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Collaboration Overload: How Excessive Teamwork Can Cripple Your Business
A big thank you to the Phoenix Business Journal for publishing my article on how collaboration efforts in most companies are setting them back. Despite best intentions, collaboration is crippling productivity and engagement levels. If you have access to the Phoenix Business Journal, read on for more insights on what we often do wrong as…
The Power of Being Fully-Present: Why Executive Leaders Struggle And How They Can Transform Work And Life
bout seven years ago, I found myself constantly distracted – pulled in a thousand directions and rarely “here.” Sure, I was in meetings participating or at home conversing with family, but I was rarely fully present. My relationships suffered, creative ideas felt out of reach, and frankly it probably wasn’t a whole lot of fun…
How Top CEOs Use Structured Reflection To Sharpen Strategy And Build Resilience
Thank you to the Phoenix Business Journal for publishing my latest article on how weekly, structured reflection can help CEOs and executive leaders generate higher growth, stay balanced, and equally as important, avoid burnout. Often this habit isn’t prioritized, but the data is clear: CEOs that do it consistently outperform those that don’t, period. Read…
Understanding The Root Causes Behind Why CEOs Can Be Growth Blockers
In today’s fast-paced business world, CEOs are expected to be the driving force behind growth and innovation. However, certain behaviors and decision-making patterns can unintentionally turn them into growth blockers. This blog dives deep into the root causes that hinder CEOs from unlocking their company’s full potential and offers insights on how to overcome these barriers for sustained success.
Why Consistency Beats Intensity In Business: The Two Factory Story
Throughout my career leading companies, I have experimented with different approaches to drive sustainable, predictable growth. After many years of leading as well as leveraging my experience as a Certified Scaling Up coach, I have learned firsthand why sustainable business greatness favors consistency over intensity. The Tale of Two Factories Let’s use an example of two…
Transform Your Organizational Chart Into A Growth Accelerator
Turn Your Organizational Chart Into a Growth Accelerator
Final Reflections – From CEO to Strategic Advisor: Transitioning Your Role and Continuing to Add Value
The transition from founder or CEO to strategic advisor inside an acquiring company – especially a large, established organization like Walmart – is one of the most pivotal moves in a leader’s career. While the day your business is acquired marks a major milestone, success inside the new company doesn’t happen automatically. Instead, it requires…
Spot-On Coaching Lessons From Bill Campbell, The Trillion Dollar Coach
Bill Campbell’s extraordinary journey as a coach began long before he became Silicon Valley’s most trusted advisor. Campbell, known as “The Trillion Dollar Coach” who coached Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and others, first made his mark on the football field. After captaining Columbia University’s 1961 Ivy League championship team and earning All-Ivy League…
Lessons from Walmart: How to Best Succeed Organizationally and Individually as Part of a Large, Extremely Well-Run Public Company
Being acquired by a powerhouse like Walmart is a remarkable milestone, but it also ushers in a fundamental shift—a new corporate culture, new expectations, and an often complex organizational ecosystem. From scaling and selling a telemedicine company to Walmart, I learned that CEOs must lead intentionally beyond the deal to succeed both for their company,…
Essential Leading And Living Insights From Viktor Frankl – A Must Read
If you haven’t read or listened to Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”, it is a must read for every person. It is in my opinion one of the most moving, profound, and impactful books ever written. Frankl’s insights, forged in the time he spent in Nazi concentration camps, offer timeless lessons for leaders in…