People is the Business

By: Peter Klinge, Jr. Growth Executive People is the business. Without people there is no developed economic society. People are what create, innovate, and drive business. Sounds pretty simple, perhaps to many not particularly interesting. This article presents three ideas … Continue reading

Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development, Technology, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Purpose and Profit: Conscious Capitalism

After a previous LI post I published, Why Whole Foods is in a Pickle, I learned about Whole Foods interest in Conscious Capitalism. Most business people I’ve ever worked with or for are fairly conscious of balancing the welfare of … Continue reading

Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Consumer Marketing, Critical Questions, Decision making, Management Leadership, Retail, Team Organizational Development, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Entrepreneurs it’s Time to Grow Up… Scaling Up the Business

Building a business from scratch is tough. But how do you grow from a start up to scale a business to grow? The Life is Good company is a great example. Now a $100MM/year sales business. The Jacob brothers of … Continue reading

Posted in CEO and C-suite, communications, Critical Questions, Decision making, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why is the Sky Blue? Critical Questions that Lead to Better Decisions… Here’s how…

Why is the sky blue? Critical Questions lead to Better Decisions- here’s how to ask them… Remember the Why is the Sky Blue question?  A common childhood question. There are books on Why to help teach and explain to us … Continue reading

Posted in CEO and C-suite, communications, Critical Questions, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Effective Leaders Know Communication- the GM story- Here’s How to Do Better

Effective Leaders Know How to Tell a Good Story- GM could not. Here’s How to be a Better Leader Through Communication Skills Reading a Fortune review of Ed Whitacre’s new book, American Turnaround, I was intrigued by the story of … Continue reading

Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Global Business, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment