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Are You Ready to Be Your Own CEO? – 7 Steps You’ve Got to Take

Are You Ready to Be Your Own CEO? – 7 Steps You’ve Got to Take

I NEED A PLAYBOOK!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

With the accelerating rate of disruption out there these days, it makes you wonder if all of us will be self-employed one day. Access to technology is already empowering many of us to “hang up the shingle” and go into business for ourselves. With the explosion of new...
Are You Ready to Be Your Own CEO? – 7 Steps You’ve Got to Take

Jim Canfield Updates Famous Executive Handbook CEO Tools 2.0

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

CEO Tools 2.0, A System to Think, Manage, and Lead Like a CEO was released earlier this month. The famous tool box for CEO’s by Kraig Kramer’s has been brilliantly updated by Jim Canfield, an expert at identifying, simplifying, and communicating the tactics and...
The 4 Stages of Business Growth Each Present Their Own Challenges

The 4 Stages of Business Growth Each Present Their Own Challenges

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We like the way Jim Canfield of Renaissance Executive Forums defines the various stages of business growth. They provide a convenient classification that helps us recognize and appreciate the goals and challenges of each level of progression. Here we apply his staging...
The 4 Stages of Business Growth Face Their Own Challenges

The 4 Stages of Business Growth Face Their Own Challenges

ARE WE THERE YET?

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We like the way Jim Canfield of Renaissance Executive Forums defines the various stages of business growth. They provide a convenient classification that helps us recognize and appreciate the goals and challenges of each level of progression. Here we apply his staging...
Back to the garage: How to recapture the entrepreneurial spirit

Back to the garage: How to recapture the entrepreneurial spirit

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

“Sales? That’s not my job.” It’s not how you get the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s how you lose it! Companies can reverse engineer the entrepreneurial spirit back into their companies by returning to the backbone of that spirit — sales. Every garage...
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