Start Your “Mutual Selection Journey” into a CEO Peer Group…
You lead. You found. You own. You hold the President and CEO title. That seat is hot. You drive hard. You don’t take a break. You achieve big. Your energy is boundless. You are exhilarated. You might also feel lost, drained and disengaged. Sometimes you get stuck IN the weeds of your business. That’s the…
Read MoreGenerating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue: Seattle CEO Workshop
This is just a quick reminder about the private CEO breakfast/lunch meeting I’m hosting at Escala on June 21 from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. At this private peer advisory board meeting, we’ll hear from Vistage speaker Greg Winston. He’s talking about Generating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue. Greg explains how to improve sales and how to hire and manage processes and people more efficiently. Greg’s…
Read MoreHow Do You Triple Your Company’s Growth Rate?
Making a habit of getting unbiased counsel on your most important business decisions triples your company’s growth rate. As leaders, we often feel trapped in own businesses. Instead of working ON the business, we get stuck working IN the business. I’m also sure your management team and advisors serve you well but very often don’t have…
Read MoreSeeking Real Leaders (CEOs) Desiring Brobdingnagian Awareness
Brobdingnagian is Vast, Huge, Big, Immense, Mammoth… The CEO superpower we all want in our arsenal? Mega self-awareness. Why? This is the basis for solid decision making. The best decisions rarely come from the CEO pondering in deep isolation. High-quality decisions and decision-making excellence happen when CEOs: …learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In…
Read MoreThe Essential Traits of Effective Leaders? Predicting CEO Success…
We know from Daniel Coleman in the HBR article – What Makes a Leader – that effective leaders are distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence in five areas: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. Coleman’s findings are based on research at nearly 200 large, global companies. We know from the McKinsey article – Decoding Leadership: What really matters – that the secret…
Read MoreA Memory Triggered by Nelson Mandela…
This quote takes me back to my first leadership position: A leader … is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. –Nelson Mandela I came to Seattle as a young newly appointed…
Read MoreCEO Snack: Value of Outside Peers…
Make sure to keep your energy up today. Here are a couple snacks to chew on: 9 Reach out for support. It’s lonely at the top and having a couple trusted advisors or peers outside your company who you can run things by will help you learn new tricks, see things from different perspectives and avoid costly…
Read More“Why” am I a Vistage Chair in Seattle?
Are you about having conversations that matter? Are you the president, CEO, founder, owner, managing partner or general manager (chief executive) Are you P&L responsible and the final decision-maker? If so, we should talk. “To overcome the isolation at the top, CEOs need to find people they can trust who can hold up the mirror to them.…
Read MoreA Real Leader Creates Another World For You…
When my former company, LexBlog, was planning to make some major platform updates by early 2015, we knew we’d need help if we hoped to maintain business as usual. To the rescue, Joshua Lynch, LexBlog’s Director of Product Development. He researched and discovered Chris Murray and his team of WordPress experts at Oomph. I insisted we visit Oomph’s Boston office before getting started.…
Read MoreGoogle Nipping At Your Heels? Try Being More “Responsive”
Did you know that mobile overtook “fixed Internet access” last year? “So what?” Really, you’re saying, “So what?” Well, unless “…you’re Chuck McGill or you solely serve neo-Luddite technophobes who curmudgeonly resist the coming Singularity, you need to make your [blog and] website mobile-friendly.” That’s your digital universe shaking. Feel that dog nipping at your heels? Pause. Breathe deep. Ouch! I know,…
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