A growing number of my leadership clients struggle to focus on their daily agenda in the face of distractions. Email, texts, phones and walk-ins too often drive their attention from where it is really needed (according to them!). I’ve already posted about two terrific articles that show that we lose will power after a series […]
Monday, August 22, 2011
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I wish I had learned of Jerry Colonna earlier. His tweets and posts resonate with my own beliefs about coaching and owner/ceo clients and stimulate my thinking a great deal. You can find him at: Great coach Jerry Colonna In his interview with Tech Berlin he speaks of homework assignments. Implicit in his remarks is […]
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Jim Blasingame on his morning radio show for small business owners and CEOs made me think (as he always does) and remember stories that may help small business owners. He had just advised his listeners to spend an hour each week out of the trenches, thinking about the direction of the business. It is my […]
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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Recent conversation with a Private Equity partner about leadership qualities of CEOs in their portfolio may be worth recounting. One of their CEOs, we will call “the field general” is “exceptional at creating a battle plan, assembling and chartering the team (including swapping out under-performers and recruiting stars to a difficult location) and driving execution.” […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Monday, September 5, 2011
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