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GOOD CEOS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS…DO YOU?

Monday, September 2, 2013

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THE BOTTOM LINE Questions can be more important than answers. Good CEOs know this. Among the questions: “What don’t I know that could kill me?” And “Am I pushing too hard or not hard enough?” BUILT INTO MUSCLE MEMORY It is NOT that they do it every day, just periodically. Good CEOs challenge their own […]

HIGH STAKES PERSONNEL MOVE BY CEO

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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High Stakes Personnel Move By CEO SOUND BITE Even my best CEO clients forget that ten minutes prep for a phone call is just as important as prep for a meeting when there are high stakes. There is an art to concise prep. THE SITUATION This week, one of my long-standing clients sent me reading […]

LEADERS FALL BACK TO BAD HABITS

Sunday, July 28, 2013

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THE BAD HABIT Every once in awhile, one of my CEO clients will reveal she or he has regressed in a behavior in which they have dramatically improved over time. Sometimes it is being dictatorial when another style would get better results, sometimes it is allowing their attention to be diverted from what they know […]

THE JOB OF THE BOSS IS GROWTH

Monday, July 8, 2013

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What happened to growth? We can’t keep increasing profit by cutting cost any more. Here is how some leaders think and what they are doing. CONTEXT Exports disappointing? European business in the doldrums or worse? Domestic spending stilll sluggish and demand off? What are leaders doing about flat sales and not so great profits? Buy […]

What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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