Throughout my many years in leadership there is always one topic that comes up whether I am consulting, in a full time leadership role, serving on a board or even speaking with other leaders in a casual conversation. This is the topic of ethics in business. I have witnessed that some leaders get more nervous […]
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Last week I attended a small networking dinner organized from a company located on the west coast. There were six of us there, and the only person not from Cincinnati was the business owner from the west coast. As quickly as our conversation began, it was immediately apparent how tightly knit the business ecosystem in
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Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on facebook I want to begin by thanking all of my loyal subscribers over the past 2 years. I continue to be appreciative by your comments and support of my business and technology blog. What I thought was a dumb idea years ago when the idea was brought
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Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on facebook These past several months have been the craziest of my life. Sorry it has been a bit since I posted an article, but I felt like business topics took a backseat to numerous other things that the global pandemic of Covid-19 has shown all of us
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Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on facebook Marketing is a critical component to any business and should be in sync with sales. Early on in my career, I honestly didn’t understand the value of marketing and primarily focused on the sales aspect as I believed that is what generated my revenue. After I
Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on facebook Many years ago I took a course for President’s at Aileron, outside of Dayton, Ohio. The company was started by billionaire Clay Mathile to help business owners/CEOs to take their company to the next level. As I learned more about Mr. Mathile, I learned he was
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A few weeks back I wrote about the differences of Business Leaders vs Managers. I received some good feedback, so this week I wanted to dive into a few different types of leadership styles. The two styles I want to cover are a “power” leader and a “servant” leader. Either one of these styles can
I spent most of last week in a very intense contract negotiation. In the end, I seem to be getting most of what I desired, and the other party seems pretty content with what was decided as well — essentially a win-win. Although this is always the goal, unfortunately it is not always the outcome.
Many startup companies, and mature companies as well sometimes minimize the importance of annual strategic planning. This is particularly a challenge when everything is going so well. I can personally admit, I have been guilty of not giving this task its due attention, in previous companies that I have led. However the old saying is
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