Economy News:
“Intimidate Everybody” Former president Bill Clinton’s campaign manager James Carville; once remarked that after he died “I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.” The truth of that statement seemed to be on display in recent weeks when a nervous bond market is said to have forced President Trump to back […]
How to Misunderstand Your Business
When aspiring executives take a new job, they understandably focus on how their business works, the business model, their company’s strategy and the nature of the industry. Too often, however, they neglect to study how their industry got to where it is today, and in doing so miss valuable lessons that might inform their next steps. Gary Hoover of the […]
How to tell “A Powerful Story” (in one easy lesson!)
Seth GodinAuthor of “Permission Marketing” Communication is about what we hear and what we say….and what we believe about it…and what changes as a result. Having a model to assess incoming and outgoing communication is vital. Marketing guru Seth Godin offers a powerful but elegantly simple model for evaluating whether the communication of the moment is manipulation, noise, […]
A Bottom Up World
A friend of mine once said, half-jokingly, that CEO should be short for the “Change Everything Officer”. What he meant was that most people resist change and the core of leadership is to create environments that are safe but not always comfortable so that the company can change to the non-negotiable demand of their marketplaces. Much […]
Anxious Management
Colleen StanleyPresident, Sales Management, Inc. and Vistage Speaker And while we’re on the topic of generations……Vistage Speaker on the role of emotional intelligence in sales, Colleen Stanley, begins a two minute video with a warning “The next wave of sales professionals are arriving to the workforce. They’re smart, educated—and they’re anxious “…..and ends her message […]
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Best Blogs
I hope you find my selection of articles interesting and helpful. But if not, check out this list of sources I rely upon for consistently great content! All are free and worth your time. General BusinessVistage Research and Insights: Webinars and articles for the C-Level and those who aspire to it. (Available to all, not just […]
Economy News:
“Uncertainty is off the charts” and “another week of turmoil” is how ITR Economics’ Brian Beaulieu describes the current state of economic affairs. He suggests that soon to be released economic data may still be telling a good story about the first three months of 2025 since the economic turbulence around tariffs etc. wasn’t unleashed until […]
Time for a Reset?
Many executives are suddenly finding that their business models and strategies are not working due to tariffs, although this can happen at any time for a variety of reasons. Whether due to lack of preparation or bad luck (which can have a nasty way of reinforcing each other), many of us will be forced to take quick […]
A $290 Million Uber Ride
Vistage speaker Hunter Lott offers great insights to our members on employment law issues. In one of his recent “Take 5 with Hunter Lott” videos, he warns CEOs of how easy it is to be unintentionally guilty of “wage theft.” Simply put, Mr. Lott shares that “wage theft occurs when an employer fails to provide the full compensation […]
