Posts Tagged ‘Owner’
Are You a CEO? Questions Worth Asking…
Inspired by my members… Feeling lonely? Isolated? In a self-imposed exile? The role is complex. The velocity of issues, challenges, and opportunities coming at the “CEO” is constant. How do you filter? How do you prioritize? How do you decide what to do? Some questions to consider. What if: … “busy” isn’t the same as…
Read MoreRapid Learning for Leaders: Edgar Papke on Aligning Culture
I’m hosting three private CEO and executive workshops in June. In this rapid-learning session, you’ll hear from Vistage speaker and organizational psychologist, Edgar Papke. Papke will show us how to efficiently design and shape an aligned culture of innovation. Papke will also help understand how to generate desired results through alignment. The True Alignment model is the result of bringing…
Read MoreHow effective is your decision making? Attend the Vistage Executive Summit
As a business leader, your decisions have a long term impact on your company and your employees. Taking opportunities to improve your ability to make more effective decisions allows you to grow as a leader and increases the overall success of your business. Participate in the 2018 Vistage Executive Summit (VES) and bring a higher level of…
Read MoreHow do I build my brand on LinkedIn?
Decide Today. How you and your employees appear, connect, search and engage on LinkedIn is critical to increasing your sales pipeline and personalizing your marketing campaigns. Do you and your employees believe that? Does your sales force lead from a growth mindset? Are they aligned with your marketing folks? Have they honed the skills necessary…
Read MoreLeading is BEING–Not Doing. What’s Your Reality?
Leadership is about BEING – not DOING. Yep, putting your feet on your desk and looking out your window is leading. You must make time to pause reflectively. You must make time to contemplate. You must make time to go deep. You must maintain your awareness of self and the values (and the “intolerables”) that guide you. Warren Bennis,…
Read MoreWorld-class CEOs Work on (NOT in) the Business…
“Every minute that you spend working on tasks that can be delegated is a minute that you are not planning, strategizing and building the best business possible.” Working ON your business is about: Knowing when to get out of your own way. Not being the hero; a team moves a company forward not a CEO. Knowing that…
Read MoreIsolated? Hearing Echos? Find Your Decision-Making Sweet Spot
To be a great decision-maker you must fine-tune your network. You must also carefully and continually engage in social exploration. From the HBR article, Beyond the Echo Chamber: “Decisions don’t happen in a vacuum; the best ones rarely come from deep pondering in isolation. They happen when people learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In this…
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 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 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.…
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