Tag Archives: Hiring

Making Tough Decisions

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On my entrepreneurial path, I have realized many things come down to a few key decisions. Sometimes they are very tough decisions that can have a significant impact on people’s lives. This is what being an entrepreneur and leader of a company is all about. It is about making the big decisions that will either ...

What are your dreams?

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  What an interesting week!  Last week, I traveled to New York City to participate in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Injected Campus event, which brings the regional EO Forums together.  We met in lower Manhattan to be close to the New York Stock Exchange. This year during our event, the NYSE opening bell was rung by InvenSense, a ...

Hiring Employees with Value

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People generate the most value and are your greatest asset when running a business.  Our society runs on knowledge and information.  We are not a bunch of cogs lined up to push metal through a machine in order to output something better on the other side.  Even these types of jobs now require knowledge to ...

Is Your Head Stuck In a Recession?

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Watching the news these days doesn’t leave one with much hope for the future, when all we’re hearing is about inflation, unemployment and national debt.  Reports are spreading of an ongoing recession and even a possible depression before things get better.  So what is an entrepreneur to do?  Constantly trying to keep your head above ...

How Important is the WHY in your “Why?”

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My entire life there’s always been this ingrained curiosity about the world, people, how things work and especially about business. “Why?” is and always has been commonplace in my vocabulary, asking anyone about anything I came across.  My family, business partners and team hammer back…..”WHY! WHY! WHY! Why do you ask why so much”?!   It ...

How do you prevent a bad hire?

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What is the most important duty of a CEO?  Bob Prosen, author of Kiss Theory Good Bye, says “Hiring people smarter than I am and putting them in the right positions!!!!” I have to agree, but creating roles and filling them with people who can play to their strengths in those positions isn’t an easy ...