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Employers Increasing Use of Video for Internal Communications
Video journalist and instructor Aron Ranen reports that he’s seen a significant rise in the use of video for internal corporate communications. He’s involved with projects for large and midsized companies from brick manufacturing to steel fabricators to bus assemblers, all converting written training and communications to video. READ MORE >
Never Be Confused About Who’s on First, What’s on Second
One of the quickest ways to tangle up the execution of a project is to be uncertain about who is responsible for what, who has sign off authority, who must be consulted, and who should be informed.
Why Midsized Firms Should Be Raising Their Game With Gamification
Game playing at work, if done right, can turbocharge performance in the workplace. Business, after all, is a game. We compete with others to win profits, or to go on a quest to attain a grand result.
Where There’s No Margin for Toxic Leadership
A dysfunctional leadership team will kill a midsized company’s growth. Even one subpar leader hurts, and hurts badly.
Why Boardroom Bullies Have No Place: Lessons From Startup Star Waze
A secret to Waze’s billion dollar exit: The relationship with their board and lead VC. I connected with BlueRun Ventures Founder and General Manager John Malloy and interviewed him and Waze’s CEO.
Midsized Firms Can Survive a Cash Crisis
Another downturn is ahead, maybe a year away, maybe five. Could you lead your midsized firm through a liquidity crisis? Read how one firm survived an 83% drop in revenues and lived.
Midsized Companies Can’t Afford Operational Glitches
Too many midsized companies underfund and ignore operations until it all melts down in the middle of a long-hoped-for growth spurt. Some companies never get a second chance.
How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions
Growth through acquisitions is so exciting….and can be deadly for midsized firms. But the outcome is far from random.
Midsized Firms Can’t Afford Bad Bets
How many times have you seen midsized companies make a big bet and lose? It’s most painful to watch when it is reckless and avoidable.
The Worst Thing Any Leader Can Do To High Performers
Leaders who do nothing about bad team members are the worst, according to Joe Montana. He would know, having been on Bill Walsh’s 49ers during a 10 year peak performance period.
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).