How To Quickly Assess If Your Culture Is Built For Growth

By Bill | October 9, 2025

Final Reflections – From CEO to Strategic Advisor: Transitioning Your Role and Continuing to Add Value

By Bill | October 7, 2025

The transition from founder or CEO to strategic advisor inside an acquiring company – especially a large, established organization like Walmart – is one of the most pivotal moves in a leader’s career. While the day your business is acquired marks a major milestone, success inside the new company doesn’t happen automatically. Instead, it requires…

Spot-On Coaching Lessons From Bill Campbell, The Trillion Dollar Coach

By Bill | October 2, 2025

Bill Campbell’s extraordinary journey as a coach began long before he became Silicon Valley’s most trusted advisor. Campbell, known as “The Trillion Dollar Coach” who coached Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and others, first made his mark on the football field. After captaining Columbia University’s 1961 Ivy League championship team and earning All-Ivy League…

Lessons from Walmart: How to Best Succeed Organizationally and Individually as Part of a Large, Extremely Well-Run Public Company

By Bill | September 30, 2025

Being acquired by a powerhouse like Walmart is a remarkable milestone, but it also ushers in a fundamental shift—a new corporate culture, new expectations, and an often complex organizational ecosystem. From scaling and selling a telemedicine company to Walmart, I learned that CEOs must lead intentionally beyond the deal to succeed both for their company,…

Essential Leading And Living Insights From Viktor Frankl – A Must Read

By Bill | September 25, 2025

If you haven’t read or listened to Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”, it is a must read for every person.  It is in my opinion one of the most moving, profound, and impactful books ever written.  Frankl’s insights, forged in the time he spent in Nazi concentration camps, offer timeless lessons for leaders in…

The Sales Process: Understanding Buyer Motivations And Reinforcing Your Organization’s Value Beyond The Financials

By Bill | September 23, 2025

Navigating the sales process after signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) is one of the most critical phases for CEOs and sellers. It’s a time when buyer motivations deepen beyond just numbers, and maintaining momentum becomes paramount. Drawing from lessons learned while scaling and selling a telemedicine company to Walmart, this article outlines common mistakes…

How To Foster A Culture Of Discipline & Execution

By Bill | September 18, 2025

Every CEO says they want a culture of discipline and execution. But in practice, even experienced leaders get tripped up by simple missteps. Over the years, working closely with top executives and deployment teams, I’ve seen the same few obstacles stall momentum again and again – no matter the business size or industry. Let’s get…

Lesson #8: Preparing For Sale: Getting Your Business Ready For Sale At Maximum Valuation

By Bill | September 16, 2025

Let’s face it — most founders and CEOs overvalue their business and wait too long to start preparing for sale. This common combination often leads to disappointing valuation multiples, prolonged deal timelines, or, worse, failing to sell their business at all. Successfully exiting your company for top dollar requires honest self-assessment, rigorous preparation, and strategic…

How Company-Wide, Daily Stand Up Huddles Increase Performance, Boost Culture, and Decrease Overall Time in Meetings

By Bill | September 11, 2025

In a world where endless meetings often sap energy and productivity, a simple, time-tested solution has been consistently deployed at many high-performing organizations: the daily huddle. A standing meeting that lasts just 5 to 15 minutes, these focused gatherings at every level of an organization can dramatically boost communication, clear obstacles early, reinforce culture, and,…

Lesson #7: Prioritizing Personal Balance – Why It Is Critical When Scaling And How To Do It

By Bill | September 9, 2025

Maintaining personal balance as a CEO is not just a matter of health – it’s a strategic imperative. As CEOs most of us all talk about wanting it, yet we all aren’t very good at making a conscious choice and plan to prioritize personal balance.  We say “after this deadline” or “after we hit XX…