Jeff Thompson, MD, CEO Emeritus and Executive Advisor, Gundersen Healthy System As CEOs we are generally very skilled at strategic planning or operational implementation. Many are great at recruiting and others are superb at building strong teams or diverse partnerships. All of those are very important. But one of the key pieces that many of […]
Diana Jones, Author, Leadership Material: How Personal Experience Shapes Executive Presence Leaders maintaining relationships and emotional equilibrium under stressful conditions is more important than technical acumen. This capacity is prerequisite for inspiring others. Leaders with presence remain steady under pressure.
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Gustav Degerman, Founder & CEO, Portfoliobox CEO’s are notorious for taking control and managing their business, but at the same token, it is important for CEOs to empower their employees in a way that increases productivity, and in turn increases the overall business development. What better time than the present or the new year for business
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Jody B. Miller, CEO, C2C Executive Search & Strategic Management Jerry Colonna was a Venture Capitalist, Co-Founder of Flatiron Partners and later a key executive of JP Morgan Chase’s Private Equity arm. An investment in your company by Jerry and his team meant that you were officially valuable. Your company could potentially become the next big
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April 18, 2017 marked the 75th anniversary of the dramatic bombing of Japan that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor. On that day in 1942, at 8:20 in the morning, 16 B-25 bombers under the command of Jimmy Doolittle took off from the USS Hornet 750 miles from Japan. In 1942, most experts found the
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Gerri Knilans, President, Trade Press Services CEOs run organizations. They are the highest-level executive officers in the company, and their primary duties include driving revenue and profit, making major corporate decisions and managing the overall operations and resources of a company. Even if the company is small, there’s still
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Randall Bell, CEO, Landmark Research Group, LLC Tennis is all about footwork. As many Roger Federer fans know, watching a great tennis player is like watching a dancer. After each shot, he returns to the middle baseline, squares his stance, and gets ready for the next return. He hits a great shot and he’s back.
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Kevin F. Davis, Founder & President, TopLine Leadership, Inc. I’ve seen it time and again, and I’m sure you have too: a high-performing rep is promoted into sales management but never becomes as successful as a manager as they were as a rep. Why does this happen? The core issue is an irony that has gone undetected
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BJ Gallagher, Author, The Leadership Lessons from Oz “The beauty of metaphor is that it conveys not just information – but meaning.” ~ Warren Bennis, leadership expert Every once in a great while, a metaphorical story comes along that captures the human experience in such a perfect way that it becomes a timeless classic. The Wonderful
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Jay Coughlan, CEO & MD, TruBalanced Everybody in leadership has some adversity from time to time. The great leaders, the ones we remember and revere, are the ones who find a way to win and move forward with the least collateral damage. Leaders like that are unique, and they do unique things in their organizations,
