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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...

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...

What We Do Not Notice and the Value of 360’s

Every leader has been advised to focus on how he or she “shows up,” usually accompanied by injunctions to be authentic, open, supportive...

A leap into the unknown in late career

One day about 14 years ago, I was having lunch with a friend who asked me what I was thinking of doing next. At the time, I was a content...

Who is coaching for?

From time to time in discussions with a CEO or board Chair who is considering whether coaching would benefit a senior officer, that...