by Jim Schleckser | Aug 18, 2020 | Business
The better the business model, the more valuable the business. The key to building a successful business for the long term–and potentially the opportunity to sell it for top dollar down the road–is to ensure that you have a rock-solid business model as...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 11, 2020 | Business
Neither one is sufficient to cover all situations, but together they can get you the right result every time. Everywhere in the professional world, there are company values and procedures. Yet we don’t always think of these as key elements–the yin and the...
by Jim Schleckser | May 2, 2020 | Business
How do you survive and thrive? For some of you, this might be the first economic downturn you’ve experienced in your career, and business survival is a constant worry. For the rest of you, who, like me, have been through other economic crises, heed this piece of...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 27, 2020 | Business
Now is the time to upgrade your processes and technology to grow fast Business scalability is something we talk about a lot. And to do that you need to have adequate systems, processes, and talent. But if you’re struggling to scale, something I discuss in my...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 21, 2020 | Business
Do Not Attribute Malice In my work with leaders, both inside and outside of the workplace, I’ve encountered a common pattern where when something doesn’t go right, those leaders will attribute another person’s behavior to malice. In other words, they...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 7, 2020 | Business, Decision Making, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Strategy
There’s an Easy Way to Calculate How Much You Should Be Making. You might be destroying wealth in your business without realizing it, but here’s how to stop Let me start by asking you what at first might seem like a silly question: Are you destroying...
