Nobody can wear all the hats in an acquisition. Most CEOs need and want advisors to help them in their M&A efforts. How well you can work with those advisors may determine the outcome.

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As time passes and your business grows, challenges hit departments unevenly, and the laggards will need help. Your job as CEO is to keep an eye on each department in your company, sense which one is struggling the most, then dive into that department to pull it forward.

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Sometimes the best teammates are the ones that worked before. CEO Eric Scheible of ProCM digs through past connections to forge a “dream team” of talent.

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Many CEOs come away from business presentations only to dismiss them as off point or not relevant to their own situation. They discard the points they heard that don’t fit them at first glance and choose not to reflect on the matter deeply enough to get real value. It only takes one “A-ha!” to turn that 45 minute talk into a goldmine.

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Take a troubled business with young, troubled employees, and turn it around by deeply engaging and tapping the potential in each employee. CEO Rick Gaan of LeMans Karting and his wife June show how genuine concern for your employees is good for business.

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Your best teachers are people in the same position as you:  other CEOs.  Peer groups are an excellent, cost-effective path to learning lessons the easy way.  Here are the benefits of peer groups, the reasons CEOs don’t join them and what you should look for when you do.

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Ola Robert Hassan, Founder of Ola’s Exotic Coffee and Tea, discovered that people who feel like owners tend to work harder for less.  He has used this to great advantage in building a motivated team. But there are risks involved in giving the wrong candidates too much equity too early.

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Leaders at all levels in growing companies need to make every minute count.  Meetings can be a great way to make decisions and draw upon the collective wisdom of a team.  They can also be colossal time wasters if run poorly.  If you are concerned that your company’s meetings are not as productive as they should be, try to adopt this bill of rights for meetings.  Feel free to adapt it to the needs of your organization.

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