Every business owner has a big dream for their business and wants to make it happen. However, sometimes a lapse of curiosity can cause a company to fall from great to just good. It’s likely that it happens to all businesses at some point. But I believe adopting or re-discovering curiosity will put a business…
What happens if good is not good enough? We don’t want to be good leaders, we want to be great leaders. Every leader has a big dream for their company and wants to make it happen. But their energy is often channeled inward. It’s about them, not about their employees. It shouldn’t be so hard…
Every business owner has a big dream for their business and wants to make it happen. When it comes to hiring the right people, getting them in the right seats, and providing a culture of growth and inclusion, we often don’t know where to start or what to do. It shouldn’t be so hard to…
On this edition of ProfitSense with Bill McDermott, Jonathan Strack and Eric Cooley from Strack, Inc., and Chris Smith, CB Smith & Associates, joined us for a discussion on building their respective businesses and adapting to the digital age. Jonathan and Eric talked about cultivating a company culture, getting outside their comfort zone to recruit talent and…
When it comes to adding people to grow a business, many owners are reluctant due to the increased cost, and then are frustrated and confused on how they can drive revenue and profitability higher without adding to staff. Further, owners don’t understand that when they don’t focus on building a culture based on the company’s…
Monitoring employee performance and holding people accountable makes many business owners uncomfortable. Many owners don’t provide job descriptions for their coworkers and spell out functions for each position. This leaves everyone confused and frustrated. Owners ask why this person doesn’t perform and employees are asking what does the boss expect them to do. Patrick Lencioni…
Every business owner wants to grow their business. However, many business owners don’t where to start or what to do. Growth for “growth’s sake” is not a good strategy. But, achieving scale is. Achieving scale is where you can consistently achieve revenue growth on a relatively stable cost or asset base. In other words, the…
As a CEO or business owner, it’s hard figuring out what things to focus on, where to allocate our resources, and how in the world we’ll find the time to do it all. It can be overwhelming. When you’re paralyzed by all of these thoughts and tasks, it’s hard to be an effective CEO. I…
As a CEO, it can be lonely at the top and they often struggle to know whether their actions and decisions are helping their company or hurting it. How do they achieve excellence? What separates great CEOs from the good ones? These questions often leave new CEOs overwhelmed and frustrated. Every CEO deserves to have…
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