Would you sell your business if approached today?
Recently, several Vistage members have been approached by larger competitors, Private Equity Groups or investors, who are unrelated to their industries, asking if they would be interested in selling their businesses.
How are you managing your email etiquette?
Controversy this week about Hilary Clinton’s use of a private email server while Secretary of State is just the tip of the iceberg about email hygiene. In her case, at the time she did it, it was not against policy. Now it would be. She may have been advised to do it to add a […]
Do you hand out Oscars to your outstanding performers?
There is so much hype about the Oscars here in Los Angeles, that most Angelenos can’t wait for them to
Our greatest strengths, when overused, are the source of our downfall.
The news anchor, Brian Williams, was suspended from the NBC nightly news last week because of a story he told in speeches, not something he said on the air.
Where are you getting new people for your company?
One of my Vistage members has hired interns for his company-10 in the last 9 months. How is that for new people for his company?
Who is making things happen in New Orleans 10 years+ after Katrina?
My old friend grew up in New Orleans and basically left at 18. His father designed the sculpture in the picture. He toured us around for a couple of days and talked about the strict social rules and stratification in New Orleans while he was growing up. My nephew just moved here 3 weeks ago […]
In the geo-political oil game, are you Saudi Arabia or are you Venezuela?
As gas prices continue to stay low, Saudi Arabia is sitting pretty – producing oil at $15-18/barrel. They have $740bi in cash reserves, so they can stay on this course
It’s been a year of Sunday blogs
I realized today that it’s been a year of Sunday blogs. In reviewing them, I noticed that I talk a lot about
Do you hate meetings, too?-part two
You’ve been complaining all your adult life about meetings. SO, what can you do about it?
Do you hate meetings, too?
People feel about meetings the way they feel about traffic in LA. You have to get through them to get to the important places like getting home, or getting to work.