At one of our recent CEO Connection Boot Camps a bit of a debate ignited over the topic of trust in leadership: is it given or is it earned? Some of the executives felt, “clearly, trust is earned.” One CEO in particular felt very strongly that it is given by choice. He went on to […]
I wrote a post a few months ago entitled, “The Number One Thing CEOs Wish They’d Done Differently.” In that post I talked about how invariably when CEOs are asked, “What’s the one thing you wish you’d done differently when you took your role” they say, “I wish I’d moved faster on talent decisions.” You […]
There is no escaping the fact that when we show up for work and for our leadership roles, we bring the entirety of ourselves to the table. We bring our convictions, our strengths, our fears and our weaknesses, along with our insecurities, knowledge of our past failures, our pride in past accomplishments and our desire […]
I had the sincere pleasure this past week of attending the CEO Connection Spring Forum, Dinner and CEO Boot Camp in New York City. Highlights from the Forum and Dinner included a round table discussion led by Matthew Bishop, the NY Bureau Chief for The Economist, entitled, “The Road from Ruin: How to Succeed in […]
This post was originally written for and published at Danny Brown’s Blog, but I wanted to share it with my readers here as well! I just spent two full days in a phenomenal leadership simulation program entitled, “Magnetic Leadership” that was conceived, created and offered by Profitability Business Simulations. I had the privilege of playing […]
This post was originally written for the Lead Change Group blog. I wanted my readers to have the opportunity to read it in case you missed it there. ~ I’m quite fortunate to be part of the team at CEO Connection, working closely with our CEO members on a daily basis. One of the real […]
Are you a “magnetic leader,” the kind that draws others to you? If not, are there behaviors and skills that you can work on that would enable you to be more magnetic whilst driving results? Those questions were recently put to 24 high-ranking corporate leaders that I had the sincere pleasure of spending two days […]
If you were given the role of CEO of a company and put into a high-stress situation where you had 10 minutes to: allocate your limited resources (time, people, raw materials…) strategically deliver innovative, high-quality products get the products to your customers on time fix any product failures and ultimately meet all of the terms […]
Steve Woodruff and I decided to make tomorrow night’s (April 12th) Leadership Chat topic about leading your customer. Is it even possible to actually lead your customer? Absolutely. You can lead your customer; and I believe Abraham Lincoln and Steve Jobs are brilliant examples of how to do so successfully. Lincoln is a glorious example […]
If there is one area where I think extraverts actually do have a leg-up on introverts in business it’s this: they are much more comfortable being visible and attracting attention. Whereas introverts generally prefer to be alone or in groups of two or three people with whom they are very comfortable, extraverts get their energy […]