One theme that is always heard at CEO Connection Boot Camps is something that sounds like, “You’ve got to get the people right.” After all, your people are your most strategic asset. Your “secret sauce” without a brilliant team will get you nowhere. But how do you make sure you actually are “getting the people […]
By Lisa Petrilli You’ve created your vision for your business, career, and other aspects of your life in 2011 and can clearly see it playing out in your mind. If asked, you could clearly articulate it to others. You know how important this vision is to your success in all parts of your life and you’re […]
By Lisa Petrilli Last night Steve Woodruff and I hosted our weekly Tuesday #LeadershipChat on Twitter at 8:00 pm Eastern Time and chose to make it “Open Mic” night given it’s a holiday week. On “Open Mic” night anyone can come with a question, comment or challenge regarding leadership and the community “chats” about it. […]
By Lisa Petrilli The word networking, for many people, conjures up images of uncomfortable resume swaps, nametags, bad coffee and socially overpowering individuals attempting to schmooze their way into a sale. Having worked for the last four years with two clients who are major networking powerhouses, including CEO Connection, I can say definitively that those who “get” […]
By Lisa Petrilli I happened upon Michael Lee Stallard and Howard Behar’s post entitled, “Overcoming Leadership Myopia” on Friday and it resonated with me in such a relevant, honest way that I pleaded with my #LeadershipChat co-host to make it the focus of our December 14th #LeadershipChat. Fortunately, he loved the post too. Thus, our topic tomorrow […]
I spent most of the Thanksgiving holiday in the woods – in the “boonies” to be more precise – and my extended family spent a lot of time sitting around a very large, rustic, dining room table just talking and enjoying our time together. So, in anticipation of the #LeadershipChat topic for this week – the importance […]
As I mentioned in my last post, The Absolute Best Reason to Bring Values to Leadership, I am very fortunate and honored to have CEO Connection as one of my clients, and to work closely with member CEOs as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee. Last week we hosted one of our CEO Boot Camps here in […]
Sometimes things happen for a reason. I should have known when Steve Woodruff, my #LeadershipChat partner in crime, suggested the topic of vulnerability for tomorrow night’s chat that I would find myself over the past week feeling quite, unexpectedly, vulnerable. I think there are two kinds of vulnerability. The first – the kind I experienced […]
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 recently attended a conference at which a number of CEOs and marketing executives were present. One morning when at a breakfast table with seven others the discussion turned, as it often does, to how we could be of help to each other. One CEO in the group asked the marketers present for some creative […]