One of the most pervasive challenges that arises in my coaching sessions with CEOs and other business executives is the struggle to make the tough decisions. I t's a deadly disease that cripples personal productivity. It’s usually a decision that’s already been resolved — silently, often deep in the psyche…
Your Decision-Making Style will determine a lot about the success of your decisions. Are you able to make the tough calls when you need to?In an episode of Black Sails, a compelling saga about the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 1700s (S3/E3), the feared Captain Flint was piloting a…
You may think you’re a pretty good communicator. B ut, have you clearly communicated the purpose of your organization so everyone in your company can recite it? Do your customers clearly understand who you are and why you're here? Communication is a critical ingredient of business success and we all…
D o you think the the Presidents we most revere are repulsed by how we have dispatched decency standards from the public conversation? I sure do. Have I got your attention? I debated using the image alongside, but I decided to include it so that you’re clear I’m not sugar-coating…
In an interview several years ago, William Green, the former CEO of Accenture, a Global 500 firm with current revenues in excess of $44 billion, recounted a 3-day training session for new managers in which they were told 68 things that were required to be successful. When Green got up to close…
Many years ago ... and after coaching senior leaders for many years before that ... it became clear ... crystal ... that the senior leaders I was coaching had never taken the time to develop a trusted productivity system to manage everything that had their attention across all phases of…
When I'm talking to leaders these day, I find an unusual level of inaction. Maybe immobility is a better word for it. Today, the pandemic officially begins Month #11, and has people frustrated, bored and uncertain of their future. The riots in the Capitol and the heightened level of political…
All too often we look at others ... why is he a millionaire? ... how come she makes more than I do? ... why do athletes get paid so much more than teachers? It doesn't matter how true those statements are. What does matter is that we too often let…
Sure, talent is always a plus, but there are a lot of things you can do that require no talent at all.Since the New Year is just beginning ... and let’s face it, we couldn’t get rid of 2020 fast enough ... let’s cut ourselves a break for a bit…