November 21, 2022
What’s the difference between small businesses that fail and those that succeed? I’ve been on a quest to answer that question for over 40 years, first as a small business owner and now as a Master Vistage Chair in NYC, where I coach CEOs and executives. Consequently, I’ve studied and come in contact with all… Read more
February 11, 2018
If you want to be the best leader possible, should you hire an executive coach, leadership coach, or a CEO coach? Executive coaching may not be what you need; maybe you should join a CEO peer group such as Vistage. Whether you should do executive coaching or join a Vistage group depends on your stage… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh0dELG_coE Here is my keynote that I delivered to the USI conference in Paris France on June 16, 2014… Read more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYp4679Dxo] Key Points: There is an enemy bouncing in our heads. It’s the enemy of openness “We think we’re open, but we’re not.” Openness is the grand illusion. Social psychologists tell us the brain is wired for self-justification. Biologists say that we cannot tell a perception from hallucination. The only way we know that we’re… Read more
What is executive coaching or CEO coaching? This is a very funny video where Bob Newhart shows us executive coaching and demonstrates a sure-fire method to resolve any issue in less than five minutes. In Tribal Leadership Philosophy, we view one-to-one coaching as a sign of Stage Three. Stage Three is the dominant culture of U.S. workplace tribes… Read more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60O2OH7mHys&feature=player_embedded] I loved this short video differentiating transactional leadership from transformational leadership. We define “Tribal Leadership as a journey, in which [people] understand themselves and the people around them better, and as a result, know exactly what actions will affect their workplace.” (Tribal Leadership p 7). We believe that the key is to discover what a tribe… Read more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47rQkTPWW2I] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47rQkTPWW2I] 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 recognized strategies failed 70 percent of the time. In their inquiry as to why this occurred, they discovered Peter Duckers’ statement… Read more
December 28, 2012
The last thing I want to do today (on my vacation in Brazil) is go back to Reviravolta and paint again. My back and shoulders are sore and I am tired. Why am I doing this I ask myself? My wife and son feel the same way. We do it to make a difference. My… Read more
November 13, 2012
According to a groundbreaking three-year study of over 5,000 managers who hired over 20,000 employees, “46% of newly hired employees will fail within 18 months.” Interestingly, the number one reason employees failed was their inability to accept and implement feedback from their boss and colleagues. Stage 2 and 3 are not good at accepting feedback… Read more
November 2, 2012
One of the topics I talk about in my workshop on Tribal Leadership: Because Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast is core values. Professor Warren Bennis says that leadership is born in crucible moments. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, leaders are showing up. Vistage members Michael and Sheril Feldman run a family-owned business, David Feldman… Read more
