Posts in Leadership
Do Not Hire Your First VP of Sales

The executive recruiting process will take 6 months, it is going to cost you $50-70k, and you will fire the person after 12-18 months and start over. When it is time to scale through sales, do not HIRE your first VP of Sales!

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The Role of Trust in Leadership

Four behaviors that are essential in building trust when you are a leader: hard work, be quiet sometimes, model the behavior, and be accountable. It was a blog titled “Trust,” published some time ago, that got me thinking. How many times have I referenced trust as a foundation in leadership?

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Are You All In?

What I said was: “Their future work relies upon referrals and a successful track record. Interim Executives are paid on the understanding of goals and objectives being performed and delivered, and not merely based on attendance.

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The 10 Levels of Delegation

Have a clear understanding between yourself and the delegate. Because every time you delegate work, three core elements of the delegation are in play. Authority, responsibility, and accountability form an integrated process and must be applied as a unified whole.

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The Internal Customer

Treat your internal customers just like you treat your external ones. Treat others like you want to be treated. And think of the entire organization as one team. Because lack of attention towards internal customers is leading to poor customer service, missed deliveries, and lack of growth.

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