by Jim Schleckser | Oct 6, 2015 | Business, Decision Making, Entrepreneur, Growth, Strategy
Great strategy isn’t what separates the great companies from all the rest. It’s executing a simple strategy in a highly repeatable way that returns quality to customers and value to investors that makes them truly stand apart. Everyone loves strategy....
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 30, 2015 | Business
It’s Simply an Advantage According to many iconic leaders, being simple is hard, but it’s also an incredible advantage. So if you make time to make things simple, your customers will thank you. The French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal once...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 2, 2015 | Business, Decision Making, Delegation, Leadership, Management
I have written before about people who have high information needs. You might call them “infomaniacs.” These are folks, or even organizational cultures, that prioritize making decisions using data, metrics, and plenty of analysis. And don’t get me...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 24, 2015 | Business, Customers, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Marketing
Just about every role in a business these days, including that of the CEO, involves receiving and passing along information to someone else. Maybe it’s the sales reports you need to share with your board of directors about, or maybe even it’s the...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 10, 2015 | Business, Decision Making, Delegation, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Strategy
One of the most important jobs any leader does is decide what issues to tackle inside the organization at any given time. But how do you choose which ones are the most critical? Risk is a major component in deciding what comes first. Consider the analogy of a naval...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 17, 2014 | Business, Entrepreneur
Just about every entrepreneur flies at some point in his or her career. As a two-million-air-miles flyer, I follow these 9 suggestions to zoom through the airport. Some fly more than others. As someone who has accumulated more than 2 million air miles over the years,...
