American Express has an Open Forum online column, which speaks to leadership for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Each month a new business book is chosen, and its author is interviewed. This month Robert was privileged to be highlighted in an article entitled Midsize Me: How to Grow Your Small Business to the Next Level. Enjoy this read and don’t forget to comment online or tweet about it. Keep the conversations going and keep your businesses growing!
Finding great leaders to join your company is required. Keeping the dysfunctional ones will kill your growth.
Mighty Midsized Companies is highlighted in Investor’s Business Daily. They’re running it in the paper on Aug 20th and online for the next month. The headline, like my book, focuses on avoiding the impediments to growth. It’s a quick read with a few highlights from the book. Avoid Pitfalls On The Road To Boosting Your Business and keep it growing through its midsize company stage. John McGee and Robert Sher share experiences. Take a look, and please share it with others.
Be afraid! Many growing midsized companies are at risk for a PR disaster like Comcast’s if they underinvest in operations. Last-minute rush-job hiring, poor training and the pressure of a growing company can combine into operational meltdowns.
Some companies overdose on meetings, others fail to communicate enough to accomplish crucial projects. But nearly all employees and leaders in midsized companies feel they can do better at internal communications.
What kills growth inside middle-market firms? Join Jack Sweeney, co-host of CFO Thought Leader, as he interviews Robert Sher on details about his newest book Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers. Rob reveals the seven silent growth killers unique to midsize firms and explores some of the approaches CFOs can use to detect and overcome the organizational shortcomings that routinely prove fatal for growth.
Listen to the entire podcast here.
A dysfunctional leadership team will kill a midsized company’s growth. Even one subpar leader hurts, and hurts badly.
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.
How do you begin to find Millennials who are prepared to join into your company with the proper skills to carry your company on into the future?
I saw a post titled, “Forget Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead” and I couldn’t stop myself from writing a short piece in support of goal setting…
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).