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 […]
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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From time to time, I blog about situations from which my followers can learn about leadership. I use no names. I stay generic. But I put them near the table as an observer. * * * * In a prior post, we described homework assignments given to candidates for the position of President and possible […]
Thursday, April 11, 2013
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Two comments in apparent conflict from a recent meeting of our CEO advisory board: “One of the few things I regret is not having my board years earlier,” said one member. Why? “They made me do things I never would have done on my own and they were right.” “My founder wants us to have […]
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hiring someone to lead an organization, even with a terrific recruitiment/assessment process is a crapshoot (technical term). “You do everything right and your odds of a fit for the long term are 50/50,” said one of my CEO Group members to another. The process may include behavioral interviewing, serious (third party) reference checking and assessments, […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Sunday, July 28, 2013
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