him or her to purchase something from you, there is a little secret you can use to vastly improve your success rate. It all comes down to following a simple sequence: tell,...
