Small Business Growth Strategies: Goals for Successful CEOs is an authoritative, insider’s perspective on executing successful leadership plans and analyzing year-to-year goals. Featuring CEOs and owners from some of the nation’s fastest-growing privately-held companies, these experts guide the reader through the importance of setting a company vision, achieving short- and long-term goals, and determining ROI. From assessing financial performance and organizational goals to introducing new products, these authors offer strategies for driving growth, evaluating risks, and building strong management teams. Additionally, these top executives reveal their advice for developing incentives, evaluating competitors, and building growth internationally. Finally, these experts offer tips for allocating resources, developing a checks and balances system, and avoiding common obstacles. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great minds of today, as these leaders identify what it takes to establish and maintain year-to-year profitability and growth.
Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world’s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.
Chapters Include:
1. Ron Cordes, Chairman, AssetMark Investment Services Inc. – “Goal Setting Strategies for the Future”
2. Sandra Sanders, Broker and Owner, REMAX Palos Verdes Realty & Execs – “Successfully Setting and Achieving Goals”
3. James C. Walker, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Octagon Research Solutions Inc. – “Qualities of a Successful CEO”
4. Pamala Temple, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder, A Place for Mom – “Executing a Vision”
5. Linda Fodrini-Johnson, Chief Executive Officer and President, Eldercare Services – “Transformation from Entrepreneur to CEO: Surprises Along the Way”
6. Scott A. Snyder, Chief Executive Officer and President, Decision Strategies International Inc. – “Seeding the Garden of Leadership”
7. Jane Hileman, Chief Executive Officer, American Reading Co. – “Vital Energy Well Applied”
8. Michael H. Chaddock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bantam Electronics Inc. – “Growth through the Cultural Gate”