by Jim Schleckser | Mar 14, 2023 | Business, Entrepreneur, Leadership
CEO vs Owner There is a journey from being in the business to on the business to owning the business. As a business founder, you’ll find yourself wearing two different hats: the CEO and the owner. It’s easy to make the mistake that the two hats are...
by Jim Schleckser | Sep 20, 2022 | Culture, Delegation, Leadership
Coaching Accountability Coaching employees is critical if you are a leader. Coaching employees that are underperforming is essential. Everyone seems to understand that accountability is essential at every level in an organization, but does anyone know what...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 9, 2022 | Bonuses, Compensation, Decision Making, Leadership
Why has CEO compensation increased over the past several decades? This is one hot-button issue covered constantly in the media. Specifically, how CEO compensation has increased to the point where the difference between what CEOs make compared to the rest of the...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 2, 2022 | Business, Entrepreneur, Growth, Leadership, Strategy
The answer might tell you a lot about how to think about your role as its leader. Do you know what stage of organizational growth your business is in? As a CEO you want to identify your business’s stage of growth, so you can lead from the front. One area that...
by Jim Schleckser | May 17, 2022 | Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, Entrepreneur, Leadership
The Distinction is in One of These Leadership Styles: Head, Heart, or Hands. Leadership is one of the most studied and written-about topics in the business world. But I recently came across an exciting new concept that adds an interesting new wrinkle to the subject:...
by Jim Schleckser | May 3, 2022 | Culture, Entrepreneur, Growth, HR, Leadership, Work Life Balance
Think of Location as a Tool We have all been participants in a grand experiment over the past few years. Forced to work from home because of the pandemic, many people who may have been resistant in the past have opened their eyes to the potential of working remotely....
