“Rocket Fuel” by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters provides a blueprint for businesses that want to get to the next level of growth by creating a dynamic partnership between the CEO of the business (The Visionary) and the COO (The Integrator). The clear delineation of roles and responsibilities between the CEO and the COO will provide the “Rocket Fuel” to maximize the skills of these two positions.  Even though it is only 178 pages, it is packed with real work examples and clear strategies to get you on the way. Understanding CEO and COO Relationship At the heart of

Mike Michalowicz is one of my favorite business authors because he provides practical ideas that are easy to understand and implement to help a small business succeed. “Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself”   offers workable strategies to anyone looking to create a self-sustaining business model. The book is broken down into three phases: 1) Align, 2) Integrate and 3) Accelerate.  Each phase shares numerous concepts and examples for each of these phases. The overall focus of the book is to exp lain that a business owner does not need to be held hostage by his or her business but needs

If you are a small business owner you want to do everything possible to achieve success and avoid failure.  As the CEO of your business, you are the chief decision maker and you must make a lot of decisions. The fate of your business is directly influenced by the internal and external structures that you use to make decisions.  In The Structure of Success written by Patrick Esposito, he lays out a framework for making decisions but more importantly he provided relatable examples that you can use in your business. From the onset, Esposito introduces his readers to a thoughtfully