The Coach’s Dilemma
April 22, 2014
Getting too close to your team can cloud your judgment. The best coaches care about their players but can make the tough personnel decisions when needed.
CEO communication
The Top 10 CEO Failure Modes
March 25, 2014
The 10 Most Common Ways That CEOs Fail In Epic Fashion
Regular readers of my blog know that I have an ongoing series about how CEOs fail. From the Cheerleader CEO (the worst, in my opinion) to the Master Strategist, I’ve taken my top 10 and summarized them in my latest article for Forbes.
Software startup’s aim is to teach CEOs how to be CEOs
March 24, 2014
Austin American-Statesman article about Khorus
Thanks to Lori Hawkins of the Austin American-Statesman for writing this article about Khorus and our business management system for CEOs. Thanks also to our customer Scott Tynes, CEO of Consero Global, for interviewing with Lori for the piece and outlining his reasons for choosing Khorus. He sees it not just as a management system for himself as CEO, but also as a tool for fostering teamwork among his distributed employee base of 250. Check it out!
GM CEO Mary Barra Demonstrates Mastery of the Three Cs
March 20, 2014
Earlier this week I spoke to Entrepreneur writer Geoff Weiss for an article about how GM CEO Mary Barra is…
CEO Fail: The Grandparent CEO
March 18, 2014
Why CEOs who act like grandparents are destined for failure.
Why “I don’t know” is a viable – even desirable – answer for CEOs
March 13, 2014
Two articles I read this week did an excellent job of communicating why CEO’s who admit they don’t know everything are often better performers, and CEOs who are know-it-alls damage their organizations.