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Stop Talking and Start Listening
The failure to ask questions and actually hear what people have to say can waste time, create problems and cost missed opportunities. READ MORE >
Transferring Ownership of a Midsized Firm: How HdL Made Its ESOP Work
With 70% of small and midsized business owners poised to retire, the owners, their families, their loyal employees, and their customers deserve a structured and effective succession plan. Here’s how one company did it right.
Why Midsized Companies Dread Upgrading Their ERP—And What They Must Do About It
Growing midsized companies must embrace ERP technology with strategic and tactical planning.
Elon Musk Needs Help: Scale The Leadership Team At Tesla
Elon Musk is making the same mistake that thousands of founders of midsized companies make. Trying to scale without enough leaders. This post outlines why such brilliant founders make the same mistake, and what to do about it.
Technical Founders Can Become Great CEOs
If they are eager and able to develop their business and leadership skills, retaining a founder can be the best of both worlds.
CEO to CEO’s Fact Sheet on InfoVera and the TEVO® Score
About InfoVera
InfoVera is the country’s leading Market Value Reporting Agency (MVRA) with a purpose and mission to be the preeminent value assessment, management and growth platform for privately held companies. The company utilizes the proprietary TEVO® Decision Engine tools.
5 Strategies to Prevent Family Business Heartbreaks
Leaders of family businesses must manage conflicting sets of demands to avoid damaging the company, the family – or both.
The Buried Treasure In Every Midsized Business: Digital Data
Data that top leaders and managers at all levels can trust is a fundamental piece of leading an organization that consistently makes more intelligent and competitive decisions.
Too Busy To Be Promoted? Save Your Career.
Managers and leaders at all levels are responsible for delegating so they maintain enough capacity to step up and take on projects for their boss. Here’s how to make it a habit in your company.
Rare SME Research: How to Get the Most Value
In order for midsized companies to get the most value from research, they should review what segment was researched before making conclusions.
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).