THE PROBLEM Never have enough time for all you want to do? Putting off really important tasks because you are caught up in day-to-day problem-solving? THE ROOT CAUSE Leading a company is hard work, frustrating, uncertain, stressful, time-consuming, even scary at times. Why, then, do so few leaders invest in growing more time for themselves? […]
Monday, January 2, 2012
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Over the New Year holiday, I was asked: “What is the one issue with which many CEOs grapple?” Several come to mind: 1. “What don’t I know that could “kill” me?” 2. (Corollary) “What wont anyone tell me? 3. “Am I pushing people too hard or not hard enough” 4. “Is the perception people take […]
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Jim Blasingame on his morning radio show for small business owners and CEOs made me think (as he always does) and remember stories that may help small business owners. He had just advised his listeners to spend an hour each week out of the trenches, thinking about the direction of the business. It is my […]
Friday, February 1, 2008
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It never ceases to amaze me how many leaders cannot give an accurate portrait of how they spent their time over the past thirty days. They may have a general sense of it and a concern that too much of it is beyond their control or even misspent. But the time of the leader is […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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