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Cultivate Business Growth Without You at the Helm

As Business Owners, we focus on a variety of strategies. Some focus on growing profits, while others are obsessed with sales goals.  But have you ever considered making it your primary goal to set up your business so that it can thrive and grow without you? A business not dependent on its owner is the ultimate asset ...

Happy Thanksgiving from CGECR!

Each day, we have the opportunity to do what we love: Coming together with business leaders, SMB owners, and executives who want to better themselves. It’s a role that we are incredibly grateful for! So, a heartfelt thanks to each of our clients– past, present, and future– for trusting in our team and using what you’ve ...

The Supportive Coaching Leader

This article is part III of our 12-part series on the different leadership styles. You can check out October’s Monthly Huddle to get a general overview and follow along each week as we explore them in-depth.  Coaching leaders live and die to be an inspiration to others. They rest easy at night knowing that they’ve poured ...

The Inspirational Visionary Leader

This article is part II of our 12-part series on the different leadership styles. You can check out October’s Monthly Huddle to get a general overview and follow along each week as we explore them in-depth.  The visionary leader is defined by their ability to envision a future for their company or team, then see that ...

The Confident Charismatic Leader

This piece on the Charismatic Leader is part I of our 12-part series on the different leadership styles. You can check out October’s Monthly Huddle to get a general overview and follow along each week as we explore them in-depth.  Charming, persuasive, and with an uncanny ability to work a room, the charismatic leader is a ...

Know Your Gaps

As a Business Owner, do you know your gaps? There are many numbers that every business owner needs to know, but there are three that are critical, and knowing them and managing them will allow you to be successful in meeting your goals. Profit Gap Profit Gap = The Profit You’re Sacrificing by Not Operating at a ...

The Monthly Huddle: Your Leadership Style

Welcome to the October edition of The Monthly Huddle– A short, sweet, and to-the-point advice blog for tackling some of business management’s most difficult questions! Today, we’ll take a quick sneak peek at 12 different leadership styles. Then, over the next few months, check back in as we deep-dive into each type in more detail! Good ...

Executive Roundtable Etiquette: Making the Most of Your Time

A popular adage says, “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”  Executive roundtables are an exciting opportunity for you to bask in the expertise of other business leaders who have experienced the same struggles, celebrated the same triumphs, and asked the same questions that you are currently grappling with.  Successful execution ...

Defining Your Workplace Culture

If you had to define your workplace culture in three adjectives, what would they be? Cooperative? Fun-loving? Familial?  Tense? Closed-off? Inefficient? Now, think about what three words you would like to describe your workplace culture as.  Customer-focused? Data-driven? Collaborative? As a business leader, executive, or manager, you set the tone for your company culture.  That means that you have the power ...

Business Transition: Is Now the Time?

Do you really have to transition/exit your company right now?  If one of the 5 D’s – Divorce, Death, Disagreement, Distress, Disability – is not right in front of you, perhaps the answer is no.  Until that day is upon you, develop a plan to use this time to work on value growth opportunities. Use this time to ...