by Jim Schleckser | Feb 13, 2018 | Talent
It’s a mistake to think your controller will make a good CFO. Odds are, they won’t. In the early days of growing your business, you’ll need to hire a bookkeeper or a controller to manage your books. But as you grow and scale your business, you might...
by Jim Schleckser | Sep 6, 2017 | Talent
Talent Can Only Perform to the Quality of the System It Is In Eventually, you can’t count on superhero employees and have to deploy systems if you want to scale. In the earliest days of most companies, entrepreneurs can’t afford the systems that exist in...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 30, 2017 | Talent
Sharing equity with your team can be a powerful motivator, and there are two basic ways most firms do it. In a prior article, I talked about the reasons why it might be time for you to share equity with your team. But that brings us to today’s topic, which is...
by Jim Schleckser | May 9, 2017 | Culture, Entrepreneur, Growth, HR, Talent
There are multiple ways you can manage an organization to make sure that the right decisions get made under most situations. One way is to be rules-based and the other is culture-based. You might also choose an option somewhere in between. Let me explain. Rules-based...
by Jim Schleckser | May 4, 2017 | Talent
You Need to Learn Who Can Bend And Not Break Every business has the occasional fire. When it hits, you should have plenty of people who we call “Firefighters” while avoiding folks we label “Snow Cones”. Every business, from successful startups...
by Jim Schleckser | Jan 6, 2017 | Talent
Think of What You Value in an Employee When you’re hiring, think beyond the skills and experience a candidate might have and assess whether you want a patriot or a mercenary. When you’re thinking about hiring people, especially those in...
