The main theme and premise of the recent Chief Executive Officer CEO Talent Summit in Dallas, TX was the idea of the coming shortage of effective executive talent and workers in technologically demanding industries in 2020. The question that was explored at the conference was, “How do we find, explore, and develop this workforce?” One…
In the business world, we’ve all heard the saying “think outside the box.” That cliché is present at many business meetings when folks talk about breaking industry norms or conventional wisdom, and doing things differently than they have been done previously. The topic of this week’s podcast deals with the nature of opportunity and why the…
According to the famous Peter Drucker, the main purpose of a business is to create a customer. One of your responsibilities as a CEO is to help your organization create customers and support the people who help you achieve that goal. On this episode, Ron Wilder explains the importance of protecting your most important strategic…
Many entrepreneurs and CEOs that we work with are always stressed for time. There are certain things that need to be done and their time to think and innovate is always at a premium. Often, they delegate tasks and projects to many different levels to ensure these leaders are spending their time on working in…
The unique role of a CEO mainly revolves around creating alignment between different parts of a business. When this alignment is achieved, the people within the organization work effectively toward a common goal, yielding growth, solid performance, and profitability. However, if that alignment is not there, many problems occur and business no longer runs smoothly….
