by Chuck Kocher | Apr 16, 2017 | Business Growth, Great Entrepreneurs, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategy
If you’re looking to significantly grow your business and (perhaps) turn your industry on it’s head, you’re probably torn between what you can verify with data and what you feel in your gut is the way things are going to unfold. Which is the right way to go? Do you...
by Chuck Kocher | Apr 2, 2017 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, People and Teams
Steve Jobs was a brilliant entrepreneur. He had ideas, drive, intelligence, and big dreams for his start-up company. But he was also only 28 years old. He needed to hire someone with the skills and experience to scale up his start-up. He knew how important it was to...
by Chuck Kocher | Mar 26, 2017 | Business Growth, Coaching and Encouragement, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership
Not all that long ago if you asked someone to recommend a business coach you’d get a blank stare in response to your query. Today, typing “business coach” into Google generates 22,100,000 results! So when is a business coach more than just a coach? Not all of the...
by Chuck Kocher | Mar 12, 2017 | Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, People and Teams
I recently wrote about the importance of making sure your leadership style will attract the right kind of people to your business. But hiring the right people is only the beginning—you need to develop your people if you want to grow. Developing your people is about...
by Chuck Kocher | Feb 26, 2017 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, Strategy
Do you Have a solid strategy for achieving your business goals and vision—or are you simply “winging it”? Does strategy really matter? Sadly, many business leaders take the same approach to strategy as Philip Henslowe in the movie Shakespeare in Love: Philip Henslowe:...
by Chuck Kocher | Feb 19, 2017 | Business Growth, Key Ideas to Think On, People and Teams
Are you hiring and developing the kind of people who will be capable of building a business that really makes a difference—or are you simply filling seats? You hear companies make the claim all the time that, “Our people make the difference.” And yet, when you look at...
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