Business Strategies

Why does your marketing miss the target?

Why Your Marketing Fails to Connect with Others

Over the years I have discovered there are many reasons our marketing doesn’t impact our intended receivers. High speed innovation and collaboration require a different set of marketing strategies than you may have used in the past. I thought it might be helpful to review them today and then next Thursday I give…


Can you see into the future of social media?

CEO, How Important Is Social Media to Your Growth Strategy?

How can entrepreneurs determine if they should invest their critical resources in social media? If you’re a midmarket leader you may not be using social media to grow your business today. When will you know the time is right to jump in? This is a question many of my clients…



Mergers require CEOs to balance many stakeholders' needs.

How the Best CEOs Help Ensure a Successful Merger

In the first post of this two part series I wrote about: the current and ongoing high numbers and value of mergers and acquisitions worldwide the well-established pattern of a high level – at least 50% – of risk of failure reasons for mergers the need for adaptive leadership In…




Can you embrace the power of no?

Can Entrepreneurs Embrace the Power of No?

I’ve discovered that most entrepreneurs that I work with have a big secret. Can you master your time by harnessing the power of no in your busy days?