How entrepreneurial business owners can take advantage of a trusted adviser
Tullus Miller, Bay Area partner-in-charge, Moss Adams
Dan Lubeck on developing a framework for determining your company’s ‘multiple’
Tips on grappling with the question of valuation.
How Karen Caplan stays focused on leadership at Frieda’s with top-shelf values
Tips on effective leadership
How vision, strategy becomes action, results in the construction industry
Marc McKerley, CPA, Partner, Crowe Horwath LLP
How Doug Dunn has speedily converted Alliance Bus Group into a national player
About six years ago, Doug Dunn and some his peers at other bus dealerships around the country began to sense that their industry was undergoing a significant shift. So a group of them sat down to take stock and talk things over. They concluded that while their market was quickly maturing, their branch of it […]
How Bill Darling’s pragmatism and straight talk got Darling Homes through the housing crisis
As the U.S. housing bubble started to burst in late 2006, Bill Darling monitored the situation from his home base in Dallas with deep concern. Homebuilding markets were collapsing around the country — first in California, then in the Southwest, then in several other economically vulnerable pockets around the United States. “We first heard about […]
How Natesh Manikoth is growing Xerox’s Transportation group by utilizing years of innovation
How Xerox Transportation is making urban centers more efficient
How paying attention during downturns can improve results in boom periods
Everyone knows the economy has been challenging, difficult, irritating and many other things in the past few years. When did it start to affect your enterprise? When did you start feeling business was a little soft? For us at M/A/R/C Research, it was July 2008. The interesting thing for me is that was more than […]
How using a scorecard gets everyone working toward a common goal
“It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose; it’s how well you played the game.” Do you agree? Or should the quote be, “Knowing the score will push you to play the game your hardest”? I recently read “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling. The discipline that stuck […]
4 necessary skills for managing people
According to Merriam-Webster, management is “the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.” While “controlling” is a bit harsh in my book, the definition is correct in it’s focus on management of people. To be a good manager or team leader, you have to have an above average interest in people. Success in […]