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Author Archives: Marty Rogoff

Managing “Like an Owner”

Recently, I attended a terrific conference in Hershey of the ESOP Association, an organization dedicated to the success and growth of employee-owned companies. Much of the conversation, and many of the workshops, were focused on how we need to teach employees how to “act and behave like owners”…

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Management Development and Succession

You know where you’d like the company to be in 3-5 years.  But who will take it there? The current leaders are getting older, and there’s not much of a […]

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Succession Planning Needs Strategic Planning First

Where will your company be in 3-5 years, and who will be running it? Succession planning needs to start with strategic planning. First, ask: Where do you want to be in […]

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The new minimum wage will increase your payroll. So what are you doing about it?

Throughout the country, legislatures are increasing the minimum wage. Some states, such as New York, have scheduled wage increases for each of the next five years, and, according to the Wall […]

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Achieving Manufacturing Excellence through a Management Process

Process. Execution. Discipline.  Manufacturing words, right? Yes, but they are also words that describe the way effective management should work.  Just as quality manufacturing depends on a controlled and organized […]

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