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[…]
Have you ever found yourself or your company in a position where it seems that you are investing a ton of time and effort into a particular project and seeing little or no results? Maybe it’s growing sales, or building better work processes, or possibly a better golf stroke. Lots of effort and little gain. Read more about Book Review: Turning the Flywheel[…]
In my executive coaching practice, one of the most frequent questions I encounter is, “Tim, do you think I should fire ________?” It is typically an employee who is either not performing (a cheerleader), has a bad attitude (a terrorist), or both (deadwood). My best response to that question is to propose the following three (3) questions: Read more about Three Questions You Must Ask Before You Fire Your Next Employee[…]
On May 17, I am hosting the 5th annual Small Business Matters Conference. This is a tribal meeting. Marketing guru Seth Godin suggests in his best-selling book Tribes that we are all the chief of our own “Tribe”. My tribe includes past Vistage members, GrowSmart graduates, colleagues, and friends. Who are the members of your tribe? Read more about Three Reasons to Host a Tribal Meeting[…]
I joined a book club back in January and Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport was our book selection for March. I was excited about the choice because I remember reading Newport’s last best-selling book, Deep Work, and was anxious to read his most current work. I was not disappointed. Newport’s latest book is a real Read more about Book Review: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport[…]