The Best Short Term & Long Term ROI for Your Business
There are a lot of ways to invest in your business but after 10 years of being a CEO, I still maintain that investing in your strategic partnership is the #1 investment you can make in your business –both in the short term and long term. Maybe you’re thinking about hiring your first assistant. Or […]
An Open Letter to Leaders (and Their Assistants)
A letter from Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies Dear Leaders: It should go without saying that this letter is for the assistants and Force Multipliers of the world, too. After all, they will have likely read this letter before you, vetted it, and then, if it passed muster, brought it to your attention. […]
What Leaders Should Look for When Hiring a Force Multiplier
If you’re new here, let’s first talk about what makes a Force Multiplier. It’s always important to get clear on the “what” before we start looking for the “who”. Force multiplication refers to a factor or a combination of factors that dramatically increases (hence, “multiplies”) the effectiveness of an item or group, giving them the […]
When to Hire Your First Force Multiplier is Up to You
The Kings (and Queens) of Westeros had their Hand of the King (long live Ned Stark!). Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush had their Chief of Staff, James Baker III. Don Corleone had his consigliere, Tom Hagen. Jack Welch had his long time assistant, Rosanne Badowski. Look around. Who’s standing next to you? There […]
Why Would Someone Want To Be Your Assistant?
Hallie just celebrated her nine year anniversary working with me, and Amy is coming up on year two. That’s no easy feat! I’m not always easy to work with and I know it (so do they!). I have high standards and a high sense of urgency. I expect resourcefulness and a “figure it out and […]
5 Ways Business Builders and Assistants Achieve More Together
I’ve been in the real estate arena for 13 years now and early on I realized that if I wanted to achieve the levels of success I had envisioned, I would not be able to do it alone. When I graduated college, I started working as a commercial underwriter (which only lasted about six months […]
Do This One Thing to Have More Effective Communication at Work
Remember the days when you’d anxiously wait for a call from that girl you liked, only to find out it was your Uncle calling to chat with your Dad? No? Just me? Okay, how about when you were 5 or 6 and loved every opportunity you got to call your grandparents just to tell them […]
Are Private Offices and Closed Door Policies Making a Comeback?
In early 2017, one of my companies, BlackRock Construction, was finishing construction on a new Adam Hergenrother Companies headquarters. While we were in the home stretch, I gave a tour of our new office building to my team. Drywall was up. Windows were going in. And painting was about to start. The office building has […]
5 Things You Need to Decide Before You Become an Entrepreneur
I studied business and finance in college and like any optimistic kid from small-town America, I had my sights set on Wall Street. Bright lights. Big city… where dreams are made of, the lights will inspire you… New York. Corporate America, working for “the man,” those were things that got me excited. While I didn’t […]
How Leaders Can Solve Traffic Jams in Business
If you’ve ever traveled (or just tried to get from one end of the town to the other) during the holidays, you know how crazy people can get! People rush around making sure to pick up Uncle Martin’s favorite cranberry sauce, text their wife while driving, “Where am I picking up the kids?,” speed down […]
The 3 Most Important Things a Leader Must Do
At some point in your entrepreneurial journey, you’re going to wake up and realize that you no longer have a job. Okay, that could be because you built up your company and sold it, but more often than not it’s because you have surrounded yourself with great talent and you are no longer needed in […]
4 Ways to Attract Talent During a Tight Labor Market
My organizations are still considered “small businesses.” Yes, we have over 300 independent contractors nationwide, yet we currently employ under 50 individuals. Adam Hergenrother Companies may be small in staff, but we hit $1 billion in annual revenue across all companies recently. We’re continuing to grow, expand our offerings, and help more clients and customers […]
5 Ways to Grow Your Leadership Capital
As much as business and politics are sometimes at odds with one another, they really go hand in hand. Whether we like it or not, what happens in the global political arena affects the markets. And very often, what happens with the economy affects policy. Business and politics overlap. That’s just a fact. But, I’m […]
The 3 Key Hires You Need for Any Business
Learn how to hire an assistant who will Force Multiply your business with Hallie Warner on April 28th, 2022! Click to learn more about this free webinar. “You don’t build a business. You build people, and people build the business.” -Zig Ziglar Whether you are a sole-proprietor looking to grow your retail store, an investor […]
Why CEOs Need a Chief of Staff and an Executive Assistant
I’ve had a Chief of Staff (COS) for several years and the most common question I get is what does she do? Well, you’d have to ask her; I’m not entirely sure. Really. That’s the point right? I couldn’t tell you exactly what my Executive Assistant does either. What I do know is that I […]
Top 3 Takeaways From The Founder & The Force Multiplier
It’s been several months (alright, seven months to be exact) in the making and I’m proud to announce that Hallie and I wrote a book! It officially released on February 10, 2019 and I am excited to share this message with other Founders and Entrepreneurs, and their fellow Force Multipliers and Executive Assistants (EAs). So, […]