CEOs – Are You Increasing Shareholder Value?
As the CEO and, let’s say, owner of a private company, I would argue that you are in the asset management business – all be it with one asset. The question therefore that requires to be answered is, are you increasing shareholder value? CEOs of public...
Turning Losses into Profits – An Operator’s View
Last week Anaplan, a software business specializing in enterprise planning, with 600 employees and 70,000 users, announced that CEO Frederic Laluyaux had left the company. A board member was quoted as saying, “unbridled growth is no longer the most valued...
What every Company should have for Christmas – A Chief Operating Officer
Season’s Greetings to all my readers. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) position has emerged from the shadows as a fundamental role in getting things done. Tim Cook of Apple performed the role brilliantly supporting Steve Jobs in executing a brilliant vision....
Radio Interview – The Art of Scaling
We all want to grow our business but are we scaling our business? Scaling requires an investment ahead of time. People, processes, structures all need to be built at the right level at the right time. As we scale we need to be ever watchful that our efforts as a team...
Essential Process Maps – To Scale Up Safely
For the vast majority of entrepreneurs (> 99.9%) you will never raise venture capital, you will never have 3.5 million followers on LinkedIn (Google) and you will never employ 500 people or more (US Census data states 18219 firms out of 28.7 million enterprises...Operational Excellence For Exits
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