At our CEO Round Table meeting recently, we learned of a new study by Towers Perrin on workplace effectiveness. In particular, we discussed proven ways to get employees "engaged" in your business and the significant performance improvement than can result....

Bill Taylor, the cofounder of Fast Company and author of Mavericks at Work, wrote a recent post about Zappos, the online shoe retailer that expects sales to top $1 billion this year after first year sales of $70 million only...

In the May 26 issue of Business Week, Best Buy is celebrated for empowering its store managers to think locally about micro-markets that could provide differentiated selling opportunities. Here's the key point: As a result, Best Buy believes it sames-store...

Like me - until now - you may have missed the recent Business Week article about family business and the value of a family "constitution" to spell out the Company's vision and set forth important guidelines for relationships, stock ownership,...

Dennis Zeleny, an established HR professional and frequent contributor to Forbes magazine, contributes another POV in a growing list of articles about How to Lead in Tough Times. I think his key points are right on, and represent a compelling...

For those of you who read the recent column in the April 14 edition of the North Bay Business Journal, entitled A cash crunch necessitates a trip to the bank for a loan, here is the extended version with a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELary Kirchenbauer is pleased to announce the formation of Exkalibur Advisors, Inc., a firm that will provide financial and strategic advisory services to family businesses and other middle market companies in the San Francisco Bay area. Exkalibur will...

On July 2, 2007, the North Bay Business Journal, a subsidiary of the New York Times, announced a new regular column by Lary Kirchenbauer entitled "Building a Business".