The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to protecting consumer data. It’s by far the most comprehensive regulatory guideline to date, and its reverberations are already being felt stateside. As consumers, we’re becoming habituated to privacy policy notifications on websites. ...
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Spinnaker Featured in November Forbes Finance Council Expert Panel
Recently, I was invited to participate in Forbes Magazine’s Finance Council, which is a collection of senior-level financial services executives from across the country who’ve been tapped to share advice and resources. Last month, the editorial board asked council members for strategies to identify critical business metrics – and they...
Meet & Greet Jason Xie: Spinnaker’s Data Dynamo
Meet a valued member of our Spinnaker team of experts: Consultant Jason Xie. Spinnaker’s Data Dynamo, Jason has a passion for using data analysis to solve complicated business problems and leveraging data and analytics to empower informed business decisions. As part of the Spinnaker team, he applies that energy and...
Ask Spinnaker: What Are the Advantages of Working with a Smaller Consulting Firm?
Got questions about trends, insights, and challenges related to Spinnaker’s areas of expertise? In this regular blog, we tap into our Spinnaker team of experts and do what we do best: Roll up our sleeves to find you the answers you need. In this installment of “Ask Spinnaker,” we’re taking...
Growing a Startup: Top 7 Leadership Lessons in Spinnaker’s First 7 Years
In business as in life, it’s important to check your rearview mirror every now and then, even while you’re focusing your attention on the road ahead. When you’re growing a startup, you need to spend most of your time being proactive and looking forward. But don’t lose sight of the...
“Spinnaker Sails Onto Inc. 5000” Featured in Richmond Times-Dispatch
We recently sat down with Richmond Times-Dispatch’s John Reid Blackwell to talk about Spinnaker Consulting Group and what landed us at #516 on this year’s Inc. 5000 list — our 850 percent growth over the past three years. The Inc. 5000 is Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing...
Meet & Greet Chris Landrum: Spinnaker’s Top Gun
Meet a valued member of our Spinnaker team of experts: Founding Principal Chris Landrum. Spinnaker’s Top Gun, Chris brings deep leadership experience to his role, including as a Capital One Financial executive and as an armor officer in the U.S. Army where he was lead planner for a 5,000-person brigade...
Spinnaker Listed #1 on RVA25’s Fastest Growing Businesses in Richmond
Spinnaker Consulting Group was revealed on October 2, 2019 on Richmond Bizsense RVA25’s list as the region’s #1 fastest-growing and dynamic organization (on the heels of being placed 516th on the Inc. 5000). This is the seventh year of the annual list and Spinnaker’s debut with a 585 percent average...
No More Boondoggles: The 5 Essential Elements of a Productive Leadership Retreat
When you hear the words “leadership retreat,” do you immediately think “boondoggle”? It doesn’t have to be! In fact, it shouldn’t be. And with careful attention to the five essential elements of a productive leadership retreat, it won’t be. I’ve attended, led, or planned dozens of leadership retreats in my...
Is Your Collections Department Prepared to React to the Next Hurricane or Weather Catastrophe?
If your customer is in the throes of a major hurricane, is it the right time to attempt collections? With above-normal tropical activity predicted in both the Atlantic and Pacific for 2019 — and hurricane seasons on both coasts extending through November 30 — now’s the perfect time to ask:...