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Rapid Learning for Leaders: Edgar Papke on Aligning Culture

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Leadership, Management, Organizational Development, Speaking Engagements, Strategy
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 … Continue Reading

What is Your Peer (and Leadership) Superpower?

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Leadership, Photography, Relationships, Strategy
No doubt you arrived at my blog after receiving a handwritten card. That note of gratitude promised an answer to this question: do you wonder what we treasure most about you? Before I answer, let’s deconstruct how you ended up in our peer “discovery” group. First, we stripped away title; we imagined you powerless. Second, we saw a … Continue Reading

Thanks Seattle Network, Vistage, Colleagues, CEOs, and LinkedIn

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Business Development, Relationships, Social Networking
I write to express gratitude. Earlier this month, my Vistage CEO Peer Group welcomed member sixteen. I also signed the first member for my second CEO Group. Group two launches in the Spring of 2017. No success is achieved alone.  The ongoing counsel and encouragement of Tom Zahniser, Sarah Fraedrich, MK (Murthy Kalkura) and Tim … Continue Reading

How Is Your Story Going to END?

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Leadership, Relationships
This is a guest post by my colleague and Vistage Chair, Will Kaigler. Will leads and facilitates a CEO peer group in Pittsburgh, PA: As you have come to know, my Monday morning email is typically comprised of articles and quotes relating to business.  This week I am compelled to go in a different direction. … Continue Reading

P.S. TEN REASONS to Test-drive a Seattle CEO Vistage Peer Group

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Leadership, Management, Organizational Development, Speaking Engagements, Strategy
I invite you to an opportunity to experience a CEO peer advisory group in action and hear from a world-class speaker. On Thursday, November 3, I’m hosting an invitation-only breakfast meeting to allow CEOs and business owners the opportunity test drive a Vistage group meeting. We’ll tackle a real issue that someone in the room is facing. Then, as … Continue Reading

Isolated? Hearing Echos? Find Your Decision-Making Sweet Spot

By Kevin McKeown on Posted in Leadership, Management, Organizational Development, Relationships, Social Networking, Strategy
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 … Continue Reading
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