Greg Wittstock


What's Your Prius?

By Greg Wittstock |  Nov 18, 2008

In today's challenging economic times, I just pinch myself that I'm not working with or for one of America's Big Three automakers. They can't seem to catc...  Read story

Resolved, Determined, Motivated

By Greg Wittstock |  Oct 13, 2008

Blood and guts! That's what's going on everywhere in the marketplace right now. There's the credit crunch, decreased consumer spending, the bailout quan...  Read story

What If We Used an Executive Search Firm to Pick a Prez?

By Greg Wittstock |  Sep 8, 2008

I recently read an opinion piece by Steven Katz in the <...  Read story

Investing in Summer

By Greg Wittstock |  Jul 25, 2008

Summertime is my favorite time of the year. For one thing I don't work! The majority of the summer I'm at the lake in Wisconsin, dreaming and scheming. So...  Read story

It's All About the Relationships

By Greg Wittstock |  Jun 17, 2008

I just finished reading a great book called "Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior." Finally, I thought, when I first read the title, a book ...  Read story

I Want to be Like Mike

By Greg Wittstock |  Jun 4, 2008

I got a chuckle reading a Reader's Digest article a while back telling the story of a New York City road crew that found an interesting way to ea...  Read story

Living the Lifestyle

By Greg Wittstock |  May 7, 2008

Tony Sargeant from Atlanta is someone I've billed as "one of my favorite customers." Tony's the rare bird who spends his time doing what he loves and is g...  Read story

Fifteen Minutes with the Boss

By Greg Wittstock |  Apr 24, 2008

One of my favorite times of the month is when I meet with my teammates one-on-one for what has been dubbed "15 minutes with the Pond Guy." HR tri...  Read story

The Spring Break School of Leadership

By Greg Wittstock |  Apr 9, 2008

For the sixth year in a row, I spent spring break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with a bunch of college-aged men. If you remember back to your college spring...  Read story

The Trillion Dollar Opportunity Right Beneath Our Feet!

By Greg Wittstock |  Mar 28, 2008

South Bend, Indiana. Ever heard of it? There's a school there of about 8,000 students that also has a football team (at least, it had one until last seaso...  Read story

Turning Threats Into Opportunities and a New Direction

By Greg Wittstock |  Mar 20, 2008

Has your company done a S.W.O.T. analysis? That's a Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats checklist of internal and external factors affecting yo...  Read story

Think Offensive, Be Defensive

By Greg Wittstock |  Mar 12, 2008

Well, the news ain't good. The U.S. economic outlook for 2008 seems to get worse each day, and it's not likely to get better until the second half of 2009...  Read story

Circle The Wagons? Not!

By Greg Wittstock |  Mar 4, 2008

It's doom and gloom out there, and it's not just Chicken Little saying the sky's falling -- even Warren Buffet says we're in a recession. If that's got yo...  Read story

It's Not About Me

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 21, 2008

Well it's been two weeks since my last post and I've got to admit something: Blogging ain't easy! Besides needing to feel moved to write something in an e...  Read story

It's Not About Me

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 21, 2008

Well it's been two weeks since my last post and I've got to admit something: Blogging ain't easy! Besides needing to feel moved to write something in an e...  Read story

Code Name: 100MM

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 6, 2008

What's in a name? What's in a code? How about 007, as in James Bond 007? What does it tell you about the man, the mission, and what it's all about? Well, ...  Read story

Code Name: 100MM

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 6, 2008

What's in a name? What's in a code? How about 007, as in James Bond 007? What does it tell you about the man, the mission, and what it's all about? Well, ...  Read story

"The Blog?!"

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 1, 2008

"The Blog?!" Sounds like something that just climbed out of the swamp in a bad B-grade, Steve McQueen movie. Yet that's exactly what I find myself faced ...  Read story

"The Blog?!"

By Greg Wittstock |  Feb 1, 2008

"The Blog?!" Sounds like something that just climbed out of the swamp in a bad B-grade, Steve McQueen movie. Yet that's exactly what I find myself faced ...  Read story

Find Your Niche and Develop It!

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 29, 2008

I just returned from a great adventure organized by an outfit called Backroads that consisted of hiking, biking, and rafting in Costa Rica (hence my absen...  Read story

Find Your Niche and Develop It!

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 29, 2008

I just returned from a great adventure organized by an outfit called Backroads that consisted of hiking, biking, and rafting in Costa Rica (hence my absen...  Read story

The Man in the Arena

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 14, 2008

We just re-hired the first of the people we recently laid off ( Reini...  Read story

The Man in the Arena

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 14, 2008

We just re-hired the first of the people we recently laid off ( Reini...  Read story

When Not Hitting Your Numbers is a Good Thing

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 3, 2008

You hear it so often, it's easy to dismiss the phrase, "there's opportunity in adversity." But if there's one thing I've learned in my years in business, ...  Read story

When Not Hitting Your Numbers is a Good Thing

By Greg Wittstock |  Jan 3, 2008

You hear it so often, it's easy to dismiss the phrase, "there's opportunity in adversity." But if there's one thing I've learned in my years in business, ...  Read story

Is Losing Focus Always a Bad Thing?

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 27, 2007

I have a great business dilemma that is forcing me to question a long-standing belief of mine. I believe firmly that a huge factor in Aquascape's success ...  Read story

Is Losing Focus Always a Bad Thing?

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 27, 2007

I have a great business dilemma that is forcing me to question a long-standing belief of mine. I believe firmly that a huge factor in Aquascape's success ...  Read story

What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 18, 2007

For four years running, from 1999 through 2002, Aquascape landed on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. Yet on D...  Read story

What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 18, 2007

For four years running, from 1999 through 2002, Aquascape landed on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. Yet on D...  Read story

Why Do Businesses Hire People?

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 13, 2007

I think maybe my next blog is going to be about what I'm learning about blogging! Resisting the impulse to respond to all of the heated rhetoric of the pa...  Read story

Why Do Businesses Hire People?

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 13, 2007

I think maybe my next blog is going to be about what I'm learning about blogging! Resisting the impulse to respond to all of the heated rhetoric of the pa...  Read story

The Most Emotionally Draining Experience I've Ever Had

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 10, 2007

Never has that cliched business mantra, "It's About the People," hit closer to home for me than when I had to look in the eyes of those I was letting go. ...  Read story

The Most Emotionally Draining Experience I've Ever Had

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 10, 2007

Never has that cliched business mantra, "It's About the People," hit closer to home for me than when I had to look in the eyes of those I was letting go. ...  Read story

Reining in My Dreams One Person at a Time

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 6, 2007

The human side of all those budget cutting meetings is about to become a reality. Tomorrow I get to stand in front of the 178 people who signed on to be p...  Read story

Reining in My Dreams One Person at a Time

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 6, 2007

The human side of all those budget cutting meetings is about to become a reality. Tomorrow I get to stand in front of the 178 people who signed on to be p...  Read story

How Did I Get Myself into this? By Being a Typical Entrepreneur

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 4, 2007

I've got a doozie of a dilemma and the only good thing that could come from it is that if it doesn't kill me, it should (hopefully!) make me and my organi...  Read story

How Did I Get Myself into this? By Being a Typical Entrepreneur

By Greg Wittstock |  Dec 4, 2007

I've got a doozie of a dilemma and the only good thing that could come from it is that if it doesn't kill me, it should (hopefully!) make me and my organi...  Read story

Introducing a Blog from The Pond Guy

By Greg Wittstock |  Nov 26, 2007

There's an old adage that says the more you learn, the more you realize you don't know. That saying certainly applies to me and my life as an entrepreneur...  Read story

Introducing a Blog from The Pond Guy

By Greg Wittstock |  Nov 26, 2007

There's an old adage that says the more you learn, the more you realize you don't know. That saying certainly applies to me and my life as an entrepreneur...  Read story

Get Physical

By Greg Wittstock |  Sep 1, 2005

In my last column I talked in general about the relationship between your company's c...  Read story

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