December 1, 2013
Are you challenged with people that are not performing to your expectations? Do you feel that your employees are not doing all they could? Maybe it is caused by your mid-level managers. Authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman said in their book, First Break All the Rules: What The Worlds’ Greatest Managers Do Differently, that people… Read more
July 1, 2012
Many times, we get clear on our core values and sabotage ourselves through other means. Contemporary philosopher and author Ken Wilber, articulated in his book, A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality an all-inclusive integral theory that gives a way of looking at where we may be incongruent in… Read more
February 17, 2012
Every CEO has a vision for his or her company; that is the easy part! Few companies ever fail because there wasn’t a vision; they fail because they can’t execute the vision and get concrete business results. As someone once said, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” And as Jim Collins said in Built To Last… Read more
December 16, 2011
If you are like me, you probably have at least 4 or 5 business and personal development books lying around that you intended to read, but just can’t find the time for. We know how important it is to learn new ideas and pay attention to our personal growth, but we can barely squeeze in… Read more
December 5, 2011
We’ve all seen or heard of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Although most of us are not worried about “survival” like people in past generations, you might be surprised how Maslow’s principles apply to business. Chip Conley, author of Peak: How Great Companies Get their Mojo from Maslow , literally transformed his business and his life… Read more
November 26, 2011
Through her work as a psychologist at Stanford University, Carol Dweck has been able to identify the one thing that makes the difference between success and failure. In her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, she says there are two mindsets you can have in this world, and the one you choose will make… Read more
November 12, 2011
Jim Collins is a legend in the business world, and for good reason. His latest book – Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck–Why Some Thrive Despite Them All – takes a look at some remarkable companies who were able to outperform their industry index by over 10 times over a lengthy span of time. Do… Read more
October 16, 2011
In business, you need the right business tools and know-how to be successful. I just watched and listened to The Lean Startup, a visual book summary from fellow Vistage member Steve Cunningham. In a nutshell, businesses need to build, measure, and learn as fast as possible to increase their chances to create a sustainable business… Read more
June 17, 2011
The book, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, is the result of a 10 year study of over 24,000 people. Authors Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright guide leaders how to recognize their culture and what steps they can take to nudge their culture to higher performance, bit by… Read more
June 6, 2011
If you haven’t had the opportunity to read this book, it is now available in paperback and just hit #1 on amazon.com. Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright says that, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. The authors show us how the developmental stages… Read more
