


How To Dance The Board Two-Step To Increase Your Board Of Directors’ Leverage
Former American Express CEO, Ken Chenault, liked to give his board of directors two looks at any major idea. This gave them time to reflect on the idea, talk amongst themselves and come back to him one-on-one before making a decision. Putting all this together leads...
The Art of Losing Well So You Can Win Later
Show me a good loser – and I’ll show you a loser. As Tom Brady said after the Patriots dismantled the Chargers and before beating the Chiefs in overtime to get to their third Super Bowl in a row, “I just like winning.” Who doesn’t? Still, there is an art to losing...
Which Is Not Like The Other? Andy Grove/Intel, Coca-Cola, or Theresa May/Brexit?
Andy Grove and Coca-Cola recognized the need for strategic changes and pivoted. Theresa May did not. That failure is going to lead to a lot of pain for a lot of people. Don’t do that. Recognize a major change with an enduring impact for what it is and hit a restart...