Every Day a Turnaround
A Vistage speaker told my groups that “the second worst thing that can happen to company is success.” No business is an annuity, and no strategy is eternal and no product or service is invulnerable to competition. Those who forget this often end up running a “turnaround.” Vistage Chair and merger and acquisition expert Mark Taffet suggests […]
It Has Begun
If there are two people who are indelibly imprinted on the information age, they are Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, founders of Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Steve Jobs, sadly, was taken from us too soon; but Bill Gates in his post-Microsoft career has had an impact on Covid vaccines, fusion, malaria, and other philanthropic endeavors. The […]
5 Enduring Employment Myths
Vistage Speaker Hunter Lott It’s no secret that most C-Level executives spent most of their careers in an era where it was a “buyers’ market” for talent and labor. Covid, demographics, technology and other facts have transformed it in a breathtakingly short period of time to a “sellers’ market” to the confusion and chagrin of those […]
The Remarkable Mrs. Beech
Olive Ann Beech1903-1993Chairman, CEO, and co-Founder of Beech Aircraft Corporation “There are stories that take tragedy to unearth. When the world bears witness to great ability, new awareness changes the narrative of today and rewrites the influence of the past.” So begins a tribute from the American Business History Center to an unlikely, for its time, […]
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. I will feature […]
For Our Friends Outside the C-Level Family
These webinars from Vistage Research are available to Vistage Members and Non-members alike.Cutting-Edge Decision-Making Resources from Vistage ResearchEvents open to Members and non-Members
Econ Recon: Ignore the Crazy
Ignore the Crazy: Wow! What a crazy week! Bank failures…..Dow down 700 points during one session. What’s Next? Economist Brian Wesbury says “Ignore the Crazy” and focus on some fundamentals. Beyond the Crazy: ITR Economics has a few choice words about the SVB debacle (‘they did it to themselves”)….but suggests you look beyond the crazy banking […]
What Fortune Favors
The founder of modern microbiology, Louis Pasteur, remarked that “Fortune favors the prepared mind” The same is true for companies… Outside accounting firms and lawyers have long contributed to the health of many businesses, but CEOs might be well advised to consult investment bankers, even if their company is not ready to sell. A one page article from […]
The Power of “-er”
Most of the requests we make of others be they peers; superiors or subordinates usually ask someone to do something. There’s usually a verb that demands an action such as “give”, “take”, “sign up”, “vote”, “contribute” etc. Management writer Daniel Pink in a recent blog post interviews Jonah Berger from the Wharton School who suggests that adding “-er” to these verbs in […]
AI: The Next Generation
I’ll be sharing new developments in AI in general and Chat in particular as they occur because they’re happening so fast (and doing so helps me try to stay current with it). Fortunately, the Vistage community has great resources that are available to both members and non-members. If you missed last week’s edition, several great Vistage speakers […]
