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Leadership in a Crisis and Beyond
COVID-19 caused many businesses to feel as if they ran straight into a stone wall at full speed. The economy was rolling along, unemployment was low, and there was a sense of optimism.
In an instant, everything changed. We have lived through a few months of the pandemic, but business leaders are concerned about their companies long-term. This is a new, uncertain environment.
The Guts and Resolve to Defy a Recession
In 2020 we’re looking into our next recession. From 2008 – 2010, we saw the courage and tenacity of one business owner demonstrate that you can survive and even reposition a company during extreme adversity. As we look back at the fear and pain of that Great Recession, it left us a legacy of one New England business leader on how to deal with extreme economic challenge – like we now face again.
Do You Have The Right Ingredients To Build a Great Leadership Team?
A natural instinct for some CEOs may be to bring in the people they know well and with whom they feel the most comfortable working. This may be a good place to start, especially if they have had success with these people in the past. It is important to ask yourself: Is this or was this the right approach?
Big Wave Thinking
Growing up as a kid on California beaches, I wasn’t a great surfer. In fact, I was goofy-footed. This term means that I stood on my surfboard with my left foot in back, which is opposite of most surfers who put their right foot in back.
Creating a workforce culture that retains your best and brightest
By now we have all flipped the calendar to 2019, worked through most of those lingering e-mails from the end of December and might have peaked at our year-end investment balances following the holiday rollercoaster stock market ride.
Millennials Come to Your Business – What Should You Do?
Much has been written about the Millennial generation – born between 1982 and 2004 – in an effort to understand (more)
Keeping the Talent You’ve Got!
The market for great talent has become very tight. Companies in a hiring mode are solidly in the hunt. (more)
Would you like to make sure your next executive leadership hire supports your company’s growth?
We call this step “the big transition point.” It is that seminal moment in the life of a business when a missed opportunity is limiting growth.
180% Penalty: Monumental Costs of a Bad Leadership Hire
Can your business afford to make a bad hire? There are some leadership selection process miscues that could wind up costing your business up to 180% of annualized salary…(more)
Leadership: The Key to Succession Planning and Creating Value
Do you have a solid plan to transition your business?
It’s a question that most business owners and senior executives have heard at some point during their career..(more)
The Keystone for Successful Baby Boomer Succession
If you are or have been the parent of a teenage child you may have read the book by Anthony E. Wolfe, I Hate You, But Will You Please Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? You probably got a chuckle out of the title, but after reading it, found it totally relatable.
A Succession Case Study
Three years ago, Malcolm Cooper Jr., second-generation owner of J.K. Adams Company, made a serious assessment of future leadership prospects at his Vermont-based company.
What Happens When the Track Outruns Your Horse?
As businesses mature and position for growth, change or succession, the people who had been good leaders may still be good leaders. But as you look ahead they may no longer be the right leaders.
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Standish Executive Search Helping Cannabis Industry to Secure Leadership Talent
The region’s budding cannabis industry faces unprecedented leadership challenges as it grows in the widening acceptance and increasing appetite for medical and recreational cannabis.
Standish Executive Search Announces Worcester, MA Opening
To better serve central Massachusetts companies that are seeking the right leaders for their changing businesses, Standish Executive Search has established a presence in Worcester.
Company Culture is about organizational genes, not blue jeans
When companies are searching for new talent, the words “company culture” are regularly used in the body of a job description.
Beyond the resume – recruiting the right leaders for your company
Almost every organization is hungry to find the “right talent” when growing its management team. Hiring is challenging and stressful…
Howes Lubricator Welcomes New VP of Marketing
To better serve companies in Northern New England that are seeking the right leaders for their business, Standish Executive Search has established…
Standish Executive Search Now in New Hampshire
To better serve companies in Northern New England that are seeking the right leaders for their business, Standish Executive Search has established…
Standish Executive Search Finds Change Agent for Killeen Manufacturing and Security Products
Top Job: Identifying ways to impact business results based on company’s reputation for quality Worcester, Massachusetts – David F. Snelling of Spencer, Massachusetts has been selected …
Standish Executive Search, a Founding Member and Sponsor of The Business Value Forum
As part of its mission to help small and medium sized business position themselves for growth, Standish Executive Search is pleased to announce it is a founding member and sponsor of The Business Value Forum.
The Business Value Forum, Inc. is a non-profit (non-membership) organization created to provide business owners, leaders and advisors with unique educational and connecting opportunities to help develop, grow and sustain organization value.
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