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Chuck Violand

Founder of Violand Management Associates, he is a respected voice in small business leadership and a longtime speaker and contributor. He authors the Monday Morning Notes series and books including The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy and Forging Dynasty Businesses.
Traffic Is Holding Me Up
Teams and Culture

Kids In The Back Seat

Anybody who’s owned a business for any length of time has experienced pe...
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Leadership and Management

B-School 101, Part II

How long does it take for investors or employees to lose faith in such a...
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Chuck Violand

Business students in a lesson
Leadership and Management

B-School 101, Part I

Having been involved in business, and then having taught business for ye...
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Leadership and Management

Photographic Memory

Part of the job of every CEO, whether their company is the size of Kodak...
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Leadership and Management

Changing Perspective

In business, we can get so caught up in the act of “doing” that we overl...
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Leadership and Management

Voluntary Leadership

Business leadership, and our ability to attract and keep talented people...
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Teams and Culture

Bellyaching

The subject of company culture has gotten lots of attention in recent ye...
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Portrait of an Asian male business owner standing with a computer showing happiness after a successful investment.
Leadership and Management

The Three Cs, Part V

Comfort isn’t determined by the economy, the market’s demands for our pr...
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Foundations for enduring leadership

Learn the proven tools and frameworks drawn from decades of experience guiding growing businesses.
Most of the problems small businesses experience have more to do with the business owner's behaviors than they do with markets, competitors, or having the right processes in place. This is because small businesses are reflections of their owners and frequently take on the owner's behavioral characteristics.

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People are one of the few remaining, reliable sources of sustainable, competitive advantage. Competitors will copy marketing strategies, and technology and process advantages will fade over time, but having the best people for your organization will turn customers into raving fans, allowing you to have a more enjoyable ride as you achieve your goals.
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