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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both?
Entrepreneur, CEO, or Both? Which hat or hats do you wear? CEO...that title sounds good doesn't it? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Did you bestow the title upon yourself simply because you had the authority to do so, or are you the right person for the job? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company…
Brand Exposure
Do you understand the difference between presence, visibility and overexposure? Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? If not, then this post is for you. While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. Whether you're assessing…
Looking For Leadership
Really? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point? News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist… Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. My premise is a simple one - Leaders need no identification as they instinctively and inevitably make their presence very well…
10 Communication Tips for Leaders
Want to lead more effectively? Communicate more effectively. Communication skills are so essential that it's simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator. While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope…
Family Matters
For the last post of the year I decided to update a piece I published earlier this year - I also consider it to be the most important work I authored this year...it applies to all of us. Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure-fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job.…
Success vs. Significance
As one year draws to a close and another begins, I can think of no better time to dust off an old post and ask you to ponder the difference between success and significance. Some would say that any discussion along this topic line is nothing more than a semantical debate. However, it is my opinion that those who hold this view truly don’t understand the difference between the two, and are simply…
Guest Post – Kevin Eikenberry
Leadership absent perspective is little more than an exercise in frivolity. Today's guest post by Kevin Eikenberry (@kevineikenberry) really resonates with me because it's chalk full of leadership perspective. For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that has been…
Leadership Self Examination
Are you a good leader? Want to find out? If you're looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self-examination will give you a baseline to build from. While this test is not as detailed as more comprehensive assessments, I have nonetheless found it to be fairly thorough. That said, any self-exam is only as good as the honesty of those taking the test. If you check your ego at the…
Growth by Partnering
If corporate growth is what you seek, but you lack the patience to endure the slow pace of organic growth and don't have the capital necessary to finance an acquisition binge, then you might want to consider the various benefits associated with partnering. While the concept of creating a strategic partnership is familiar to many, the reality is that few companies take advantage of them. Let me…
To Blog or Not to Blog?
I think you'd be shocked at how many people still struggle with the "to blog or not to blog" dilemma. Most of you who have been following this blog know that I've been a strong evangelist of social media, and perhaps even more so of blogging for several years now. So why is it that so many people still seem paralyzed when it comes to taking the plunge? Let's look at the numbers...While the…
Vision vs. Mission
Today's Myatt on Monday's question was posed by a CEO who asked: "Can you define the difference between vision and mission?" What a great question...it's always refreshing to me when an executive checks their ego and asks a clarifying question (a characteristic of great leaders by the way) rather than pretend they know the answer. The reason this is such a great question is that I've witnessed…
Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging
Great leaders understand the power, influence, and leverage created by great messaging. Do you ever find yourself sitting back and marveling at those leaders who always seem to have the right thing to say? Contrast this with the feelings you have when you hear an awful sound-bite that makes a leader look either uninformed or unintelligent. The difference between the two aforementioned examples is…
Stop Selling and Add Value
I was subjected to one of the worst "sales" presentations I've ever witnessed yesterday. In fact, so much so that I decided to author this post as a reminder to those who still don't understand that generating new business relationships is not about selling - it's about establishing trust, rapport, and the creation of value without selling. What I'm about to espouse will cause many an eyebrow to…
Diversity and Leadership – Right Topic Wrong Conversation
I have grown quite weary of the politics driving the “Diversity” discussion. Let’s begin with this and see if we can agree on a jumping-off point: Giving special preference to any individual, class, or group to the advantage or disadvantage of another is wrong. Sounds reasonable, yes? Regrettably, many companies are creating operating environments where the opposite is true and conscious bias has…
Leadership & Emotional Control
If the above photo resembles a typical leadership meeting at your place of work then you may want to read this post. FACT: Leaders who lack emotional control won't remain in a position of leadership for long. There has been no shortage of information published on the topic of Emotional IQ or what's referred to as EQ in recent years. After all, being in touch with your emotions, as well as being…
Social Media Responsibility
My wife pointed me to an LA Times story today that made me cringe…The article recounted how TV personality Bill Nye (“The Science Guy”) suddenly passed out while speaking at USC. While this caused a tense moment, he appears to be okay now. However, what incensed me was how the crowd reacted. Witnesses noted the crowd did nothing, they did not come to his aid, and they were of no help to Bill…