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 […]
Lisa Sachs wasn’t afraid to give up a little control and partner with Cumming Corp. to build an even stronger business than the one she’d started
It didn’t seem like the best time for Lisa Sachs to start her own business. It was the early 1990s and the recession that would ultimately cost President George H.W. Bush his job had taken hold of the U.S. economy. Sachs didn’t see it that way, however. In her eyes, this was a great time […]
James R. Scapa reorganizes Altair Engineering Inc. on a yearly basis to keep it moving forward
James R. Scapa has never been fond of sitting back and admiring what he has built. He has more fun taking a big chunk of it apart and putting it back together in a different way to see if he can make it work even better. One thing he really likes to tinker with is […]
David McKinnon – Why it's OK to say no once in a while
In business, as in life, there are times when demands for my time, energy and resources can be overwhelming. Business can be up or down, and a leader is constantly bombarded for decisions, meeting requests and information. I believe Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix can help prioritize the most important and urgent tasks. I love […]