Leadership

Some of the CEO’s Hardest Decisions

Every CEO knows the importance of communicating as clearly as possible the kind of issues that should be brought to him or her for...

A Culture of Excellence

Ask the head of any major personal service firm – law, consulting, accounting, health care, investment management, etc. – about their...

Hiring and Firing New Leaders and Managers

Most CEOs and senior executives agree that one of their most challenging tasks is choosing the right people to take on leadership...

Should a nonprofit be run like a business?

Many leaders and participants in the nonprofit world believe that the introduction of businesslike practices have no place in an...

On Leadership: from the Harvard Business Review

Here's a very good short piece from HBR on the six timeless fundamentals of leadership: https://hbr.org/2018/11/the-fundamentals-of-leade...

Leadership, Ethics, Rules and Culture

Whenever a major organizational scandal breaks - widespread fraud in a company or terrible behavior in a university, a prestigious...

Strategic Thinking

Ask almost any CEO in America to list their three biggest challenges, and the likelihood is high that near the top will be “devoting...

"I'm all boxed in! All the drivers of my business are beyond my control!”

Years ago, I had a client who was CEO of a company whose main product was a high-tech plastic that held the guidance systems in the nose...