Jerry McLaughlin: Craft a success statement for your organization
When my corporate giveaways company Branders was first getting off the ground, I asked many people, “What would our customers have to believe about Branders for us to get as big as we would like?” The answer to this question was what I came to think of as our “success statement” — a simple, […]
Neil Lustig: Intuition vs. big data and predictive analytics
Albert Einstein once said, “The only real valuable thing is intuition.” While nobody can deny Einstein’s supreme intellect, I must respectfully disagree. Instinct is invaluable in many aspects of life, but I have learned throughout my career that it takes far more than instinct to be successful in sales. In order to maximize effectiveness and […]
Joel Magerman – In today’s environment, borrowing makes more sense than ever
Today’s debt markets are positively skewed in favor of the borrower more than at any time in recent history. This opportunity is due to central banks keeping interest rates at historic lows, capital flows coming out of Europe seeking safety and return, U.S. commercial banks and alternative lenders competing for loans, and an improving economic […]
Sue Parks – Learn to leave your phone in the other room so you can both recharge
We had a client recently ask that we send out our daily wellness tip and goal later in the morning. This email is designed so that when you wake up, you can see your wellness goals for the day. Of course, I am always trying to be responsive to our customers, so I started to […]
David Levine: Developing leadership in the next generation
The aging workforce and retirement of an increasing number of baby boomer business owners is creating a pressing need for new leaders and transitions of ownership among the family and private-owned business sectors. This is an issue that has been easily pushed off before, but it has become an important reality for a number of […]
Grabbing the gold.
The Summit of Sustainability Awards Winner Public Sector CategoryCity of Twinsburg What started as an environmental protection program for portions of the Tinkers Creek flood plain and nearby corridor that the city purchased several years ago has bloomed into substantial efforts to conserve financial resources and reduce energy consumption as well as the city’s carbon […]
Joe Takash – Why action and results will always be what matters most
On Mondays, many high school, college and professional football teams get together in a dark room and do the same thing: they break down the game film. It’s often not a pleasant session after a team has lost. Their performance is under a microscope. Many plays are paused, replayed again and again in slow motion. […]
A potential snack food heaven piques the interest of potato chip giant Bob Shearer
What started as a chat between Bob Shearer and a caterer led to a match made in snack food heaven. When Shearer, co-founder of Shearer’s Foods Inc. and founder and CEO of Shearer Solutions, heard that Keith Kropp, owner and president of Or Derv Foods, was setting new standards with innovative appetizers, he wanted to […]
Christine Robins gave BodyMedia a focused direction that helped shape a new consumer category
After working in executive positions for companies such as Philips Oral Healthcare and S.C. Johnson & Sons Inc., Christine Robins decided she needed a change. Always willing to take risks when it comes to business, she decided in 2009 to leave the comforts of those global companies and take the CEO role at a struggling, […]
How Bjorn Rebney refused to let 61 rejections stop him from making Bellator MMA a success
Bjorn Rebney was not to be denied, even after spending 16 months meeting with 61 investors and walking out each time without a financial commitment to support his dream. “I characterize myself as pleasantly relentless, and I tested the limits of my pleasantly relentless personality when I was going out trying to get funding,” Rebney […]