As the year draws to a close, it seems useful to review the what my CEOs took home from our Group meetings and tried back at the office (see link below). Our group is one of more than 600 worldwide in the largest CEO membership organization. Vistage Internatonal CEO Membership Organization This year, as always, […]
Saturday, December 17, 2011
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CEO Emotional Intelligence — Strain Management At what point is the best place to clean up wastewater? Upstream at the source. When is the best time to avoid a plant disease spreading? Nipping it in the bud. When is the best time to address a crisis? Before it is one. So it is with stress […]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
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One of my private client CEOs is a former highly successful litigating attorney. He is brilliant, passionate, committed to his enterprise and has the good purpose of the enterprise at heart. Yet he has experienced significant problems engaging and inspiring others to follow his leadership. To stimulate his thinking, this piece was presented to him […]
Monday, July 4, 2011
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From time to time, a CEO says “I’m not enjoying this job anymore. And my life is flat too.” Performance and contentment are tightly linked, so this is an action call. Time for a “thought experiment,” then some “field experiments” to test thinking, behavior and results. What thought experiment? These have proven useful in the […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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