CEOs Give Yourself A Gift This Xmas – A Chairman!
Some might call it Non-Executive Chairman. Some might call it a mentoring role and recently in the US we hear it called an Accountability Coach. The title doesn’t matter but the role is important. Why do private company CEOs need a Chairman? Consider these added value...
Civility at Work
I was inspired to write this post having read Dr. Christine Porath’s piece in the weekend WSJ. I feel the timing couldn’t be better. I love guidance based on research and it also helps that it’s the only way to behave. Dr. Porath is a professor at...
Acquiring & Mentoring Curiosity – Building “Why?” Into Your Team
In these days of hyper-change, 24 hour news cycles, sound bites that offer instant gratification, it is important to remain curious, to dig deeper beneath the headlines to reveal the true story. The ability to bring a curious mind every day to your projects is vital...
The CEO’s Inbox – An Amazing Simple Test To Transform Productivity
I have the pleasure of working with several very talented CEOs (that should help the order book), as I help them scale their businesses. I preach the mantra – where you spend your time is an investment decision. So the question is, as a CEO, where do you spend your...
Employee Reviews & the need for self monitoring
GE is trying to reinvent the employee review. Accenture and Adobe have scrapped annual reviews. But here’s the thing. This challenge of monitoring performance, of developing talent still remains, whether we have annual reviews or not. The challenge of improving...Operational Excellence For Exits
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