Rob's Blog: Leadership & Management

    • Don't Waste My Time!
      I just moderated a dream panel at NYC Entrepreneur Week(more on this over the next week or so).  In response to my question "what should companies be doing differently in this economy...
    • Time to Take Your Foot Off the Gas?
      I just spoke with a friend of mine who is in the magazine publishing business. He told me that he was expecting business to be off about 20%, but it is off 30%. So what is he doing about it? Well, he...
    • It’s Not Your Fault, but It Is Your Problem
       We often experience a disconnect between being a customer and being a service provider. As customers, when a service provider – whether it is a fast food slinger or a financial advisor – we...
    • Erase “Great” from Your Vocabulary
      If I had a dollar for every time I told an employee, “great job,” I’d probably have enough to go out and start a second business. But I’ve never stopped to think about what the words “great job...
    • Silence Isn’t Golden
      Last week, our managing editor Daria attended a truly thought-provoking EO event, “Communication to be Heard and Remembered,” featuring Christina Harbridge, CEO of Allegory, a San Francisco...
    • How Small Businesses are Cutting Costs
      There’s a great article in The Wall Street Journal about how small businesses around the country are saving money during these tough times. Mainly, the current state of the economy has made re-...
    • Is Facebook Killing Your Business?
      At a CEO breakfast a few days ago, a business owner expressed frustration with Facebook. He said that many of his employees were spending too much of their work day on Facebook and asked us for some...
    • MSNBC Your Business
      I had a chance to be a guest on Sunday’s Your Business on MSNBC, where we discussed, among other subjects, securing your business for these troubled economic times. For the full video clip of the...
    • Finding Opportunities Under a New Administration
      When a presidential candidate talks about raising taxes on the rich, business owners tend to get worried. But, smart business owners know that planning for the future can reveal opportunities...
    • What's Your Recession Plan?
      Yesterday I spoke with Yacov Wrocherinsky, founder and CEO of Infinity Info Systems. Yacov, who is one of the sharper business owners I know, is a member of several peer groups (I believe that...
    • Hold Em' or Fold Em'?
      A friend of mine who owns a business (I am going leave out the details) is thinking about calling it quits. She has been in business for 15 years and has blue chips clients. So she put together a...
 
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