If we don’t make tough decisions today our children are going to have to make much, much tougher decisions tomorrow. Paul Ryan Imagine making the decision to pay someone $40 million for the next two years to do absolutely nothing to help your company. The owners...
The Best Want to Work for The Best Build a Place Where You’d Want to Work This is a story about how to recruit the best people to your company by making yours the best company. One of my Vistage members is the president of a large company in the financial...
“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.” Joan Baez Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Martha and Lee Brewer. What do they have in common? They met on a...
Let me tell you about a short conversation. I frequently “cold call” company CEOs and leaders to gauge their interest in joining my Vistage group. I recently talked to the CEO of a tech company who expressed mild interest until asking about the other leaders in the...
“I’m not sure how something can be the same over and over and over and over again and yet be so wonderful.” – Manager Terry Francona on Opening Day Special Day That’s baseball manager Terry Francona talking about the Opening Day of the Major League Baseball...
Effective Team Qualities Sharing time. Courage to go deep. ListeningGetting Personal What they say: We’re family. What they mean: The boss is the family. Build Stop me if this sounds familiar. You start a new job where they tell you, “We’re like family here....