But today, it would just not be possible, but still trying to keep that mentality growing.

Mystery CEO

The mega corporates have long ago lost their individualism. They have to operate on that “mega system, by the book” cut and dried format.

My husband and I ran a multimillion, small town business. Small town, like only 600 people. In that same town there were most likely 20 other millionaires. Each one however were just the guy next door, the family we went to church with, we sat on the gym bench together as our kids played ball. They all started from small family owned businesses and grew into multi-faceted large corporations.

However, each one still maintained that “family” like atmosphere, with strong leadership and even stronger respect. And when the UPS truck slid off my driveway during an ice storm, I called my friend, the CEO of the national bridge building company, who lived down the road, and he sent over his monster crane to lift the UPS truck up and put it back on the road.
That’s it, friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor.

There comes a time when a small business crosses over that line and become a bigger business, with bigger problems, bigger payrolls, and bigger issues. We must be willing to adapt and grow with it or move on.

I still like the small town atmosphere, so we still hang in there. Growing is not so bad after all.

Warmly,
Sue

I never really thought of CEOs as cold though.

Every time I’ve contacted a “internet guru” or anything I’ve gotten a positive response more than 75% of the time. But of cause i don’t really write to them every day unless i got something on my mind.

I think when you do business with a person he’s foremost a business contact and then secondary a friend.

So example if you had him on the phone you’d first start talking business and afterwards maybe something like “so hows the kids?” lol.

If i was a CEO I’d be respected not loved or feared.

People aren’t afraid of people who run business by fear they rather think “he’s going down” and if a person think you’re always the friendly guy they could think more like “well he probably wont get mad if i did this”.

So i believe “RESPECT” is the keyword here.

My dad owns a company and the last couple of years 25% of all businesses related to his has shut down due to hard time on the market.

I have countless of times seen him call a vendor saying “if i ordered it for tomorrow I’ll receive it tomorrow or I’ll find someone else who can”.

I know the only reason he actually can call and say something like that is because he’s respected and maybe a little feared too “he never had a long fuse lol”.

Well thats my 5 cents.
Anybody agree or am i running low on fuel here (gas prices sucks lets hope i ain’t lol).

Cheers,
Daniel.