Lessons from leadership
Chris Geier, Sikich CEO & Managing Partner
From attitude to the future of professional services, Chris Geier shares his thoughts and ideas on pressing topics and discusses his experiences and lessons learned as a leader.
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- July 12, 2023
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
“Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse. If you’re comfortable while you’re doing it, you’re probably doing it wrong.” –…
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- April 12, 2023
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
“Do something. Even if it’s wrong.” Those words from my running backs coach in college stick with me today. His point was that, on…
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- December 13, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
It’s no secret that Sikich is in the midst of rapid growth. And rapid growth means we have to continue to attract and retain…
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- September 19, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
Unlike the majority of CEOs in my industry, my background isn’t in accounting. I spent 15 years of my professional career buying and selling…
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- July 6, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership | Workforce Risk Management
My concern for people’s safety and well-being has been a theme throughout my entire career. If you’ve read my blogs or connected with me…
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- May 2, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
In the summer of 2020, I said: “Work has fundamentally changed in ways that are irreversible. It’s time to imagine a better, more flexible…
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- March 18, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen statements from organizational leaders condemning Russian leadership’s senseless attacks on Ukraine. I’ve seen an outpour of financial…
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- February 16, 2022
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
The busy start to our year has me reflecting on the importance of our organization’s company-wide shut down during the last week of the…
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- December 6, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
As we strive to nurture an inclusive, diverse organization made up of people from different backgrounds and experience, we’re intentionally building an organization comprised…
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- November 4, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
The Hartford recently released a study about employee burnout that caught the eyes of business leaders across the country – including me. According to…
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- August 17, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership | Corporate Development
This summer, Basecamp (a productivity software maker in Chicago) executives released a memo directed at employees effectively banning talk of societal and political topics…
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- June 9, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
No matter who you are or what you do, everyone goes through life experiences that require us to be resilient. Some people build strength…
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- April 26, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
Is what you’re doing important if it’s not making a positive impact on the world around you? This is a question I asked myself…
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- March 19, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
This Women’s History Month, I had the opportunity to talk with Kara Hamstra, a director in The Agency at Sikich and the leader of…
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- February 22, 2021
- Accounting | CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership | Corporate Development | COVID-19 | Technology
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many organizations into large-scale remote work. At Sikich, we were well prepared to adjust to this reality. Long before…
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- January 15, 2021
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
Having spent time early in my career in law enforcement, there’s not much I haven’t seen. I served for a number of years in…
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- December 17, 2020
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership | COVID-19
Are lockdowns the answer to our country’s problems? It’s not likely. In an earlier article, I wrote about the need for the federal government…
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- November 16, 2020
- CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership | COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in changes in work practices that have given employees unprecedented levels of flexibility – flexibility that I suspect employees…