by Jim Schleckser | May 6, 2019 | Talent
It’s important to understand which one you want and need. Anytime you’re looking to fill a position inside your business, especially when it comes to finding someone for your senior-level C Suite, is a critical moment. The cost of missing out on a...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 26, 2019 | Talent
We might be pushing our kids in the wrong direction. We’re all fans of education. I can admit that I’m a kind of an educational snob based on my own experience in pursuing advanced degrees. As a result, it’s always been a foregone conclusion that my...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 19, 2018 | Advisory Groups, Talent
Does Your Employee Know They Are About to be Fired? I’ve had many managers report to me across my career as a leader and CEO. And over the years, many of those managers have come to me at different times to express a keen desire to fire one of their own direct...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 4, 2018 | Talent
You can get an immediate jump in productivity. Accountability is a topic that lots of CEOs and leaders talk about. Specifically, most of their concern is that they don’t feel like their people hold themselves accountable for the things they need to do in driving...
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...
