BizPie Blog
The BizPie Blog gives expert advice for executives to help make better decisions, improve your team, and balance professional & personal life.
Where did you learn to be a leader?
In our society, it seems like being a leader is supposed to be like being a parent-you’ll figure it out when you need to. The
How do we solve big problems?
The old adage is….one bite at a time. As in, how do you eat an elephant? To me, the strategic question is…
What have CEOs learned from Mothers?
In today’s NY Times, Judith Shelevitz says: “Sociologists sometimes call the management of familial duties ‘worry work’, and the person who does it
Do written corporate values matter?
Have you seen those nice plaques on the walls of lobbies, boardrooms, managers’ offices? Here it is: this is who they are, this is
Are you open for a little feedback?
Do you brace yourself when you get that question? Do you instantly expect bad news? Yet, what I hear from mid-level managers is
Are you looking at the right numbers to run a profitable business?
Now that tax time is over, and hopefully you are griping about the check you just wrote to Uncle Sam, I’ve got to ask –
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
Wage increases are coming, are you ready?
Conversations about increases in the minimum wage are in the past tense – at least in California. “How is the increase affecting you?” “Have you
Are you right here, right now?
I was talking to my daughter while making dinner the other night, and I remembered that I needed to send an email and oh I needed
Do you begin with the end in mind?
Did you get up this morning and have a result you were working for today? Or, do you have a goal you set to be
Are you prepared for the health crisis of a KEY team member?
I was talking with a Senior Executive the other day about his 67 year old colleague who had a health crisis 3 months ago. The
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
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