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Why Group Coaching May Be Better than One-on-One!

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in a few different group coaching efforts. A Chief Executive peer support group with @Vistage. An Action Learning Group for the Bay Area OD Network. (Read The Power

Posted in BAodn, Coaching, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Group Coaching, Group Learning, Group Workshop, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Vistage, Vistage International Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Do You Suffer from “Excessive Success”?

Sounds like a good problem to have, right? You’re actually probably reading this thinking to yourself, “How can you be too successful at anything?” Well, it may be a better problem to be excessively successful than to be failing miserably.

Posted in Competition, Copycat, Customer Attraction, Future, Ideal Future, Jack Welch, Leadership, Leadership Teams, Positive Role Model, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning Retreat, success, Target Market, Vistage Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Eight Points on What It Takes To Be CEO Straight from a Successful CEO!

One of my key lessons learned about being a CEO and small business owner comes from Chris Gardner, author of the book and subject of the Will Smith movie “Pursuit of Happyness”. In a reception of Inc award winners a

Posted in CEO, Chris Gardner, Coaching, Executive Assistant, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Lessons Learned, Next-Generation Leader, Pursuit of Happyness, success, Vistage, Will Smith Tagged with: , , ,

Tell Them Once and Never Have to Tell Them Again!

I am fortunate to have an uber-perfectionist named Jessica by my side. She is incredibly responsible, completely reliable, and in general just a wonderful person to work with. At times, I forget that Jessica strives for perfection in all that

Posted in Communication, Delegation, Direction, employee engagement, Intentions, Leadership, Management, Motivation, success, Vistage

Worrying About Today’s Problems Is Not My Problem!

I was recently sitting in a Vistage Chief Executive forum when one of my best friends and professional role models shared this revolutionary idea with our group. Today’s operational issues are someone else’s problem. According to him, if as a

Posted in CEO, Entrepreneur, Future, Job Duties, Leadership, Management, Organizational Performance, Past, Planning, Present, Problem-Solving, Visioning, Vistage

How Addictive is Your Cell Phone?

Earlier this year, I attended a keynote presentation delivered by Simon Sinek. While Sinek released the book “Start With Why” in 2009, he may be most known for his TED talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action“, which is one of

Posted in Addiction, Cell Phone, Dopamine, E-mail, Human Body, productivity, Simon Sinek, TED Talk, Vistage

Great Leaders are Just Like Great Parents According to Daniel Pink

While I do not have any blood relatives as members of my firm making it a more traditional family business, I have always known that my intention for my business was to have it be more than just a company.

Posted in Children, Commitment, Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, Daniel Pink, Engagement, Enron, Family, Family Business, Family Values, Leader, Leadership, Parenting, Vistage, Vistage International

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