Speeches & Presentations
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Friday, September 19, 2014. San Ramon. Robert Half.
Executive Roundtable: Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
For an executive team, the excitement of leading a steadily or rapidly growing midsized firm can be exhilarating – that is, until growth grinds down to a halt. In this presentation, Robert Sher explores based on his years of research on more than 100 companies how seven silent growth killers have derailed midsized firms. He then shows how executives can overcome or avoid them altogether.
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Thursday, September 18, 2014. San Francisco. Robert Half.
Executive Roundtable: Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
For an executive team, the excitement of leading a steadily or rapidly growing midsized firm can be exhilarating – that is, until growth grinds down to a halt. In this presentation, Robert Sher explores based on his years of research on more than 100 companies how seven silent growth killers have derailed midsized firms. He then shows how executives can overcome or avoid them altogether.
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Oakland. Robert Half.
Executive Roundtable: Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
For an executive team, the excitement of leading a steadily or rapidly growing midsized firm can be exhilarating – that is, until growth grinds down to a halt. In this presentation, Robert Sher explores based on his years of research on more than 100 companies how seven silent growth killers have derailed midsized firms. He then shows how executives can overcome or avoid them altogether.
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Monday, September 15, 2014. San Jose. Robert Half.
Executive Roundtable: Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
For an executive team, the excitement of leading a steadily or rapidly growing midsized firm can be exhilarating – that is, until growth grinds down to a halt. In this presentation, Robert Sher explores based on his years of research on more than 100 companies how seven silent growth killers have derailed midsized firms. He then shows how executives can overcome or avoid them altogether.
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Thursday, September 11, 2014. San Mateo. Robert Half.
Executive Roundtable: Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
For an executive team, the excitement of leading a steadily or rapidly growing midsized firm can be exhilarating – that is, until growth grinds down to a halt. In this presentation, Robert Sher explores based on his years of research on more than 100 companies how seven silent growth killers have derailed midsized firms. He then shows how executives can overcome or avoid them altogether.
Seven Essentials to Sell Your Company at a Premium
Friday, April 25, 2014. Palo Alto. The California Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Executive Roundtable: Seven Essentials to Sell Your Company at a Premium
Many mid-market CEOs sell their companies for far less than what they’d hoped for because they haven’t prepared for the “Exit Day”.
Minimizing the Risk of Maximizing your Growth
March 6, 2014. San Francisco, CA. Comerica Bank. Minimizing the Risk of Maximizing your Growth
CFO Leadership
February 6, 2014. San Francisco, CA. Robert Half Management Resources. CFO Leadership
The Leadership Infrastructure That Enables Startups to Grow Up
October 4, 2013. Stanford, CA. Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
Successful entrepreneurs either see opportunities others don’t see or are faster to seize those that others have recognized. They use the bureaucracy of the big firms against them. But at some point, the fast-growing startup must grow up —
Building and Maintaining a High Performance Environment
September 20, 2013. Palo Alto, CA. CICC. High tech startups are exciting—and full of pressure. Pressure can be both bad and good. Along with all the exciting moments are the big disappointments, when setbacks arrived. Keeping the team highly motivated through all the rounds of funding (and despite the opinions of others) is not simple.
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).