Tag: Governance & Leadership
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Using the Power of Questions to Stimulate Growth
September 19th, 2023
Here is how questions can stimulate the curiosity, critical thinking, and decision-making skills of others.
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4 Considerations as You Develop Your Company’s AI Strategy
August 1st, 2023
Here are four tips to consider as you develop your AI strategy.
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5 Tips for Building a Stronger Business in a Down Economy
June 13th, 2023
Over the past few years, pandemic stimulus and cheap money have driven record revenues and profits at many businesses, despite labor shortages and supply chain disruptions. However, recent Fed interest rate hikes increase the likelihood of an economic slowdown which threatens to stymie growth rates. At this point in the cycle, it is common for […]
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How to Retain Employees Through Servant Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
April 10th, 2023
We’ve all heard the expression, “People don’t leave companies, they leave managers.” People want to matter. People want to know that someone (especially their manager) cares about them and cares that they “showed up” for work today. Many Human Resources led programs and initiatives, including those related to DEI, are fundamentally aimed at ensuring that […]
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5 Skills of the Most Effective Private Company CFOs
March 30th, 2023
The roles and responsibilities of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) vary from company to company based on many factors, not the least of which is a company’s ownership structure. While public company CFOs have a clear set of responsibilities, the role of a private company CFO may be more varied and complex. Below are five strengths […]
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How Your Family Business Can Benefit from an Advisory Board
March 15th, 2023
I recently attended a middle market roundtable discussion hosted by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia where the topic was Forming an Effective Advisory Board. The discussion centered around how an advisory board can benefit your business as well as tips for building an advisory board in your company. Every business can use a […]
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7 Tips to Jump Start Your Succession Planning Efforts
March 7th, 2023
Business leaders face new challenges every day, and addressing those challenges takes time. Yet time is a scarce resource and, as a result, long-term issues such as succession planning are often kicked to the side of the road, only to become a priority in an emergency. Over the 47 years Kreischer Miller has been in […]
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Where Do We Go from Here? Try Looking in the Rearview Mirror
November 15th, 2022
Change comes in all shapes and sizes—from slow and steady to sudden and seismic. While most leaders would prefer the former, we have seen a few of the latter over the past 25 years, including the internet boom of the late 1990s, the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the COVID pandemic. The internet boom heralded […]
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Four Tips to Help You Focus in a Distracting World
September 27th, 2022
Over the past 30 years, we have seen a dramatic change in the way we interact with others. I am old enough to remember when almost every interaction was either over the phone (landline, not mobile) or in person, because technologies like email did not exist. However, the introduction of email, text, chat, and other […]
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Results Matter, but the Process Matters More
August 9th, 2022
Business is competition, and like any form of competition, it’s hard not to look at the scoreboard. However, winning teams don’t simply show up on the field, cobble together a strategy, and win. They spend, days, months, and years working on their craft. They have clearly defined strategies and ensure that they have processes in […]