The Problem With Coaching
Today's rant has been building inside me for a while now. The text that follows is not going to sit well with a number of those in my profession, but hey, that's never stopped me before. During a recent interview, I was asked how I felt about the coaching profession - I jokingly referred to myself as a coaching heretic and went on to say that I really don't like the word "coach" as a descriptor…
Leveraging Down for CEOs
If you desire to become a successful leader at any level, much less a top CEO, it will be essential for you to master the art of leveraging down. The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. Think of any top-performing CEO and you'll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on the highest and best use activities. While most…
Leadership & Change
First the bad news: If you’re not willing to embrace change you’re not ready to lead. Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Now the good news: As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain,…
Decision Making Models for Leaders
You cannot separate leadership from decision-making, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. Put simply, the outcome of a CEO's decisions can, and usually will, make or break them. Those leaders who avoid making decisions solely for fear of making a bad decision, or conversely those that make decisions just for the sake of making a decision will likely not last long. The fact of the…
Leadership & Employee Engagement
The topic of "Employee Engagement" is something that many CEOs tend to struggle with. Long gone are the days where the executive leadership of a company can remain sequestered in their offices with an internal focus on hard metrics. Given the current economic climate, it takes far more than cost-cutting to survive. It is the CEO who understands the need for focus on the soft metrics of customer…
CEO Success: It’s Not Random
Success is not random...CEOs need to realize that neither their success nor their failure is a random act. CEOs also can rarely lay blame for their victories and losses on anyone other than themselves. Top CEOs have a knack for consistently exhibiting the right combination of skill sets, competencies, leadership aptitude, and decisioning ability. Failed CEOs simply do not. Having success as a CEO…
Trust and CEOs
If you're a CEO, are you trusted? If you're not the CEO, do you trust your chief executive? Steve Rubel, the Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, and one of my favorite bloggers (Micro Persuasion blog) was recently quoted as saying "People have not trusted CEOs for years, and especially not for the last 12 months." I normally tend to agree with Steve, and regrettably, I must admit that he…
CEO Branding
"CEO Branding" has never been a more important or relevant topic than it is in today's highly charged business and economic climate. Working with some of the top CEOs in the country I can tell you from first-hand experience that to the one, chief executives at the top of their game all place CEO branding near the top of their priority list. With the public's overall perception of CEOs as a class…
Increase Employee Engagement With More FACE Time
While the majority of our readers are CEOs, savvy senior execs, and seasoned entrepreneurs, I've noticed that we've been experiencing a rapid growth of late in readership falling within the ranks of developing leaders. So when Phil Gerbyshack was kind enough to offer to do a guest post I was ecstatic! Phil has established himself as a prolific writer and speaker whose savvy is well beyond his…
First Time CEOs
Today's Myatt on Monday's question was posed by a new CEO who asked: "Do you have any tips for first-time chief executives of a start-up company that would allow for a faster and more effective transition?" Virtually all of the advice and counsel I provide to CEOs is just as applicable to first-time CEOs as it is to tenured executives. Moreover, while start-up and early-stage companies certainly…
CEO Resources
I just returned from my first extended blogging vacation, and after taking the last 10 days to recharge my batteries I can earnestly state that I'm glad to be back. In my first post I thought I'd offer you a gift by providing a list of some of my favorite links. You can bookmark this post, and by adding this page to your favorites you will have a single location that will serve as a valuable list…
The Ultimate Executive Coaching Guide for CEOs
The role of a chief executive officer in any company or organization is an intimidating role to fill. While a position at the top is a desirable one, the regrettable assumption is that the CEO of a successful company is the person expected to have all the answers. It's true that executives typically rise to the C-suite based on their ability to make sound decisions, but they are only one person.…
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