by Jim Schleckser | Oct 22, 2019 | Business
If you want to be a clear communicator, you have to forget college writing When we’re growing up in the educational system, we’re taught to write in a way that builds complex thoughts and sentences. Big vocabulary words are prized. The more syllables the...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 9, 2019 | Board of Directors, Business, Culture
I have written before about advisory boards and the steps you can take toward evolving that board into a more formal, fiduciary board for your business. But there are also steps you can take in the near-term to leverage your board in a different way to help grow your...
by Jim Schleckser | May 30, 2019 | Business
Why Your Investment Banker Isn’t Really On Your Side They Have the Wrong Incentives and Motivation When you’re going through the process of selling your business, one of the first steps you’ll make is to hire an investment banker. These are the guys...
by Jim Schleckser | May 28, 2019 | Business, Compensation, Leadership, Management
Many people talk about leadership principles or values these days. But what often happens is that they get printed on a poster, hung on a wall – and then quickly forgotten. No one actually lives those values, or frankly, can even remember them. Amazon is...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 12, 2019 | Business
It turns out there is a better way. One of the big issues every leader deals with on a daily basis is finding ways to motivate their people. It’s often a question of what incentives they can employ to get people to engage and perform to their optimum levels. The...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 8, 2019 | Budget, Business, Customers, Entrepreneur, Leadership
I recently received a fancy fitness monitor as a gift. It tracks my heart rate as well as a bevy of other stats about my body, everything from how much I sleep, how well I sleep, to how my heart rate changes during exercise. The amount of data now at my fingertips is...
