BACKGROUND One of my CEO coaching clients years ago told me: if I work 10% less hard or delegate 10% more often, profits will go down by more than 20%. He now knows the folly of that remark. He has learned to delegate, how to tailor so doing to his comfort with each individual and […]
Saturday, May 6, 2017
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BACKGROUND A wonderful Vistage Chair, Ken Mandelbaum and I often exchange tools which our CEO coaching clients tell us are valuable. You can find it in the public domain on Youtube if you look for Above the Line: Key to Conscious Leadership. I am told that Above the Line and Below the Line are […]
Thursday, February 23, 2017
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THESIS Carving out time to invest in yourself, devoting that time to learn and put to practice the wisdom of coaches will improve your life as well as your performance as a leader. It is more than situational problem-solving. BACKGROUND The best books on leadership stress that the job of the CEO is self-development as […]
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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BACKGROUND Henry is the newly elected managing partner of a large professional service firm. Think consulting or law or engineering. As with other such firms, there are challenges in stimulating demand for their firm’s services in an increasingly competitive and price-sensitive marketplace, in attracting “laterals” from other firms and the best new graduates in the […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Monday, May 8, 2017
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