Entrepreneurs agonize as to whether they should sell their business. They obsess over timing and value. A desire for liquidity often conflicts with a fear of uselessness if they lose the company that is their “baby.” They may ...
If you found it hard to compete for talent in 2019, brace yourself: The talent war is about to get tougher. Recently the slowing economy put pressure on companies to sustain their growth, which also intensifies the need to hire...
What is servant leadership? As buzzwords go, the term “servant leader” has largely fallen out of the everyday vernacular. As an executive coach, the successful practices that I regularly see call to mind this still important a...
Analysis of the latest survey of CEOs conducted by Vistage has found that overall optimism of small and midsize business leaders has regained some of the losses recorded mid-year. The Q4 2019 Vistage CEO Confidence Index was 91.5,...
In the latest Vistage CEO Confidence Index survey, which captured insights from 1,518 CEOs and business leaders, only 1 in 6 respondents said they were satisfied with the strength of their organizational culture. This statistic suggests that the vast...
Overall confidence of small business CEOs rose nearly 8 points since last month, largely driven by a decline in pessimism about the national economy according to the latest survey conducted by Vistage and the Wall Street Journal. ...
The brain is the powerhouse of the body. Or so we thought. The heart organ, it turns out, has a mind of its own. Research shows that the heart doesn’t just take commands from the brain—heart-brain communication is a dynamic,.....
Following the decline in pessimism about the economy recorded last month, optimism among CEOs of small businesses did not increase according to a survey conducted by Vistage in December. While the percentage of CEOs that expect th...
Take the advice of research psychologist Dr. Eve Meceda—it’s healthier for your personal life and your business to adopt a growth mindset. The concept of fixed versus growth mindset was first introduced by Professor Carol S. D...
There’s a good reason why so many business leaders have turned to executive coaching: it works. One study found that executives with coaches had better revenue and more engaged employees. Another found that coaches help business leaders improve the...
The fact is that unemployment levels are the lowest they’ve been in 50 years, making it particularly difficult to find the skilled workers you need to grow. To make things even more challenging, 76 percent of employees (probably some of...
Many business owners and leaders don’t realize that they are micromanagers. When we become business owners, we typically add new staff out of necessity. Everything else we’ll learn as we go…right? What is micromanaging? An extreme micromanager ...
