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I hear it all the time. A CEO is feeling pressure. It could be they’re hesitant to fire a non-performing player. Maybe they’re nervous because they believe they need to raise capital so a co-founder can start taking a salary that the CEO doesn't need. Here's the thing, if you're the leader of a team and... Read More
While I was presenting a workshop to a Vistage CEO group, one of the members mentioned stated that the book had also helped them to do the same in their companies. Patrick Lencioni is one of my favorite authors, and his latest book is another must read. The Advantage is a... Read More
Marissa Mayer has made it so…. Yahoo employees may no longer work from home. That’s a cultural message. Culture is like water, it flows downhill, avoids resistance and settles in deep quiet pools at the lowest places. Employees must be in their cubes sends a message of distrust, lack of... Read More
I'm a brilliant guy! I'm a friggin superstar. I know this because yesterday I went into an important meeting with no preparation. In fact I winged it. And you know what? It went off without a hitch! It was a raging success..... and that's how it started. Then a few yesterday... Read More
We business executives, we’re fearless. We’re dauntless. We’re the “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead” crowd. Yet when we’re honest. When we’re behind closed doors. When we go home at night…. we have our doubts. We dwell on those issues on the edges. The confrontation we’ve avoided. The shoddy behavior we’ve... Read More
If you haven’t heard about the NFL referee strike you’re either living under a rock, in Iraq, or you’re a hermit. The pro football refs are on strike and they’ve been replaced with earnest less experienced, referees from the most amateur ranks of college football. NFL referees earn between K –... Read More
In his book “Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell recounts New York City’s efforts to eradicate rampant subway crime. Tipping Point is the story of little things making a big difference and the little thing for Subway crime control began with a plan to simply erase graffiti from subway trains. Subway safety can't... Read More
Good leaders are good connectors. They have a strong sense of self that they use to connect to their true visions. They can see these visions so clearly that they draw others in as they talk about them and begin working on them. When you own your own perspective, and the... Read More
Over the past two and a half years I’ve asked everyone from high school students governors through executives at fortune 100 companies, “What is leadership to you?” The most common answer: “Ummm, I don’t know.” I’m not surprised. Modern leadership theory is muddled with contradictions, double-speak, and ideas that were more relevant... Read More
I am the father of two wonderful boys. One entering his senior year of college and the other his senior year in high school. I realize that as my young men have matured, my parenting style has evolved. Young kids need more supervision, more rules, more protection from themselves. With infants... Read More
The Destination – A Clear Articulation of SuccessIf I pointed to a place on a map and asked you to drive there would you have a better chance of getting to that there than if I just simply asked you to get somewhere and judged your performance about getting to... Read More
What: Group Open House Where: McLean VA Day: Wednesday Date: 8:30 AM Interested: Leave Comment Here or Contact Glen Hellman What happens when you take a 50-year-old format, spice it up with a little Hot-Shot Serial, Startup Entrepreneurship and watch it cook? You get Secret Sauce Magic…. you get DC Vistage Startup 2.0. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO organization with... Read More
Up until last month, I was a believer that less was more. It was my belief that a CEO that couldn’t convey their vision in a 3 -5 minute, 10 slide presentation should be voted “Least Likely to Succeed.” Last month I found a folly in my flawed hypothesis which... Read More
Is Microsoft Innovative? Not as much as they once were. Is Yahoo innovative? How about RIM, or HP. These companies are decades away from their last innovation and all but Microsoft are a few last gasps away from the once innovative corpse of Kodak.What is it about innovative companies that... Read More
You're an entrepreneurial startup CEO problem-solving machine. You take on and dispose of issues faster than Kim Kardashian goes through husbands. As soon as you sniff a problems it's disappeared faster than a politician's promise after election day. Which can be a good thing or.... at times could be the problem in itself.How... Read More
I’ve worked with many a CEO who acted and failed as their company’s Chief Revenue Officer…. spelled S A L E S P E R S O N. The problem with that is while most entrepreneurs have the ability, the drive and audacity to sell, few of them have the... Read More
(Photo courtesy of buchokoy on Creative Commons)Whether you’re a CEO seeking a board of advisors outside your company, or an HR director trying to create greater alignment within an organization, establishing or joining a peer advisory group may be just what you need. While peer advisory groups have been around... Read More
A client and friend of mine who has been in business almost 20 years has been enthusiastically telling me about his 3 year strategy to grow his company from M to M. Upon reaching his M goal, his intention is to sell the company and pursue other adventures. He has... Read More
I’ve been running a Vistage Group for three years. Over the last few months, my current group has filled to the point where I now have a waiting list. Why is that?Vistage Members achieve better results. According to a D&B survey Vistage Member Companies significantly outperformed the average US company.So... Read More
