While there are certainly many categories of bonuses, there are four main types that likely make sense for your Middle Market organization. Referral – given for successful referral of a …
What Do You Need To Know About Gender And Views Of Achievement In The Middle Market?
Talking about gender can be a minefield in business. But, while somewhat uncomfortable, the fact remains that men and women approach many things differently. Which includes achievement and feeling successful. …
Turning Adversity On Its Head – How To Learn From Tough Times
If life didn’t get rough occasionally, there wouldn’t be so many clichés about weathering storms and silver linings. While in the thick of it, these sayings may offer little satisfaction …
Being Prepared For Future Wage Hikes – Get Started Now
The last few years have seen updates and changes which have impacted wages. The $15 minimum wage some cities and states adopted is an example. And with the most recent …
Cultivating A Culture Of Entrepreneurship In Your Middle Market Firm
You might be asking why your Middle Market organization should care about having entrepreneurial-minded employees. Or, an entrepreneurial culture. You aren’t a startup and you want to keep your great …
Taking Branding Beyond Your Logo
Before your Middle Market firm became an entity, a brand or the theory of a brand was formed. To many people ‘brand’ is synonymous with a logo or marketing efforts. …
Your Middle Market Firm Needs Leaders AND Managers
The terms leader and manager might be interchangeable to some, but in business, they mean quite different things. The strengths and weaknesses, skillsets, goals, and personalities of natural leaders and …
Leading from the Future
Management and leadership are future-oriented activities. To be strategic implies having a long time horizon, and engaging with current activities and choices from that broader perspective. To think about (and …
Are you Staying Personally Connected to your Team?
Being a Middle Market CEO is in many ways comparable to raising teenagers: You’re no longer providing the day-to-day life-sustaining interactions that an infant needs, but you’re not off the …
Middle Market Women on the Move!
Smart Middle Market CEOs recognize that women in their workforce have different development needs, expertise and skills than their male counterparts. And women executives in Middle Market firms don’t always …