Posts by: Les Deck
We are taking the Vistage Small Business Program to Miami!
On the 29th of this month we are conducting an Informational Breakfast to inform Miami area entrepreneurs of the advantages they can gain as members of a Vistage Group. The SB Program is specifically designed for those businesses that have a solid start but are [...]
Continue Reading →Soon after I began working with Carol, she expressed concern that she and her minority partner were no longer on the same page. She wanted to improve the company with consistent HR policies, install sound process that would add value for their clients and create a new mid management level that would allow the partners [...]
Continue Reading →Herb Meyer served as Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council during the Reagan administration. He came to Florida recently to speak to the Vistage CEO Summit and presented, “What in the World is Going On? – A Global Intelligence Briefing for CEOs” I [...]
Continue Reading →I was pleased to represent Vistage Florida last night at the Ultimate CEO Awards presented by the South Florida Business Journal in partnership with the Palm Beach County Business Development Board and The Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. The CEO Awards evening was held at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Vistage [...]
Continue Reading →Dave was running his furniture manufacturing business happily for years. He had the benefit of twenty years of experience as a high performing furniture sales rep. Relationship was his specialty. His meetings with interior designers and their clients usually resulted in a new order for custom furniture pieces that would be sold through major up-scale [...]
Continue Reading →Are you facing challenging business decisions? Most business leaders are. We are still dealing with the most severe economic conditions in seventy years. Do you wish you had help when thinking through tough situations concerning clients, your own associates, marketing, finance or business development? Is it difficult to hold your direct reports and yourself accountable? [...]
Continue Reading →As a Vistage Chair for several CEO Peer Groups in Southern Florida (Broward and Palm Beach Counties) I recently had the pleasure of receiving economic insights from Alan Beaulieu an economist and principal of the Institute for Trend Research. Alan came to Florida as speaker for my CEO Peer Groups in both [...]
Continue Reading →This is the start of a three part series on business performance assessment. The first part deals with the financial metrics then we move on the real challenge, people factors and other important factors that determine how your business works. Read the entire series to determine if your business is “organic.” Enjoy.
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Continue Reading →One of the most valuable things a business person can do is to take some time to set goals — not just business goals, but personal goals as well — which must be in alignment. That’s why I’m posting seven basic guidelines for setting your personal and business goals for the coming year.
Continue Reading →On February 5th and 6th, we had the pleasure of hosting Three Marriages Seminar with guest speaker David Whyte, at Mission Inn, North of Orlando. David was incredible conjuring images with his hands while reciting his own poems as well as many works of Yeats, Rilke and others. His light Irish [...]
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