Recommended Audio

"Managing Your Evolution - Purpose and Process"
"Growth Strategist" host Aldonna Ambler interviews Cheryl Beth Kuchler for a thoughtful discussion about how CEO's can grow their businesses using a combination of Western and Eastern business practices.

CEO Think Tank "Un-Marketing" event "Leadership from the Heart"
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Listen in on a CEO Think Tank "Un-Marketing" event "Leadership from the Heart" with Alan Burkhard, Founder and former CEO of Placers, a temporary staffing firm. Alan started Placers in the 1970's, grew it to $90 Million and sold it in the mid-1990's to pursue other business interests including implementing his brand of leadership, Outside-In®, in businesses as diverse as a restaurant to a trash company.

Recommended Bibliographies

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't, Jim Collins, 2001.

Anything by the Gallup Organization but especially:

First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman, 1999.

Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D., 2001.

How to Find Your Mission In Life, Richard Nelson Bolles, 2005.

Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets of Success, One Relationship at a Time, Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz, 2005.

Anything by Patrick Lencioni by especially:

The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni, 1998.

The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Excutive, Patrick Lencioni, 2000.

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni, 2004.

Purple Cow: Transform your Business by Being Remarkable, Seth Godin, 2003.

The Goal, Eliyahu Goldratt & Jeff Cox.

Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time, Susan Scott, 2000.

You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay, 1984, 1987.

Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing, Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D. Ph.D., 1998.

Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential, Carolyn Myss

Numerology and the Divine Triangle, Faith Javane, 1979.

The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack, Bo Burlingham, 1994.

Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Gene Siciliano, 2003.

Selling The Invisible, Harry Beckwith, 1997, Warner Books

The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, 2002, Back Bay Books

Recommended Websites

For Feng Shui and Energy Consultation:
www.reinventawareness.com

For small business advisory services
www.sba.gov

To get information on target market size
www.census.gov

For some great articles on small business:
www.inc.com

For good management advice:
www.hbr.org

For retreats and to soothe your spirit:
www.fhop.org
www.findthedevine.com
www.geraniumfarm.org

For small business information:
www.247advisor.com

For information on productivity and time management, check out Neen James, a CEO Think Tank speaker, at www.neenjames.com.

For information on certifiying your woman-owned business, click on the following link www.wbenc.org.

For practical guidance for budding entrepreneurs, check out the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology at Drexel University. Their website can be found at www.lebow.drexel.edu/baiadacenter.

 

 
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News from CEO Think Tank®
May 2008

CEO Think Tank® is Growing!
Along with the Senior Leaders Group which was launched in January, we are adding a new CEO Group in the Philadelphia area. For more information or if you would like to apply for membership, please contact us at info@CEOThinkTank.com.

CEO Think Tank® In the News
March 19, 2008
Many small business owners in the Greater Philadelphia region remain optimistic about how their businesses are performing in the current economy.

2008 Growth Strategies Survey
February 29, 2008
Thanks again to all of you who participated in the 2008 Growth Strategies Survey and to those who came to the "Swimming with the Sharks" event. If you were unable to make it, click above for more info.

Announcing CEO Think Tank®’s Senior Leadership Group
This unique membership program for Senior Leaders focuses on leveraging a cadre of
peers, all senior leaders in business, to grow and develop each member
as leaders.

 
     
   
 

We'd like to welcome our newest CEO Think Tank members:

* Geoffrey Kent, CEO of ClearPoint Technology Advisors (www.clearpoint-advisors.com)

* Chris Paliani, Owner of Paliani Consulting (www.lead-innovate.com)

* Greg Hoyt, Team Leader with Biokenetics (www.biokinc.com)

* Peg Calvario, President of Pottstown Health Club (www.phcfit.com)

* Christine Decker, President of Amenity Rentals (www.amenityrentals.com)

* Caesar Williams, Regional Director with Aflac (www.aflac.com)

* Dan Schwartz, Vice President with Center City Film & Video and eCity Interactive (www.ccfv.com, www.ecityinteractive.com)


 
     
   

Afternoon at the Phillies!
September 14, 2008
Mark your calendars for our next "Un-Marketing" event - Afternoon at the Phillies on Sunday, September 14th at 1:00 at Citizens Park. More to come shortly...

     
   
     
   
     
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