In this executive leadership blog, I invite you to tap into my years of experience that has been honed as a CEO and through my work today on the front-lines of business. As a sought-after executive coach, keynote speaker, strategic planning advisor and workshop facilitator, my insights and enthusiasm in this executive leadership blog will inspire you to improve your performance and future.
From leadership to accountability to strategic planning, this executive leadership blog is intended to guide and inform your decision-making, whether a current leader or an aspiring one.
September 3rd, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Leadership, Organization Health, Problem Solving, Productivity, Reputation, Strategic Planning
Advice I Wish I’d Gotten Sooner I developed my entrepreneurial spirit leading a division of Tracy-Locke and later an office of Edelman Worldwide. These two firms prized outcomes over bureaucracy …
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August 6th, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Organization Health, Strategic Planning
Who Are Your A, B & C Players? As a new football season approaches, coaches are assigning grades to players and finalizing depth charts. Top leaders should do likewise as strategic …
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July 2nd, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Leadership
If Ever There Was a Time to Slow Down and Re-Calibrate It’s Now Every summer since 2017 I’ve shared reading recommendations because leaders are readers. Here are my picks for …
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June 4th, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Event, Leadership, Organization Health, Problem Solving, Reputation
80th Anniversary of D-Day Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. This post is an excerpt from Greg Bustin’s Decision Time: Inspiration, Insight & Wisdom from History’s Make-or-Break Moments. That the Allied invasion …
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May 6th, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Leadership, Organization Health, Reputation
Are You Getting Bad Behavior? Look in the Mirror. Accountability is one of the most important factors in determining the success of an individual, a team or an enterprise. It’s also …
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April 2nd, 2024 | Published in Accountability, Event
Do We Have a Culture of Performance or a Culture of Excuses? By now you’ve probably learned that the upcoming total solar eclipse is pretty rare, occurring every four hundred years …
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March 5th, 2024 | Published in Accountability
Where’s Your Accountability Chokepoint? What percentage of the work planned by you and your leaders actually gets done? Or gets done on time without moving deadlines? Or gets done right …
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February 6th, 2024 | Published in Leadership, Problem Solving
What’s Your Leadership Style? Whether you’re casting a vision, announcing a new initiative, reporting results or addressing a crisis, you’re selling an idea. Selling is part of the art of …
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January 2nd, 2024 | Published in Holiday, Leadership, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning
Unleash the Power of Accountability on Five Factors Signs indicate the year ahead will be challenging. Growth has slowed in some industries. Other industries are encountering headwinds. After navigating through …
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December 14th, 2023 | Published in Holiday
With Christmas days away, this short story by an unknown author reminds us love is more powerful than judgment. A church member who previously attended services regularly stopped going. After …
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December 5th, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Goal Setting, Leadership
A Time to Work on Yourself We’re entering the year’s busiest season. As the holidays approach, things seem to speed up. The paradox to be found amid all of the …
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November 22nd, 2023 | Published in Holiday, Leadership
The American celebration of Thanksgiving can be traced to Virginia in 1619. But it was the celebration in New England in the autumn of 1621 that established some of the …
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October 31st, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Holiday, Leadership, Strategic Planning
In the spirit of Halloween, here are 10 scary questions to ask yourself and then answer to get the most out of life. A version of today’s post first appeared 10 …
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October 3rd, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Goal Setting, Leadership
To Unlock Success, Get Clarity Around 7 Vital Questions Many companies I work with are now preparing plans and budgets for next year. I’ve led more than 250 strategic planning sessions so …
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September 5th, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Leadership
Laughing with Leaders Football season is here, so I’ve dusted off some classic quotes where coaches deliver profound messages wrapped in a funny package. What does any of this have …
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August 8th, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Leadership
9 Vacation-Related Questions Reveal Hard Truths Early in my career – well before cell phones – I’d step away from my desk to meet with a colleague or client or …
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July 11th, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Leadership
Re-Examine, Re-Imagine and Re-Energize with These Books Every summer since 2017 I’ve shared reading recommendations because leaders are readers. Slow down enough to check out new releases and old favorites …
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June 7th, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Event, Leadership
Countering Fear, Repression & Isolation The New Year had barely begun when Russian military forces launched their bold offensive against the enemy. Russian soldiers barreled across the border in an …
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May 2nd, 2023 | Published in Accountability, Productivity
Fresh Insight about a Perennial Challenge Every year for the past fifteen years I’ve delivered an average of fifty private talks for business leaders, keynotes at conferences, and workshops for leadership teams. My most popular …
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April 11th, 2023 | Published in Goal Setting, Leadership, Productivity, Strategic Planning
I’ve led more than 250 strategic planning sessions. While each planning session is different, I’ve seen firsthand that companies wrestle with performance issues in similar ways. Exceptional companies succeed by following …
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