Quitter, Camper, Climber: Who’s on Your Team?
By Richard Lavin, Founder, LEVERAGEDWISDOM richard.lavin@leveragedwisdom.com Years ago I met Doug Tomkins, an incredibly successful …
CEO Chief Empathy Officer
The burden of leadership will grow heavy over the coming days, weeks and months. In …
Finders, Minders & Grinders: What’s Your Role?
A LEVERAGEDWISDOM Member, founder and managing partner of a prominent accounting firm, once described his …
Enough With The Shovel: A LEVERAGEDWISDOM Insight
We all know the rule of holes…if you’re in one, stop digging! A hole in …
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Success as a Blind Spot, No Lessons Learned
Most entrepreneurs are smart and if nothing else, resilient. Their tolerance for pain and risk …
Purple? No. Meet For Drinks? Yes!
Twelve CEOs were staring at six bottles of nail polish I had placed on the …
If You Run Your Business as Though You’re Going to Sell It, What’s the Number?
As an entrepreneurial CEO, owner, how do you benchmark your performance and that of your …
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Stand on your desk!!! Get behind the counter!!! Break down the walls!!! You’re boring!!!!
A CEO’s perspective and vision are often defined by their routines. So, it is useful for …
Process Choke Point: Indecision is a Decision.
Being CEO/Owner means you have to make decisions in a timely and effective manner. Yes …
Choke Points #1: Person, Position or Process
At LEVERAGEDWISDOM we work on our Member CEO’s choke points often leading to unusual action …
What’s the expiration date on your business?
“We tackle the tough questions that keep owners of privately held businesses up at night.” …
Choose One At Your Peril: The Disciplines of Market Leaders
The Discipline of Market Leaders became a much revered business book in the mid-90s. At …
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The Next Entrepreneurial Generation: Still Lonely at the Top
Among the members of LEVERAGEDWISDOM is a new generation of entrepreneurs, including the sons and …
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How Business Owners Can Avoid the Next Liquidity Trap
If you survived the economic tsunami of the last 36 months, you know that not …
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Beware of Black Swans and Dead Elephants
In “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb contends …