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CEO Take Home Value

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

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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, […]

Leaders Transcending Fears

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 […]

Missing The Boat (Too Few Female Leaders)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Once in awhile, an article in the press catches my eye that shows in some world other than business my leadership hypotheses have broad application: So many companies are missing the boat by having far too few female executives in senior positions. Consider Lt. Cdr. Sarah West, the first woman in 500 years of Royal […]

CEO As Coach? Ways to Win

Saturday, July 16, 2011

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CEO As Coach? Ways to Win. Pia Sundhage may be a sports coach (U.S. Women’s Soccer), but she shows more savvy than many a CEO. Can you identify the top 7 leadership techniques that Pia used to turnaround a failing and dysfnctional U.S. women’s soccer tem, taking their performance and spirit up a couple of […]

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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