Building Value on the Farm in Tough Times
I grew up on a dairy farm in North East Pennsylvania. Not a large dairy, only about forty milking head … Read more
Are Your Leaders Worth $300M?
In the September 21, 2009 issue of Forbes magazine, Tom Van Riper asks the provocative question of Miami Dolphins’ Executive Vice … Read more
Making the Commitment to Build Value
Nothing gets employees’ eyes rolling like a CEO returning on Monday morning from a management seminar with a brilliant new … Read more
Focusing on Your Company Strengths
When a company decides to take on the challenge of working their way through the ‘value building process’, one of … Read more
Using Leverage to Build Value
Last weekend I attended a reunion of former Conquest employees. Conquest was a very successful technology company founded by Norm … Read more
Have You Fallen Into the “Success Trap”?
In business today, things change so rapidly that what worked yesterday won’t necessarily work today. But tell that to an … Read more
The Relationship of Execution to Success
I’m like a billion other people out there that read all (OK, almost all) of Seth Godin’s work because it … Read more
Are Your Business Plans Ego Driven?
Normally, a leader’s greatest attribute is unbridled optimism. As retired General Colin Powell says, “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” … Read more
The “Process” of Building Business Value
Virtually every midmarket leader I know is a great doer. They may have made their mark in business by being … Read more