by Jim Schleckser | Sep 8, 2021 | Acquisitions, Business, Strategy
Here’s what to consider before signing that license agreement. Driving innovation is a critical factor in growing many companies. Ideally, your organization has an R&D engine that generates the kind of new products and services that fuel your growth. But...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 3, 2021 | Business, Culture, Leadership, Strategy
Long-term success in business is not about cutting corners and short-term gains Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the bestselling business books of all time. Some of the key takeaways are life lessons like never saying a bad word...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 29, 2021 | Business, Strategy
Knowing how ‘breakeven’ is defined can keep you in business. When I ask business leaders how their business is doing, I’ll often get a response that goes something like, “Well, we’re breaking even.” Most of us have an intuitive...
by Jim Schleckser | Apr 20, 2021 | Growth, Leadership, Strategy
Everyone Wants to Develop Revenue Streams Developing new revenue streams is always a business challenge. Developing a long-term growth strategy requires imagination, creativity, and a significant amount of focus. Knowing how to manage your growth while ensuring your...
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...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 29, 2017 | Business, Culture, Strategy
If your behavior doesn’t match your strategy, you send mixed messages to the rest of the organization. Helping choose your company’s strategy is one of the key roles any business leader plays. But if our behaviors don’t match up with that strategy,...