The #1 Team Killer? The CEO
In “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable,” Patrick Lencioni provides a model for building an effective and productive team.
|17 Jun 2014
Tag Archives: executive leadership
Predicting the future is useless without the courage to act
One of my favorite sayings about the technology business is that it is very easy to predict the future….
|15 Apr 2014
10 Steps to a Nine Figure+ Exit
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of hosting the Austin Technology Council’s first CEO Forum of the year at The Driskill Hotel here in Austin.
|17 Jan 2013
Perpetually late CEOs fail to impress
Judging By This Angry Email, Marissa Mayer Hasn’t Yet Wowed ALL Yahoo Employees
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Every new CEO faces some resistance, and high profile ones like Marissa Mayer are especially susceptible to attention-ge
|15 Jan 2013
CEO Caring: Pathos in the 21st Century
Statue of Aristotle (1915), University of Freiburg (Photo credit: Flickr user maha-online)
I’ve been discussing how Aristotle’s Rhetoric has much to teach the CEOs of today.
|07 Jan 2013
The Importance of Business Partners
The struggles many companies are facing today reminded me of this story. Like most Americans I distinctly remember where I was on September 11, 2001.
|13 Dec 2012
CEO Cheerleader Fail: Drawbacks of the Eternal Optimist
How many ways can a CEO fail? Over the next several months I will count the ways. These failure modes involve the CEO acting in some manner that harms their ability to lead the organization.
|05 Dec 2012