5 Things You Need to be Talking to Your Executive Coach About
Cash is King! Strategy is important, execution is essential, building a healthy culture is critical, but cash is king. It trumps everything else, and without the proper cash flow, you will never achieve your vision. Your coach should help you understand what a...
Three Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking Right Now
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything and operating “as normal” may not be a reality for the next 12-18 months. So, here’s the question: can you continue to hold onto the mantra of “this is how we’ve always done it?” Many businesses are pivoting to take...
How To Define the “White Space” in Your Organization
In my conversations with CEO’s and business owners, many have worked on culture and execution, but they are still struggling to grow. There are plenty of reasons for lack of growth, but a common thread is the lack of a differentiating strategy, so they compete on...
Great Leaders Consistently Make Hard People Decisions
You do your best work; you give everything you have to help “Joe” be successful. Some just will never cut it; many won’t. Despite all of your best efforts, they will blame you for their failures. Don’t own that, that is their personal journey, that is...
Sustaining, Executing, and Leading through COVID and Beyond
PART 1: PUT OUT THE FIRE We are living in unprecedented times, and leaders today are challenged with guiding their organizations through the COVID-19 crisis. Now more than ever, it is critical that leaders and employees stay aligned in order to achieve near-term and...
Creating a High Performing Culture through Coaching
In your youth -- if you played a sport, were on the dance team, the debate team, or in the band -- you received coaching constantly. It wasn’t quarterly or annually. It was real time; it was in the flow of the game. It was now! Compare that to the...
Recognizing and Overcoming the Barriers to Growth
Have you ever heard of the “Growth Paradox?” Every leader of a growing company has experienced it -- or is about to. As your organization grows, that growth creates complexity. You can see it in the multiplying numbers of people you communicate with, the use of more...
My Leadership Journey
About three years ago, I was working with a business coach who helped me immensely and, in many ways, became my mentor. He asked me if I ever had considered doing the kind of work that he was doing – coaching other leaders and helping them get better. It was an idea...
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