Recently the Vistage Confidence Index fell to 69.0, one of the lowest Index readings recorded since the Before Times (March 2020). While supply-chain glitches have eased somewhat, recession concerns continue and challenges in finding and keeping talent persist for most employers. Here are three key factors for you to consider as you prepare strategic plans… Read more »
Category: Decision Making
6 Steps to Better Business Metrics
The great 19th-century physicist Lord Kelvin once said, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” It’s the O.G. edition of the “measure it – manage it” mantra that many successful businesses embrace in their pursuits of excellence. Most of us are familiar with how using metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) can keep… Read more »
5 Common Mistakes CEOs Make When Choosing a Peer Advisory Group
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African proverb Let’s expose a dirty little leadership secret: It’s lonely at the top. Many chief executives—regardless of company size—don’t regularly hear the tough truths about their own performance as chief executives and about their businesses. Human nature being… Read more »
3 More Types of Leaders Who Should Steer Clear of a Vistage Peer Group
A few years ago, in this space right about this time of year, I wrote a haunting little ditty about the kinds of folks who should avoid looking into a Vistage peer group (check it out here if you missed it). As the Chair for four Knoxville area Vistage groups for almost six years now,… Read more »
How to Reignite Your Growth Engine
As the United States begins to emerge from COVID, many businesses are feeling the growth—and for many, also the pain—of the economic recovery releasing pent up demand in many sectors. New post-pandemic realities are starting to take shape, and the owners and leaders in small and midsize businesses (SMBs) who strategize, invest, and prepare for… Read more »
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