Phil Hauck

If you fire an employee, should you “walk them out of the building” immediately? A TEC member said he did just that, and it sparked discussion among his fellow CEOs.

The workforce watches with interest how you fire someone and will be left wondering, “Is this how my firing will be handled?”

We all want our organizations to have a focused brand.

Your brand is the set of touch points that tells customers and prospects, “We're the only place where you can get what you want.”

In 1860, the great tightrope walker Charles Blondin walked the 1,100 feet across Niagara Falls five times.

Let me introduce you to John Lynch, an American who runs a 200-person screen printing company in Krakow, Poland, and is a Nike supplier.

As businesspeople, we need to know the potential impact of our world's variations in currency values, emerging markets, international politics and shrinking margins.