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 | Jan 25, 2022 | Advisory Groups, Culture, Decision Making, Strategy
Internal Candidates are Your Best Bet–Unless it’s Time for a Strategic Shakeup. If you serve on a company’s board–whether it’s a startup or a larger, public company–you’ll face the prospect of CEO selection someday. There are...
by Jim Schleckser | Nov 22, 2021 | Advisory Groups
The third management secret of the lazy CEO is Risk. Specifically the risk management process. And this is going to correlate to delegation, which we’ll talk about a little bit later, but whenever we’re dealing with an issue, there are really only two...
by Jim Schleckser | Nov 15, 2021 | Advisory Groups
How to Avoid Meetings and Add Valuable Hours Back to your Week. If you’re like me, you probably have more than one meeting on your weekly or monthly calendar that you dread going to. The worst part is that you’re not sure why you even continue to go. Most...
by Jim Schleckser | May 7, 2021 | Advisory Groups, Business, Marketing, Sales
Asking is more powerful than telling. We face situations every day at work when we’d like to influence people to our way of thinking. From asking someone to join your project or a new business partnership, or even selling your company, in all these situations,...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 7, 2021 | Advisory Groups
We wanted to share with you the top 5 blog posts of 2020. This year has been challenging for everyone, and at The CEO Project, we have tried to encourage our members to focus on their ability to SURVIVE and THRIVE. Our blog is created and published by our CEO and...