Directors & Boards has excerpted part of Rob’s new book regarding Tolerating Dysfunctional Leaders in their Thought Leadership section of their Q4 2014 publication. “From a roundup of new books, insights on mentorship, executive team under-performance, enduring traits, director interlocks, doing an IPO . . . and the value of your non-customers” they included Rob’s newest book.
Nearly every midsized company talks about the need to build a strong bench of internal candidates for the top management team. I agree: nothing is better than home-grown talent. However, sometimes a candidate isn’t ready to be promoted and the company simply cannot wait. In those cases, recruiting is the only option but that alternative can be rife with risk.
National Mortgage News has printed an article Why Mortgage Entrepreneurs Can Struggle After a Startup Succeeds. ” A company’s evolution from startup to established business is a complex transition that requires executives to have a wide array of leadership skills,” writes Brad Finkelstein, after an interview with Rob Sher. Click the article title, to read the article in its entirety.
Most midsized company leaders want their businesses to become mighty growth machines. Unfortunately, sometimes that growth slows, stops, or goes the other way, and their leaders don’t know why. Is it the market? Is it the product? Is it the leadership team? Is it something he or she has done wrong – an ill-conceived deal; an unrealistic strategy?
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On October 25, 2014, 33voices is featuring a interview they had with Robert Sher. Won’t you listen and watch and share these with your cadre of business associates and friends?
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!
How Marketing Helps Midsized Companies Get Mighty is the topic Robert Sher undertakes in this Marketing Thought Leadership Podcast. In this interview with Linda Popky, Rob talks about the biggest mistakes he sees marketing leaders at midsize companies make. He discusses the role of marketing in reducing the risk of fumbled acquisitions, as well as how creativity and discipline can coexist effectively.
Listen to the entire podcast here.
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.
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.
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).