“Great moments are born from great opportunity,” coach Herb Brooks said to the United States Olympic hockey team before playing the Soviet Union in the 1980 games. The prevailing opinion before the game was that the Soviets would win – and win by six or...
I look for three qualities when I invite someone to join our Vistage group. They follow the acronym CHI. The first is Courage. It takes courage to join a business leadership group and to acknowledge, “I do not have all the answers.” We have all known...
A big question the members in my Vistage group can always expect me from me is: “What was your role in this?” We believe in personal responsibility. I’ll respect the confidentiality of the group so let me illustrate with a story from my family life. My son in his...
I remember becoming so distraught as I watched the opening scene of “Saving Private Ryan” on Normandy Beach. I recommended the movie to my mother and father and my mom said, “Oh, son, we could never see that movie. Daddy and I knew so many men who died that day.”...
“First of all, yes, you can certainly leave money to the people and causes you care about—but the truth is that those people and causes would be better off getting your wealth sooner rather than later. Why wait until after you die?”― Bill Perkins, Die with...
Easy to find seldom seen On a fast train Through a slow moving dream Country singer Cody Jinks had a hit in 2019 with the song “Never Lonely, Always Alone.” That could be the theme song for many CEOs I coach. They are trapped in between owners who expect...
