Decision Making Models for Leaders

You cannot separate leadership from decision-making, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. Put simply, the outcome of a CEO's decisions can, and usually will, make or break them. Those leaders who avoid making decisions solely for fear of making a bad decision, or conversely those that make decisions just for the sake of making a decision will likely not last long. The fact of the…

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Truth Matters…

There is simply no substitute for the truth. That said, how do you measure a person's positional conviction? How do you know if someone is sincere in their communication? How do you know if you're being told the truth, or just being spoken to in a manner designed to elicit the desired response? Listen to what's being said... When attempting to evaluate the shifting sands of fluid messaging, or…

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Leadership & Employee Engagement

The topic of "Employee Engagement" is something that many CEOs tend to struggle with. Long gone are the days where the executive leadership of a company can remain sequestered in their offices with an internal focus on hard metrics. Given the current economic climate, it takes far more than cost-cutting to survive. It is the CEO who understands the need for focus on the soft metrics of customer…

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Consequences of Bad Leadership

Disclaimer: This video has a political slant, but that's not why I included it in today's post. Whether you're republican or democrat, this video should make you cringe...To watch what has happened to the City of Detroit is just plain hard to watch. That said, and regardless of political sentiment, it shows exactly what happens when bad leadership is allowed to flourish. What happened in Detroit…

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