Nov
19

Working On The Business Versus In The Business: Realizing The Greatest Return On Brainpower

On The Business vs In The Business

Repost from iQuest Every good CEO starts by working in the business; correcting problems, improving operations, building teams. Getting to know “the business”. Some years are great, others are tough. Occasionally you hit a breakthrough and the company booms for a period, expanding dramatically. Eventually, that growth spurt dissipates and … [Read more...]

Apr
23

What is Success?

What is Success?

Ask your management team, employees, vendors, customers, family, friends, waiter, cab driver, person standing behind you at the grocery store line-up; ask Google, “what is success?”. How many different answers are you likely to get? About 273 million, links anyway. But mostly, the answers fall into two categories: Achievement or … [Read more...]

Aug
20

Every CEO Should Ask

ceo should ask

Repost from iQuestinc.com When is a question more influential than an answer? Almost always. Effective leadership isn't about telling people what to do, it's about getting people to want to do it. … [Read more...]

Oct
04

Taking Responsibility For Success

It sounds a bit weird when you hear, "taking responsibility for success". It's probably because we naturally associate responsibility with things that are stressful, thankless and generally not fun. Think back through your life and remember how it felt every time you were told to "be more responsible" and "it's time for you to take on more … [Read more...]

May
31

Trading Up For Sales Stars

Even with massive layoffs, record bankruptcies, reduced work weeks, forced time off and dire forecasts, there is a renewed and thriving trade in star sales performers. Sure, some are already on the market. Those are easy finds. The real big wins come from poaching competitors and apparently, this has become big business for specialized … [Read more...]