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Leading Through Generational Differences

By Gibson on Nov 13, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Erin Cressy, President & CEO of Cressy Consulting. We hope you enjoy Erin’s wisdom and perspective.

Mom, it’s not like it’s the 1990’s anymore!” I was taken aback as these words were uttered to me a few months ago by my twelve year old daughter, Ava.

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The Love Of Sales

By Gibson on Nov 6, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jim Spuller. Jim has 40+ years of sales, marketing, and leadership experience and now provides sales training and leadership as a Business Development Consultant for Gibson. We hope you enjoy his wisdom and perspective.

It’s funny how what you love now can retrospectively be traced to an event or two in your earlier life. In a previous post, I referenced how instrumental a neighbor kid, Art Hughes, was in teaching me golf. Ultimately golf became my profession for a time. Today golf remains a favorite pastime and it has provided a social structure throughout my life.

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Defend Against The Energy Flu

By Gibson on Oct 30, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Ron Kitchens, Chief Executive Officer of the Southwest Michigan First Group of Companies. We hope you enjoy Ron’s wisdom and perspective.

 

Every single day is a good day no matter how bright or dark it is, because it always brings an opportunity to start a positive beginning in your life. - Edmond Mbiaka

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Climbing

By Gibson on Oct 23, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Amish Shah, President & CEO of Kem Krest. We hope you enjoy Amish’s wisdom and perspective.

With the new movie release of Everest and as an avid mountain climber, I thought it would be appropriate to look at the comparison of a business journey to that of summiting a mountain. Both require a great deal of endurance, patience, and perspective.

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Status Quo Sucks

By Gibson on Oct 16, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger JB Brown, President at Bremen Castings, Inc. We hope you enjoy JB’s wisdom and perspective.

Topics: Executive
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Brief Interactions With Exponential Results

By Gibson on Oct 9, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jim Spuller. Jim has 40+ years of sales, marketing, and leadership experience and now provides sales training and leadership as a Business Development Consultant for Gibson. We hope you enjoy his wisdom and perspective.

Topics: Executive
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Heads Up, 7-Up

By Tim Leman on Oct 2, 2015 6:30:00 AM

We're in the risk management and workforce business, including helping clients with their employee benefit plans. You can probably imagine that over the past 5 years, since President Obama's signature piece of legislation – the Affordable Care Act – became a reality, I often get asked my thoughts or even to speak to groups on Obamacare.

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3 Simple Yet Highly Effective Leadership Principles For Millennials

By Gibson on Sep 25, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Blake Cavignac, President of Intellectual Innovations and Founder of YoungPro Elite. We hope you enjoy Blake’s wisdom and perspective.

As the number of millennials entering the workforce continues to increase each year, we are hearing more and more CEOs and executives in the older generations (Baby Boomers and Gen Xers) make the generalizations that millennials are:

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Employee Ownership, What's The Risk?

By Gibson on Sep 18, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Hugh Reynolds, Managing Partner at Crowe Horwath LLP. We hope you enjoy Hugh’s wisdom and perspective.

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Building High Performance Teams

By Gibson on Sep 11, 2015 6:30:00 AM

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Dr. Bruce Gobdel, retired Crowe Horwath LLC Partner and founder of the Leighton School of Business CEO Roundtable. We hope you enjoy Bruce’s wisdom and perspective.

Building a high performance leadership team and implementing sound strategies and tactics are the two most critical activities for enhancing long-term organizational effectiveness. While studies show organizational success is often greatly impacted by “being in the right place at the right time” and/or being blessed with weak competitors, organizations with high performance leadership teams are highly effective and efficient at taking advantage of the opportunities and threats presented to their organizations.

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