by Teri Beckman | Sep 13, 2015 | Become a Wildly Successful CEO/Executive Director
Recently I had the pleasure of attending a Triangle Business Journal Power Breakfast with Cree CEO Charles Swoboda. Based in my home town of Durham, NC, Cree is a market-leading innovator of everything to do with lighting and a large company by any measure ($1.63...
by Teri Beckman | Jan 7, 2015 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team
The Mattel Corporation, home of Barbie and Hot Wheels, is struggling with shrinking revenues and declining market share (similar to Coke, McDonalds, Hewlitt-Packard…). As an executive or owner trying to create and maintain a sustainable business, what can you...
by Teri Beckman | Apr 10, 2014 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team
Want to grow leaders who take real responsibility in your business? Pizzeria Toro owner Gray Brooks shows us how in part 2 of our interview (go here for part 1). Conqueror this and you begin to stop wasting the likely most under-valued resource in your business...
by Teri Beckman | Oct 5, 2013 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team
Oh, the dreaded meeting. Many of us spend a lot of time there. When I ask people why they don’t like meetings I hear: • They’re boring. • They waste lots of time and are too long. • They take away from what I should be doing! • There is too much tension,...
by Teri Beckman | Apr 23, 2012 | Become a Wildly Successful CEO/Executive Director
Vision is the key to success. As a leader, vision is your lamp in a dark forest, enabling you to achieve your purpose. It helps to sustain a clear sense of direction, motivation, interest, effort and ultimately you and your company’s well-being. Vision uplifts...
