C-Level Trends for 2025: Part 2
Social & workplace trends for 2025 and beyond This is the second installment of an annual 4-part series on the trends impacting small and midsize businesses provided by Vistage Speaker and Strategy Consulting Marc Emmer. This week, Mr. Emmer looks at social and workplace trends for 2025. Check out his analysis of societal, demographic, housing, health care […]
Charles Darwin, Entrepreneur (Thinking about Thinking)
The philosopher Socrates advised his followers to “know thyself.” Truly great executives need to be able to self-assess their strengths and weakness in general, and in particular regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their own thought processes. In short, they know how to “think about their own thinking.“ You can get insights into the mental processes of […]
Dinner with Dr. Kahneman
Dr. Daniel KahnemanNobel Laureate in Economics Earlier this year, the only psychologist to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics passed away. Dr. Daniel Kahneman wrote a ground-breaking book “Thinking Fast and Slow” that represent ground breaking insights into how we think about everything. Tim Koller, a principal at world famous McKinsey Consulting had the great privilege of a dinner […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive […]
Econ Recon
Two Big Events next week….The election and the next Fed rate cut. ITR’s Taylor St. Germain won’t forecast the election, but has some thoughts on the rate cut and what’s ahead for the economy in 2025 in ITR’s latest Fed Watch A One-off report?: The latest employment report was the weakest since the pandemic…..but there’s a […]
WFH or RTO: A Case Study
A number of large companies have recently announced that employees who’ve been working from home (WFH) must return to office (RTO) to varying degrees: Before long, it will be your turn to set a longer-term policy, if you’ve not already done so! CEOs struggle with this from a culture, morale and hiring perspective as many […]
C-Level Trends for 2025
Many of C-Level executives who read this missive are beginning planning and budgeting for 2025. The real problem in planning is that we know the inside of our company better than the outside. The world, society and markets all represent forces that impact the factors of supply and demand for our business (remember how Covid impacted […]
Leadership: A Great Personal Sacrifice
Two words that are used interchangeably are leadership and manager. Unfortunately, many people in business are taught to manage but not to lead. Simon Sinek in a short video suggests that understanding the difference “comes at great personal sacrifice.” If you call yourself a leader, have you made that sacrifice? Do you even know what it is? If you […]
Civics Lesson: A Country Tougher Than The Times
I endeavor to keep this space free of politics. But the one thing we can all agree on is that the polarization in the country has been exhausting and too many are sadly voting against a candidate and not for one. One citizen who has seen the presidency close up is WSJ Columnist Peggy Noonan who served as a […]
Vistage Online Business Growth CEO Conference
Friday, November 8, 7:00 a.m. PST, 9 a.m. CDTBuild a High-Value BusinessCreating a thriving business requires a solid foundation, a clear strategic plan and a focus on elements that increase your company’s value. Understanding your business’ worth, maximizing it, and leveraging the right resources are essential to achieving the best possible outcomes. At the Business Growth […]
