Articles by Stacy Eads

Welcome to the final installment of our 3-part series from my Scaling Up with Coach Stacy Eads column.  In our first month of the new year, we covered…

Let’s demystify more C-Suite titles, including the ever-evolving role of the CEO. Because as you grow, your role advances as the company changes over time. A small-business CEO does not have the same day-to-day functions as a larger company CEO who has already surrounded themselves with a C-Suite of executives, such as a CFO – Chief Financial Officer, a COO – Chief Operations Officer, or a CMO – Chief Marketing Officer. That makes sense, right? After all, as your company grows, you grow with it!

There’s a very clear trend among my business coaching clients. As they expand from small, owner-operated ventures of under $1M to mid-sized companies of $5M to $50M, the need for a good team becomes evident.

As the calendar rolls to December and you prepare for your holiday festivities with family and friends, ’tis also the season for annual strategic plans and budgeting forecasts. Executives across America will gather. Some will sit in dimly lit boardrooms with mahogany walls adorned with Inc 500 plaques, while others take a more modern approach of executives hiking to a retreat in the woods for solitude and peace. Either way, their goal is the same: to “think tank” their way to success in 2024 before the starting line gun goes off on Jan 1 and the race begins.

Recently, I had the pleasure of being invited to Harvard, along with 75 CEOs from around the globe, to attend a co-hosted event between Dr. David Ricketts and acclaimed business author Verne Harnish. It was the pinnacle experience to walk onto the esteemed campus, capping our year-long 20,000 Scaleups initiative.

STOP. Think about the last time YOU WON. What was it? Did you score the winning run in your adult kickball league last weekend? Still reminiscing about that hole-in-one at the corporate golf tournament last fall?

I became a Certified International Business Coach because I loved the idea of sharing the tools I find with other CEOs, as I do in this monthly Edmond Business column. Right now, I fly all over North America, helping firms of all sizes scale up their companies toward a strategic exit strategy. 

I became a Certified International Business Coach because I loved the idea of sharing the tools I find with other CEOs as I do in this monthly Edmond Business column. Right now, I fly all over North America helping firms of all sizes scale up their companies toward a strategic exit strategy. 

As a business coach helping companies strategize their leadership roadmap every 90 days, I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about how new AI tools, like ChatGPT, can help or hurt their organizations in the short-term and long-term future. Here’s a list of AI-based or smart-technology resources you and your team may find helpful.

If you didn’t make time for significant business reading in 2022, it’s a great goal to set in 2023. Spring is a lovely time in Oklahoma to grab a good book and sit on your back porch swing, absorbing the rays and the knowledge.