Posts by Webby Maestro
Looking to improve your leadership capabilities? Try Vistage. Here’s why.
As leaders, we are always looking for ways to make better decisions, grow our companies and reach our fullest potential. The question is, how can we make this happen? Being part of a Vistage peer advisory group can make a huge impact on your future success as a leader. As a Vistage Master Chair, I…
Read MoreJim Collins: Greatness is a matter of conscious choice, discipline and these timeless concepts
In my four CEO and key executive peer group meetings last month, I shared how moved I was by Jim Collins two-hour keynote at ChairWorld2019 in San Diego. CW19 is a Chair’s (coach, guide, facilitator) continuing education week. Jim reminded us that: Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter…
Read MoreA December workshop with Edgar Papke
December is fast approaching and bringing us, along with the holiday season, speaker Edgar Papke with his extended workshop on Innovation by Design. Ask yourself the question: How do I design and live a life of success and fulfillment? For the past three decades, Edgar Papke has coached leaders to design & manifest lives of professional…
Read MoreProfessional development requires your active participation
Leaders are Readers Do you subscribe to HBR (Harvard Business Review)? If you don’t, you should. Deborah Rowland penned an article titled: Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders, and it’s worth ten minutes of your time. The take away? “Our primary method of developing leaders is antithetical to the TYPE of leadership that we need.” As a Vistage Chair, this…
Read MoreIgnite Brilliance in Your Leadership: AmyK Vistage Workshop
Leadership isn’t about position, title or authority. The most effective leader seeks to influence. Influence requires communication. Communication requires a conversation. Are you reaching your potential as a leader? Are you inspiring your people?My Vistage workshop on Tuesday, August 7th will help you unlock your brilliance – your natural superpowers and gifts.Our workshop leader is Amyk Hutchens – she’s…
Read MoreRapid Learning for Leaders: Edgar Papke on Aligning Culture
I’m hosting three private CEO and executive workshops in June. In this rapid-learning session, you’ll hear from Vistage speaker and organizational psychologist, Edgar Papke. Papke will show us how to efficiently design and shape an aligned culture of innovation. Papke will also help understand how to generate desired results through alignment. The True Alignment model is the result of bringing…
Read MoreHow effective is your decision making? Attend the Vistage Executive Summit
As a business leader, your decisions have a long term impact on your company and your employees. Taking opportunities to improve your ability to make more effective decisions allows you to grow as a leader and increases the overall success of your business. Participate in the 2018 Vistage Executive Summit (VES) and bring a higher level of…
Read MoreRSVP for a Vistage Workshop
Want to learn more about Vistage and how joining a peer advisory group can help you be a better leader? You may have the opportunity to experience a Vistage Workshop first hand. Participate in an upcoming Vistage workshop in the Seattle area. Our next event: When: February 6th, 7th and 8thTime: 7:30 – 11:30amLocation: Seattle…
Read MoreHow do I build my brand on LinkedIn?
Decide Today. How you and your employees appear, connect, search and engage on LinkedIn is critical to increasing your sales pipeline and personalizing your marketing campaigns. Do you and your employees believe that? Does your sales force lead from a growth mindset? Are they aligned with your marketing folks? Have they honed the skills necessary…
Read MoreAre You Working Backwards from Customer Needs?
Remember when Amazon was just about books? These days I buy almost everything from Amazon except groceries. That may change now that Whole Foods is folding into Amazon. What happened? A valuable way for a leader to think: “A few years ago, Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos wrote a letter to shareholders explaining how being “obsessed over customers” would protect them…
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