Category: Executive Onboarding
How To Keep Your Communication Plans From Getting Derailed By Leaks
Not going to happen. If you think leaks are not going to happen, you’re wrong. With the Internet, everyone is a publisher. So, everyone can leak your plans. You have…
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What Biden Should Do Now to Accelerate Progress in His First 100-Days
The election was a split-decision with Biden winning the Presidency, Republicans making gains in the House, and control of the Senate yet to be determined. There’s no doubt that the…
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Why It’s Especially Important To See Glasses As Half-Full This Thanksgiving
Everyone on the planet has had issues this year. And we’re not yet through the dark times. It’s so easy to focus on all the bad things. But the way…
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Why Optionality Is Key To Post-Pandemic Planning
In normal times, leaders can choose between three strategic postures: shape, adapt, or reserve the right to play. However, for the vast majority of organizations, the only viable posture coming…
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Three Essentials in Leading Through Adversity — Especially in a New Role
In leading through adversity: 1) Honestly and objectively assess the current situation – the good, the bad, and the ugly. 2) Choose your path forward, focusing on what you can…
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Leading Through an Extended Pandemic – Marco’s Pizza’s Recipe for Success
The Stockdale Paradox provides a powerful framework for leading through an extended pandemic born out of Stockdale’s multi-year prisoner of war experience. The heart of it is “Unwavering faith that you can…
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More On Mitigating The Risks Of Onboarding Into A Smaller Organization
If changing organizations for most people is like driving from Ethiopia to Kenya, for an executive onboarding from a large corporate to a smaller organization it’s like the difference between…
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Three Pieces Of Advice From Moody’s Outgoing CEO, Ray McDaniel
Ray McDaniel came to a CEO Boot Camp on his fifth day as CEO in 2005. He came back to a dinner before another Boot Camp six years later to…
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Be. Do. Say. The Foundation Of Authentic, Trusted Leadership
In their town, deep in the last century, the paramedics and emergency medical technicians that staffed the life squad’s ambulance were volunteers. They were on call for twelve-hour shifts and…
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