On this episode, your host Ron Wilder talks about innovation from the perspective of one of his heroes, rock legend Eddie Van Halen. In his interview at the Smithsonian on February 12, 2015, Eddie talked about his musical career and contribution to the American life. A big theme of that interview was innovation. Eddie not…
A big part of being a CEO of a company is determining and setting the standard of performance that your company will uphold in the marketplace. It is a major portion of your brand promise and what you’re selling. Customers also use this standard of performance to evaluate the level of satisfaction with you and…
In 2004, Ron Wilder started his company, named Aligned Action, out of frustration that he had observed in working with two different startups. One of these companies grew successfully, built a great product and ultimately was acquired. The second startup had a great idea but was unable to execute their idea or get a product to…
As the entrepreneur and CEO, a big part of leading transformative growth is connecting with your king energy so that you can lead the people in your organization to a new level. A part of this transformation also involves a growth in identity and expansion of the vision of who you are. The leadership that…
If you’re an entrepreneurial CEO leading your organization through a phase of transformative growth to a new level of performance, one of the things you will immediately encounter is the issue of messiness within that growth. If you don’t prepare properly for this disorderliness, you will find it to be extremely frustrating. However, if you acknowledge…
