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CEO Performance Evaluations – Creating a Win-Win for Boards and CEOs

Blog | CEO Advisory | 2 minute read
October 15, 2013

One of the top responsibilities of  Boards is evaluating the performance of the CEO.  How often are CEO formal evaluations done well?  Batting average – less than .500.  Why? Boards often lack the process, tools and importantly, an objective third party, to converge and facilitate far-ranging views of Board members. My experience is that CEOs […]

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I’m At The End Of My Rope Dealing With People Having Challenging Personalities…What Do I Do With Them? 2nd in Series of 2

Blog | Leadership/Other | 2 minute read
August 20, 2013

If I have learned anything in 25 years as an executive coach it is that people don’t change that much. The leader who has a “difficult personality” early in their tenure will have one later.  So, if one of your leaders has one of those “difficult personalities”, and it bothers you, do something. Accept it, […]

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“I’m At The End Of My Rope Dealing With People Having Challenging Personalities. What Do I Do With Them?” 1st in a Series of 2

Blog | Leadership/Other | 2 minute read
August 13, 2013

A big part of being a CEO is dealing with people. All kinds of people. Even ones we don’t like. And I mean really don’t like. It’s not just their personalities we don’t like, it’s them.  While this is an odd, even heretical, statement for an executive coach to make, it’s true.  So, while I […]

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Communication is Key to Understanding People’s Uncertainties…Am I Communicating Effectively? 3rd in a Series of 3

Blog | Leadership/Other | 2 minute read
July 30, 2013

I’m going to start off with a little brutal honesty…I thought this month’s blog topic was going to be a cinch. Communication? Done! I mean, it’s a skill I’ve long held as an important value and let’s be honest; I really like to talk, and that’s what communication is all about, right? Nope. As I sat down […]

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Communication is Key to Understanding People’s Uncertainties…Am I Communicating Effectively 2nd in a Series of 3

Blog | Leadership/Other | 1 minute read
July 24, 2013

Often, leaders need to choose between being comfortable and being leaders. During times of organizational transformation, this is especially true. One of the hardest jobs of a leader is to push people out of their comfort zones in order to set an organization on a new course. It requires communicating the new direction with passion […]

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Communication is Key to Understanding People’s Uncertainties…Am I Communicating Effectively? 1st in a Series of 3

Blog | Leadership/Other | 3 minute read
July 16, 2013

Here’s an incredibly obvious statement:  Communication is key.  It moves relationships forward; it moves organizations forward.  Organizational communication can be an incredibly complex organism, and one important step to navigating it is recognizing multigenerational differences within your organization or team. Rapid advances in technology have turned what used to be simple communications into not-so-simple ones.  With […]

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