Leadership – Page 38 – The CEO Magazine

Why Leaders Need to Think Selfish, Scared & Stupid

Today leaders are largely defined by two characteristics: an aptitude for making hard decisions; for reading situations and demonstrating credible judgment whilst amplifying certainty, and secondly, an ability to influence others; to persuade, to inspire and to shift hearts and minds. Both of these characteristics are informed by a leader’s capacity for insight, their understanding […]

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The Safety Pins of 21st Century Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy

There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. When I competed in horse shows at the national level, I can say that it took a village of people to get one horse and rider into the ring. My mom was not a horse expert. She did not ride; she did

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Cat seeing himself as a lion in a mirror

Perceptual Reality

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Sales, Small Business, Strategy

One of the “realities” I’ve discovered through the years of business ownership, consulting and speaking, is that the customer or client rarely sees you as YOU see you. This is known as Perceptual Reality. In his book Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads, Roy H. Williams defines Perceptual Reality as our imagination. We spend

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How to Hold Operational Meetings Your Team Won’t Dread

Business Ops., Leadership, Management, Strategy

I recently gave a talk on the chemistry of strategy to the CEO Club of Boston. The talk was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and to finish no later than 11 a.m. I’ve devoted the last forty years to this topic, so I could have talked for hours. But I didn’t. Why? Because I

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Why Leadership Development Doesn’t Work

Leadership

Alan R. Zimmerman, “The Payoff Principle: Discover the 3 Secrets for Getting What You Want Out of Life and Work” The Problem When you ask CEO’s what they want out of life and work, the two most common responses are “I just want to be happy” and “I want to be successful.” And most CEO’s work

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Brand Lessons from Mexico: Who Would Have Thought?

Leadership, Management, Small Business

A recent trip to Puerto Vallarta Mexico yielded two lessons in protecting a brand and protecting your value. Although the little locally owned store may seem miles away from the international golden arches, each had a story to tell about value. In early morning the city is home to walkers, runners, dog owners, skateboarders and

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A CEO’s Guide to Working with Millennials

Leadership

Marc B. Spector, Principal, Spector Group Today’s workplace is going through a generational changing of the guard, as Baby Boomers retire and millennials, those born between 1981 – 2000, have increased to 36 percent of the work force, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics. I’m a member of the Gen X tribe and, like

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Autonomy and Agility: The Power of Setting Goals

Leadership, Management

Alex Raymond, CEO, Kapta It’s time to change the way we set goals. We all create them for our companies and ourselves, hoping to reach them. Roadmap may be an overused word these days, but that’s exactly what goals are – lamps on the path to success. A company without them is a company that stagnates.

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Keeping the Options Open

Leadership, Management

After multiple encounters over the past few weeks with several personalities in the corporate world that were on the verge of being out of control, those recent experiences inspired me to create a new series of blog entries over the coming months. These entries will be focused on the ramifications and effects surrounding ego in

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Ten Things Clients Taught Me in 2014

Leadership

This year my clients have made enormous gains, some hiring top performers into key positions; others executing demanding strategies; everyone challenging the ordinary. But not everything happened seamlessly. Here’s what my clients taught me this year: 1. Most clients don’t lose to the competition; they lose to the status quo. Fear of change, an unwillingness

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