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The most important managerial skill
Originally posted on PandoDaily:Many books have been written about the skills and personality traits that express themselves in truly great managers. And I’ve read none of them. But the good news is...
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CEO Fail: The Playboy King
I spent some time recently in England and experienced for the first time the concept of monarchy. Seeing the English King’s palatial estate at Hampton Court brought home the opulence of the 17th...
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CEO Fail: 6 CEOs Who Can Wreak Havoc
My long-standing CEO fail series on this blog has described many kinds of flawed CEOs - from this week's "Playboy King" to the "Budget Tyrant" to the "Super VP," who cannot stop doing his executives'...
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Don’t Outsource Your Knowledge
Originally posted on Mike Hawkins:Experts who track the world’s body of knowledge claim that it took from 0 A.D. to 1500 A.D. for the world’s prior knowledge to double. Now, with advances in technology...
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Is 13 Tools Enough? Maximizing a CEO’s Time
A recent article in Medium.com reveals the 13 tools Buffer CEO Joel Gascoigne uses in his daily role, with Evernote as his core tool. The proliferation of tools and apps in recent years leaves many of...
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The truth about salaries
Jeff Haden wrote a great piece recently on the “7 Things Employees Wish They Could Tell Their Boss About Salaries.” These include items such as “We don’t care about pay scales,” “We will sometimes let...
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What teaching teaches CEOs
Lifehacker recently published an article that particularly resonated with me: Six Things I Learned from Teaching That I Still Use in Everyday Life. The lessons I learned teaching for four years at...
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Graphic: Employee evolution past vs. future
Jacob Morgan, Principal & Co-Founder of Chess Media Group, recently published this graphic in a Forbes article about his new book titled “The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better...
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Why and How CEOs Should Create a Not-Do List
Jim Schleckser gives CEOs three ways to reduce their to-do lists, freeing up more time to spend on business strategy. The post Why and How CEOs Should Create a Not-Do List appeared first on The...
View ArticleCEO Fail: The Playboy King
I spent some time recently in England and experienced for the first time the concept of monarchy. Seeing the English King’s palatial estate at Hampton Court brought home the opulence of the 17th...
View ArticleCEO Fail: 6 CEOs Who Can Wreak Havoc
My long-standing CEO fail series on this blog has described many kinds of flawed CEOs – from this week’s “Playboy King” to the “Budget Tyrant” to the “Super VP,” who cannot stop doing his executives’...
View ArticleIs 13 Tools Enough? Maximizing a CEO’s Time
A recent article in Medium.com reveals the 13 tools Buffer CEO Joel Gascoigne uses in his daily role, with Evernote as his core tool. The proliferation of tools and apps in recent years leaves many of...
View ArticleThe Truth About Salaries
Jeff Haden wrote a great piece recently on the “7 Things Employees Wish They Could Tell Their Boss About Salaries.” These include items such as “We don’t care about pay scales,” “We will sometimes let...
View ArticleWhat teaching teaches CEOs
Lifehacker recently published an article that particularly resonated with me: Six Things I Learned from Teaching That I Still Use in Everyday Life. The lessons I learned teaching for four years at...
View ArticleGraphic: Employee evolution past vs. future
Jacob Morgan, Principal & Co-Founder of Chess Media Group, recently published this graphic in a Forbes article about his new book titled “The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better...
View ArticleShould there be a CEO school?
“We had never thought of it as a profession.” This is how faculty members at INSEAD (a graduate business school with campuses in Europe, Asia, and Abu Dhabi) reacted when they encountered the question:...
View ArticleIs Jack Ma’s Priority of Customers, Employees Then Shareholders Correct?
“Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third,” wrote CEO Jack Ma in a letter to investors in advance of Alibaba’s record-breaking $25 billion IPO. The post Is Jack Ma’s Priority of...
View ArticleWhen does the CEO role begin?
I’ve been using this graphic to describe the stages of a company in the context of the CEO role. In the first two stages, as founders focus on getting the business off the ground, they are essentially...
View ArticleAn Air Force general’s guide to leadership
Here are some excellent insights for CEOs and other leaders from Brig. Gen. John E. Michel, the Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing,...
View ArticleHow to overcome a subpar goals management system
I spend a lot of time advising executives about how to run an effective goals management system. However, many employees are at the mercy of leaders and systems with weak goals management processes...
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