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 […]
I rarely, if ever, talk about religion on this blog, largely because I’ve never felt compelled to do so but also because I have so much respect for all religions and wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. But there was something that Fr. Fragomeni said today at the exquisite, Italian Catholic church I attend that […]
As my long-time readers know, visionary leadership is a passion of mine. I’m often looking for great examples of leaders with true vision, who understood the critical importance of vision and who were brilliant communicators of vision, to share with my c-level clients. Often times I meet with leaders who simply do not understand the […]
My Leadership Chat Co-Host Steve Woodruff and I are thrilled to be welcoming Terry Starbucker, Co-Founder of the inimitable SOBCon Conference, as our Guest Host for Leadership Chat tomorrow night, June 7th at 8:00 pm Eastern Time! The topic Terry has chosen is, “Leadership Essentials,” which is near and dear to his heart. You see, […]
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 […]