#1 Reason To Hire A CEO Advisor
It drives me up a wall to read popular articles about coaching CEOs. Case in point: a blog posting in the Huffington Post on Why CEOs Don’t Want Executive Coaching. In the blog, the author argues that coaches don’t make the case strongly enough to CEOs and other...The Key to Acting Like a Business Owner
What does it mean for employees to act like business owners? If an employee acts like a business owner, is it a result of financial incentives, personality, or a combination of both? These questions came to mind while reading an article about Tony’s Diner in the...Being a Hypocrite is an Occupational Hazard for a CEO Advisor
Being a hypocrite is an occupational hazard of being a CEO Advisor, at least an honest one. I find myself offering a strong opinion to a client while at the same time on the inside thinking, “Physician, heal thyself” more times than I am comfortable...Why Hire a CEO Advisor?
“When we buy a product [or service], we essentially ‘hire’ something [or someone] to get a job done”, says Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, in his new book “Competing Against Luck”. Why Hire a CEO...The End of Bad Executive Team Meetings
My client, CEO of a large financial services firm, drummed his fingers on the table and looked out the window. It was beautiful outside, the first warm and sunny day of spring. Inside, the fourth PowerPoint…