Best Practices Illustrations
It’s No Longer Product vs. Service – Valley Oak Systems Inc.
Product vs. service is an outdated paradigm. Randy Wheeler, CEO and Founder of Valley Oak Systems Inc., made the transition from a product-orientation to product plus service, expanding the business into a related field in response to perceived need.
Require Others to Earn Your Trust – CoolSystems
CEOs must carefully assess the gap between expectations and reality, whether it’s taking a new CEO position or buying a company. Learn from Tom Oliver at CoolSystems who worked his way through a difficult situation he walked into.
CEO Succession Challenges – Aztec Software
Founders of companies display a passion that their successors may not. Partha Sarathy of Aztec Software had to deal with just such an issue as he chose to bring in his own replacement.
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).