Monthly Archives: March 2012

20 Reasons Your Business Should NOT Be On LinkedIn

1. You will take a cold call over a warm, or even hot, call every day of the week. 2. You think business can only be done face-to-face even though relationship building (isn’t that what business is all about?) happens … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media | Leave a comment

Where are You Making Investments?

Where Are You Making Investments Right Now? During the midst of the recession, most Vistage members were quite conservative in their spending and rightly so. They were advised by certain Vistage speakers to use the hard times as an opportunity … Continue reading

Posted in Finance | Leave a comment

‘How Can I Motivate My Gen Y Employees?’

“How can I motivate my Generation Y employees?” If you’re a CEO over 40, this question has probably perplexed you in recent years. You are seeing new, young and clearly talented employees integrating into your companies. Yet, they’re different than … Continue reading

Posted in Accountability, Hiring and Retaining Great People | Leave a comment

Results of the First Quarter 2012 Vistage CEO Confidence Index Are In

The Vistage CEO Confidence Index was 105.1 in the 1st quarter 2012 survey, up from 98.8 in Q4 and 83.5 in Q3 of last year. Below are some key highlights from the Q1 Vistage CEO Confidence Index: 75% of CEOs … Continue reading

Posted in forecasts | Leave a comment

Where Are You Setting the Bar?

Where Are You Setting the Bar? I had the privilege today of spending an hour with Ron Clark, who is known as America’s Educator and is the recipient of America’s Teacher of the Year Award. A best-selling author and guest … Continue reading

Posted in Accountability, Hiring and Retaining Great People | Leave a comment

It’s Lonely at the Top, But It Doesn’t Have to Be

Thanks to SentinelSource.com Let’s assume you’ve gotten the big promotion to the C-level of your company, or despite this scary uncertain economy you’ve had the courage to start your own business. Congratulations! You continue to put in more than a … Continue reading

Posted in Peer Advisory Groups | Leave a comment

Guy Kawasaki Explains Why Entrepreneurs are Getting Social Media ALL WRONG!

Thanks to Business Insider. Guy Kawasaki wears many hats.  He‘s the founder of Alltop.com, a bestselling author on social media and marketing, and still somehow manages to fit in about 75 speaking engagements each year. Here, Inc.com reporter Eric Markowitz … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media | Leave a comment

Content Marketing and the War of Attrition

There are a lot of reasons why content marketing doesn’t work for some companies. If we were making a list, they would include: A lack of understanding reader/customer needs Focusing on the wrong metrics and objectives A soloed approach to … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media | Leave a comment

How Peer Advisory Groups Can Change The World

Thanks to Leo Bottary, Vice President for Public Affairs at Vistage International When you consider the nature of today’s public discourse – with the right screaming at the left and the left shouting at the right – you hear the … Continue reading

Posted in Leadership, Peer Advisory Groups, Tips and Tools | Leave a comment