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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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?[…]
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[…]
I first published this article over five years ago. It quickly became one of the most popular articles I have ever written and one of my personal favorites as well. Enjoy! Your organizational culture has a dramatic impact on your success as a small business. Most new businesses start off with a family-like culture. Everyone Read more about Is Your Company the Cosbys or the Red Sox?[…]
Let’s face it. Marketing is hard. Great marketing takes time, focus, dedication, money, and a cohesive strategy. You have to know your audience insanely well and have the right team in place that can execute, move quickly, and think creatively. To complicate the process even more, great marketing doesn’t have a specific, one-size-fits-all formula. It’s Read more about Today’s Small Business Marketing Mistakes[…]