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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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How Adding More Offers and Services Can Harm Your Business
If you've ever thought, "Maybe I just need another offer," you're not alone. Many entrepreneurs, especially in service-based businesses, get stuck in the cycle of adding more services and more packages to try to capture different types of clients or boost cash flow quickly.Unfortunately, more offers is rarely the answer.Related:…
How to Run Multiple Businesses — From a CEO Who’s Doing It
Managing one business is challenging enough, but handling several at once? Now that's next-level. I should know — I've owned over 30 businesses in my lifetime, and as CEO, adding new ventures to our portfolio is practically a sport. Over the years, I've picked up plenty of strategies (and some…
The ‘Thoughtless’ Meeting Habit Your Team Hates
Your colleague asks you a reasonable question.You could take five minutes to write a cogent reply. You have everything you need to reply well. Multiple teammates would benefit from reading your reply. But instead, you say, "Let's hop on a call."When you say this, sometimes what you really mean is:…
Why Education Is the Key to Building Better Leaders
Leadership is not a title — it's a commitment. It's not something you achieve once and then simply maintain. Leadership must grow with you, your organization and the world around you. The most effective leaders understand that they are students for life, because the moment you stop learning, you stop…
When to Sell Your Business — Before It’s Too Late
As a founding entrepreneur, it is hard not to always be "in love" with "your baby". You created something from nothing, you nurtured it along the way, and you built something really great. Until the point "your baby" stops growing, your profitability falls with increased competition, and the roller coaster…
Caught Off Guard? You May Have Found Your Next Big Idea
Being an entrepreneur means experiencing a range of emotions, sometimes in quick succession: there's frustration, inspiration, exhaustion, glee, satisfaction, anger, excitement, despair — to name a few. It's a rollercoaster.Success hinges on being able to manage those feelings, and not letting them unbalance the even keel needed to keep going…
How to Create Better Content With AI — Plus 11 Tools to Get You There
AI-generated videos are already here, and this machine is unstoppable. According to a Wistia report, 41% of videos will be created with AI in 2025 — double the share from last year. AI now plays a role in everything from pre-production planning to post-production tasks, such as dubbing, captions and…
How Putting People Before Profit Fueled My Company’s Success
Never have I been more grateful to be a business owner than when I recently caught up with a close friend and former colleague from my corporate days. This man is the definition of dependable. He's hardworking, always prioritizing work and rarely complains or asks for anything.Recently, he suffered a…
Why the World’s Best CEOs Are Training Like Athletes
The world's best CEOs approach leadership the same way elite athletes approach competition: with discipline, focus and a commitment to constant improvement. Today's most effective leaders don't wait for challenges to arrive. They train for them. As a former All-American distance runner at the University of Colorado Boulder, I learned…
What Quiet Leadership Looks Like in a Loud World
When I sat down with Scott Clawson, CEO of Culligan, there was no pomp, no buzzwords and certainly no ego. He's not trying to sell you on anything. Culligan is a nearly 90-year-old water company based in suburban Chicago, and under Scott's leadership, it's grown from $400 million to over…
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