Posts by Webby Maestro
Top 10 Reasons Why NOT to Join a CEO Peer Advisory Board
A note to CEOs from Artie Isaac, my Ohio-based Vistage Chair colleague: Some high-potential candidates raise obstacles, rather than applying for membership in Vistage. Here are some of their reasons. 10. “I can’t make the time to join Vistage.” You think your time is precious? No Vistage member has any more time than any other member. We all have…
Read MoreVistage Named Seventh among Training Magazine’s 2016 Top 125 Organizations
SAN DIEGO (Feb. 17, 2016) — Training Magazine, the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, has ranked Vistage Worldwide Inc. as the seventh leading organization among its Top 125 organizations for training and development. For Vistage, a global organization that assembles and facilitates private advisory boards for CEOs, senior executives and business owners, training and career…
Read MoreIsolated? Hearing Echos? Find Your Decision-Making Sweet Spot
To be a great decision-maker you must fine-tune your network. You must also carefully and continually engage in social exploration. From the HBR article, Beyond the Echo Chamber: “Decisions don’t happen in a vacuum; the best ones rarely come from deep pondering in isolation. They happen when people learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In this…
Read MoreLiving and Leading in the Perpetual Discomfort Zone…
I love this quote from Francisco D’Souza, CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions: In business, the comfort zone has never been a good place to be. Companies that get too comfortable risk becoming irrelevant, obsolete—and extinct. This is particularly true in today’s business world where the forces of globalization; new social, mobile, analytical and cloud technologies; and fast-changing…
Read MoreHow Does a CEO Create Positive, Purposeful Discomfort?
In my last post, I talked about mindset, growing through discomfort and the effort effect. Leadership is about influence. Leadership is about growing others. How do you do that? Make sure you focus on creating positive, useful discomfort for someone else. According to Bill Treasurer, author of Leaders Open Doors, “positive, purposeful discomfort” is about: Having your employees’ backs by walking with them. Temporary.…
Read More“Growth And Comfort Do Not Coexist”
That title is from Ginny Rometty, CEO of IBM. Pithy, huh? I relate… I’m a guy that breathes persistence. I don’t give up. I lock onto my intended purpose. I grow through wilful discomfort all the time. Painful. Embarrassing. And, for some reason–hard to admit. I wish things flowed easier. Still, I believe that my…
Read MoreGenius is Purposeful. How Leaders Deliver Extraordinary Results…
Curious about an ongoing study of the mindsets of business leaders when delivering their most extraordinary results? What is the mindset that shows up when CEOs are at their most effective? Of the eight mindsets identified, the “Purposeful” theme is exhibited by 82% of the leaders. This mindset is especially important to a sense of personal power and…
Read MoreGenerating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue: Seattle CEO Workshop
This is just a quick reminder about the private CEO breakfast/lunch meeting I’m hosting at Escala on June 21 from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. At this private peer advisory board meeting, we’ll hear from Vistage speaker Greg Winston. He’s talking about Generating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue. Greg explains how to improve sales and how to hire and manage processes and people more efficiently. Greg’s…
Read MoreStart Your “Mutual Selection Journey” into a CEO Peer Group…
You lead. You found. You own. You hold the President and CEO title. That seat is hot. You drive hard. You don’t take a break. You achieve big. Your energy is boundless. You are exhilarated. You might also feel lost, drained and disengaged. Sometimes you get stuck IN the weeds of your business. That’s the…
Read MoreHow Do You Triple Your Company’s Growth Rate?
Making a habit of getting unbiased counsel on your most important business decisions triples your company’s growth rate. As leaders, we often feel trapped in own businesses. Instead of working ON the business, we get stuck working IN the business. I’m also sure your management team and advisors serve you well but very often don’t have…
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