by Jim Schleckser | Mar 7, 2023 | Business, Culture, Growth, Talent
When you are hiring exceptional people is never easy. You’re trying to fill an open position, you’re hoping to find someone great for the opportunity. But that’s the catch, right? How do you assess whether someone has that extra gear to take their...
by Jim Schleckser | Feb 7, 2023 | Culture, Decision Making, Diversity, Growth, HR, Talent
It is important to understand that different types of intelligence dictate success on the job. Are you hiring quick smart or slow smart? Someone with a high intelligence quotient or IQ is smart. The whole idea of an IQ test is to measure how innately intelligent...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 31, 2023 | Business, Decision Making, Entrepreneur, Growth, Raising Capital, Strategy
In his excellent book Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who helped popularize the concept of Black Swan events, describes three kinds of systems: Fragile systems are those that can be destroyed by any negative change. Robust systems deal with good and bad changes...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 14, 2022 | Delegation, Entrepreneur, Growth, HR, Succession, Talent
Many Leaders Overlook Their Responsibility in Succession Planning One of the responsibilities that can be difficult, even for great CEOs, is to make time for the succession planning process. While it’s human nature not to think too far into the future, you owe...
by Jim Schleckser | Sep 6, 2022 | Business, Customers, Entrepreneur, Growth, Recurring Revenue
You Aren’t Necessarily Retaining Customers For Life Some companies have lofty customer retention goals like winning customers for life. But, most companies aim to keep as many of their customers happy for as long as possible while minimizing churn or customer...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 30, 2022 | Business, Growth, Marketing, Sales
Locking in Your Customer Acquisition Strategy The general rule is that you can spend more — as a percentage of your sales price — to acquire a recurring revenue customer than someone who is a one-off. But how much should you spend? And just as importantly,...
