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Team Leadership & Accountability with Eric Coryell
Eric CoryelI helps organizations identify their strategic position, move accountability down into the organization, and most of all create accountable teams that deliver results. To support these efforts, he also helps individuals and teams establish meaningful metrics, problem solve, deal with their real issues by having difficult conversations, and become accountable to each other. A Read more about Team Leadership & Accountability with Eric Coryell[…]
The Candyman Can
This is a true story. At the end of the ride, I pinched myself to make sure this wasn’t just another business fantasy of mine… A week ago I was in Detroit, Michigan to speak to a Vistage group on Financial Management. It’s been almost a year now since I retired as a Vistage Chair Read more about The Candyman Can[…]
Book Review: Talking to Strangers
How often are you in a business position where you are trying to determine if what you are hearing from a stranger is the truth? Maybe a job interview? A prospective new customer? New vendor? I’d guess we find ourselves trying to determine whether a stranger is honest a dozen or more times a day. Read more about Book Review: Talking to Strangers[…]
Earning Referrals, Understanding Buzz, and Blue Skies with Steve Beecham
President of Home Town Mortgage in Alpharetta, GA, Steve Beecham is also an author and popular keynote, Vistage, and motivational speaker in greater Atlanta. Never afraid to start a new business, Steve began his entrepreneurial career in retail as the owner of a men’s and women’s clothing store. Over the years, Steve honed his personal Read more about Earning Referrals, Understanding Buzz, and Blue Skies with Steve Beecham[…]
Book Review: Younger Next Year
Many of us are living in the final third of our lives. It’s past halftime. The sound of the marching bands playing at mid-life is a distant memory. As we enjoy this final portion of life there are also a number of fears. Fear of financial well-being. Will we outlive our savings? Fear for our Read more about Book Review: Younger Next Year[…]
Five Scariest Moments for a Small Business CEO
Halloween has always been one of my favorite times of the year. I can remember as a kid dressing up in a costume and trying my hardest to scare people as we walked our neighborhood gathering treats. It was fun to frighten others and also to feel frightened from time-to-time as we encountered scary-looking creatures Read more about Five Scariest Moments for a Small Business CEO[…]
Founding Vistage, the Changing Role of CEOs, and great BBQ with Bud Carter
Radio disk jockey turned business owner and Vistage Founder, Bud Carter has had a successful and colorful career. Arriving in Atlanta during the 80s, Bud was the owner and general manager of a corporate outplacement company. He was also the founder of Vistage Georgia (known then as TEC) and became the first Vistage Chair in Read more about Founding Vistage, the Changing Role of CEOs, and great BBQ with Bud Carter[…]
Where’s the Beef?
Steve Jones is a third generation owner of a beef processing plant in Atlanta, Georgia. For many years, his business has produced some of the best burger patties in the entire Southeast U.S. With his burgers served at many of Atlanta’s best restaurants, he is as close to an expert on hamburgers you’ll ever find. Read more about Where’s the Beef?[…]
John Fenton on Mastering Time
John Fenton leveraged the leadership skills he learned as a collegiate athlete to build a successful career in finance, ultimately serving as a managing partner with BDO USA’s Atlanta office. A member of the Forbes Coaching Council and a Certified Brain Management Consultant, today John helps entrepreneurs and executives improve their leadership skills with confidence, Read more about John Fenton on Mastering Time[…]
Book Review: Range
What is the most effective path to success in life? It may not be what you think. If you want to develop a skill, should you become a specialist? Should you devote enormous amounts of time and energy to that one competence? Or are you better off being a generalist? Someone that is good at Read more about Book Review: Range[…]