So, let’s be honest, the last place you’d be likely to find me on a freezing cold, rain and wind-whipped afternoon in upstate South Carolina is in a deer stand out in the elements overlooking a gaggle of hunters shooting at sweet little birds with hunting dogs at their sides. And, if by some strange […]
Last evening’s #LeadershipChat was, without a doubt, one of our most active chats to date, with insights and brilliant thoughts about the importance – and impact – of passion in leadership flying fast and furious. As I said in one of my tweets last evening, I absolutely adore the #LeadershipChat community that has formed and that continues […]
I am very blessed to have CEO Connection as one of my clients. It’s an organization connecting CEOs of companies with more than $100 million in revenues and I spend time with the CEOs early on in their membership as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee. One of the perks of the job is that I am […]
By Lisa Petrilli In my post entitled, “How Vision Drives $Millions: A Real-World Example,” I wrote about my experience as a brand new Marketing Manager at Baxter addressing a major PR attack by Greenpeace. To cut to the chase, my team responded in a much smarter, much more visionary way than Nestle did recently, and as a result we […]
by Lisa Petrilli… The ability to lead is a rare gift. The opportunity to lead is just as precious. Have you ever thought about whether you’re worthy of these gifts? I had the honor and privilege to be asked to speak at an organ donation dinner and celebration last night. The gentleman before me on the […]
When it comes to leadership one thing in particular divides the gods from the mere mortals, the men from the boys, the women from the girls: the ability to decide and to then commit to your decision. I’ve heard the argument that it’s harder to make decisions nowadays because of the complexity of the world, […]
I get “pitched” a lot. It’s interesting because in most cases I don’t think the other person is really thinking about it as “pitching” me. Rather, they come to me with an idea or a suggestion of something they’d like to see happen which I have either some degree of control over or full control over, and they approach […]
A friend once told me that I had the “Midas Touch.” At the time, seemingly everything I was involved with was “turning to gold” in some way. The term came up again recently and I began to reflect back on that time in my life. I was musing on what was so unique about it […]
Last Thursday one of my readers, Heather Hindle, shared with you “The Best Corporate Visioning Story – Ever,” a story about how she participated in an experience named Odyssey 2000 – which she had originally shared with me briefly in a comment on my “How to Screw Your Business in One Easy Step” post. On Monday in “Leadership 101: Values […]
In Thursday’s post, “The Best Corporate Visioning Story – Ever,” Heather Hindle shared with you her experiences participating in Maritime Life’s Odyssey 2000, a visioning initiative in which all 1,000 Maritime Life employees participated. Today I’m honored to share with you the first half of my interview with Maritime Life’s CEO, Bill Black, detailing his perspective on what was behind […]