Update: Small Business Stimulus

The other day we learned of renewed efforts promised by the Obama Administration to stimulate small business.This week, they announced some plans to sweeten guaranteed loan programs. The administration is…
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Incentives Rule! The freaks are back in SuperFreakonomics.

Many of you reading these pages have heard my refrain that "Incentives are the cornerstone of life", a mantra preached by Steven Levitt & Co. in their landmark book, Freakonomics….
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Answers are good. Questions are better!

I regularly read the Corner Office column in Sunday's NY Times because the CEOs being interviewed invariably identify important leadership components that are valuable reminders of issues often overlooked. In…
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It’s about time!

Tomorrow, the Obama Administration is scheduled to announce new initiatives to spur small business lending. Among the initiatives are increasing limits for SBA loan and make it easier for smaller…
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Vol. 51 – Never Give Up! Never, Never, Never!

At first, I figured it was too late to talk about surviving the economic storm we're in … and then, I thought, hey, this isn't over. What does this recession…
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CEOs: Be a General … and a Scout

I have mentioned on many occasions the Corner Office series in the Sunday NY Times which features an interview by Adam Bryant with a prominent CEO. The questions are consistent…
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Try me now – hire me later!

I have always advocated the "try 'em to see if you like 'em" theory of hiring whenever you can pull it off. Business Week has written this week about Test Drives…
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You don’t have enough time NOT to plan for 2010!

I saw this recent article which is a unique take on explaining the value of business plans. While I firmly believe that an unwritten plan is mostly a morass of…
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Death … Taxes … AND Succession Planning!

The sudden resignation of Ken Lewis from Bank of America highlights, yet again, the risks that family and other businesses take in failing to prepare for the inevitable succession of…
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About Me

I am a professional author and speaker as well as a leadership coach facilitating leadership groups among CEOs and senior business leaders in the SF Bay area.

I am the author or more than 125+ newspaper columns published by the SF Bay affiliate of the NY Times among the 550+ articles here. I have also written 3 ebooks about Leadership & Business Finance.


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Testimonials

About Me

I am a professional author and speaker as well as a leadership coach facilitating leadership groups among CEOs and senior business leaders in the SF Bay area.

I am the author or more than 125+ newspaper columns published by the SF Bay affiliate of the NY Times among the 550+ articles here. I have also written 3 ebooks about Leadership & Business Finance.


Read more ….

Testimonials

Update: Small Business Stimulus

The other day we learned of renewed efforts promised by the Obama Administration to stimulate small business.This week, they announced some plans to sweeten guaranteed loan programs. The administration is…
Read More

Incentives Rule! The freaks are back in SuperFreakonomics.

Many of you reading these pages have heard my refrain that "Incentives are the cornerstone of life", a mantra preached by Steven Levitt & Co. in their landmark book, Freakonomics….
Read More

Answers are good. Questions are better!

I regularly read the Corner Office column in Sunday's NY Times because the CEOs being interviewed invariably identify important leadership components that are valuable reminders of issues often overlooked. In…
Read More

It’s about time!

Tomorrow, the Obama Administration is scheduled to announce new initiatives to spur small business lending. Among the initiatives are increasing limits for SBA loan and make it easier for smaller…
Read More

Vol. 51 – Never Give Up! Never, Never, Never!

At first, I figured it was too late to talk about surviving the economic storm we're in … and then, I thought, hey, this isn't over. What does this recession…
Read More

CEOs: Be a General … and a Scout

I have mentioned on many occasions the Corner Office series in the Sunday NY Times which features an interview by Adam Bryant with a prominent CEO. The questions are consistent…
Read More

Try me now – hire me later!

I have always advocated the "try 'em to see if you like 'em" theory of hiring whenever you can pull it off. Business Week has written this week about Test Drives…
Read More

You don’t have enough time NOT to plan for 2010!

I saw this recent article which is a unique take on explaining the value of business plans. While I firmly believe that an unwritten plan is mostly a morass of…
Read More

Death … Taxes … AND Succession Planning!

The sudden resignation of Ken Lewis from Bank of America highlights, yet again, the risks that family and other businesses take in failing to prepare for the inevitable succession of…
Read More
1 80 81 82 83 84 101

About Me

I am a professional author and speaker as well as a leadership coach facilitating leadership groups among CEOs and senior business leaders in the SF Bay area.

I am the author or more than 125+ newspaper columns published by the SF Bay affiliate of the NY Times among the 550+ articles here. I have also written 3 ebooks about Leadership & Business Finance.


Read more ….

Testimonials

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