They moved you to the C-Suite because you deliver results. They lavished you with praise along the way. And they were right: You are driven to succeed. Heck, you’re a corporate rock star.
And then, the moment you get there, they start to turn on you.
One of the most common questions I'm asked is, "What's your secret to success?" This is a loaded question with a formula of answers (hence the reason I wrote Stout Advice: The Secrets to building yourself, people, and teams), so there is no one secret. However, there are three primary elements that must take place to truly reach your maximum potential in life: SUCCESS!
Whatever the reason you want to sell your industrial or technology-driven business, don’t be surprised to find the most likely potential buyers are large international companies that specialize in the same general product line or technology that your company does.
Communication skills are key to achieving any goal or enabling any process. A leader with great ideas and strong skill is of little or no use if he is unable to communicate his thoughts, opinions and plans to the team following him. Vision, command, innovativeness, bravery and foresight are all indispensable traits of a good leader.
The film trailer is arguably the most important marketing tool available to a filmmaker. In business, we also need trailers for marketing our companies. Business trailers are our one-minute introductions, otherwise known as elevator pitches.