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 […]
“Can you truly inspire people to follow you if you don’t believe in something bigger than self?” This question was posed to me and Tobey Deys by my friend Mack Collier during this week’s Leadership Chat, at which we focused on blazing our own leadership trails while ensuring these new trails are meant for – […]
It happens to all of us. We get overwhelmed with our “to-do” lists and even the opportunities that come our way and begin to lose focus, causing us to start moving in circles and eventually to get stuck. If you’ve ever uttered words similar to, “I’m so busy my head is spinning…and I’m not getting […]
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 […]
A year ago this week my Leadership Chat Co-Founder/Co-Host Steve Woodruff and I met at the SOBCon conference here in Chicago. Everyone who attends the conference knows that their career (and, in many ways, their life) will change dramatically over the next year because of the influence the people they meet will have on them […]
“The basic and seemingly paradoxical truth of GTY (Greater Than Yourself) is that truly great leaders in life,” said Charles Roland, “become so because they cause others to be greater than themselves.” The words sounded familiar. “Who said that?” I asked Charles. “Well, unless you’re a ventriloquist, I did,” he said mischievously. Thus begins chapter […]
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 […]