Posts Tagged ‘executive’
Being an Executive or an Entrepreneur Can Be Isolating
When you’re a key executive, chief executive or entrepreneur with complex roles, it can be lonely and isolating. Here’s my perspective on having important conversations with those in your circle as you go through the leadership development process.
Read MoreJim Collins: Greatness is a matter of conscious choice, discipline and these timeless concepts
In my four CEO and key executive peer group meetings last month, I shared how moved I was by Jim Collins two-hour keynote at ChairWorld2019 in San Diego. CW19 is a Chair’s (coach, guide, facilitator) continuing education week. Jim reminded us that: Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter…
Read MoreRapid Learning for Leaders: Edgar Papke on Aligning Culture
I’m hosting three private CEO and executive workshops in June. In this rapid-learning session, you’ll hear from Vistage speaker and organizational psychologist, Edgar Papke. Papke will show us how to efficiently design and shape an aligned culture of innovation. Papke will also help understand how to generate desired results through alignment. The True Alignment model is the result of bringing…
Read MoreHow effective is your decision making? Attend the Vistage Executive Summit
As a business leader, your decisions have a long term impact on your company and your employees. Taking opportunities to improve your ability to make more effective decisions allows you to grow as a leader and increases the overall success of your business. Participate in the 2018 Vistage Executive Summit (VES) and bring a higher level of…
Read MoreLeading is BEING–Not Doing. What’s Your Reality?
Leadership is about BEING – not DOING. Yep, putting your feet on your desk and looking out your window is leading. You must make time to pause reflectively. You must make time to contemplate. You must make time to go deep. You must maintain your awareness of self and the values (and the “intolerables”) that guide you. Warren Bennis,…
Read MoreGive the Finger to the Status Quo…
Honor your inner HERO. Be brave. Cross the line into your COURAGE ZONE:
Read More10 Things That Require Zero Talent
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Read MoreWorld-class CEOs Work on (NOT in) the Business…
“Every minute that you spend working on tasks that can be delegated is a minute that you are not planning, strategizing and building the best business possible.” Working ON your business is about: Knowing when to get out of your own way. Not being the hero; a team moves a company forward not a CEO. Knowing that…
Read MoreIsolated? Hearing Echos? Find Your Decision-Making Sweet Spot
To be a great decision-maker you must fine-tune your network. You must also carefully and continually engage in social exploration. From the HBR article, Beyond the Echo Chamber: “Decisions don’t happen in a vacuum; the best ones rarely come from deep pondering in isolation. They happen when people learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In this…
Read MoreLiving and Leading in the Perpetual Discomfort Zone…
I love this quote from Francisco D’Souza, CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions: In business, the comfort zone has never been a good place to be. Companies that get too comfortable risk becoming irrelevant, obsolete—and extinct. This is particularly true in today’s business world where the forces of globalization; new social, mobile, analytical and cloud technologies; and fast-changing…
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