During the webcast Q&A we spoke about leaders like Gordon Bethune who has developed an extraordinary ability to engage and inspire others. He distills down to a few basic beliefs: where people are in their hearts and minds and where they need to be to accomplish great things. Then he speaks to them in sound […]
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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Our first response addressed what seemed to be a time-sensitive and urgent question. This time we move to questions that can be grouped according to common themes. For example, questions about about your own behavior, about breaking out from the pack, about motivating others, about managing or being a female executive and about making transitions. […]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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The time limit of an hour for presentation and Q&A allowed us to answer only seven or eight questions at the recent AMA webcast. We promised to answer the rest of the questions in the blog. We were, frankly, overwhelmed by both the positive feedback and the sheer volume of questions – almost 60 and […]
Monday, March 17, 2008
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Last summer, about seven months ago, several of the business owners and CEOs in my Vistage peer advisory group and a couple of my private practice clients began to see the signs of recession. Businesses driven by their clients’ hiring saw growth in hiring slow. Businesses dependent on credit began to see longer approval cycles […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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