April 18, 2023
How well does your team communicate? Do they discuss issues openly…or do they hoard information? Do they trust each other enough to admit mistakes…or do they politic, posture, and promote themselves? Do they debate issues passionately…or avoid conflict with artificial harmony? Do they commit to decisions they disagree with…or drag their feet and undermine? Do… Read more
May 9, 2020
Vistage speaker Barry Deutsch presented this program to our Vistage Emerging Leaders. Why does research show that 56% of all executive hires fail in their first year to eighteen months? In our consulting and research with thousands of companies, we’ve discovered that: Hiring tends to be the only process in the entire company that is… Read more
June 30, 2018
Companies spend billions of dollars training people on how to sell. They use methods and the “numbers game” theory that pushes their customers through a process that has nothing to do with the most important matter –WHY PEOPLE BUY. Jonathan Flaks, author of “Income Double – Half The Trouble” and “Who Are You, Inc.- Bringing Out Your Best… Read more
Vistage Group member Karen Frank, Executive Vice President of Omnicom, shares how her New York Vistage Key Executive group helps her solve problems which in turn helps her to gain new insights, make better decisions and be a better leader. Last month, we celebrated Karen’s five year anniversary as a Vistage member. Karen has worked more than 30 years… Read more
January 17, 2012
Talk 2 Brazil is the world´ s only English language talk program on business in and with Brazil and is broadcast through LA Talk Radio, Los Angeles California. The audience is international business oriented, native and non native English speakers, mostly in the US, but also Europe, Asia and Brazil. Here is a link to… 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 19, 2011
John King and Dave Logan concluded after a ten year, 24,000-person study, that 75% of our corporate cultures are ineffective. (Published as Tribal Leadership 2008) The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. One of the great insights of their research was that the 24% of organizations that were effective had… 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
November 9, 2011
Ask any Vistage member “Who has been among the best speakers you’ve heard on increasing sales and profit margins?” and the name Jack Daly is always on every Vistage CEO’s list. Jack has made over 500 presentations to the CEOs of our Vistage CEO Groups and has been a successful CEO in his own right. … Read more
November 5, 2011
[/caption] The most lucrative ideas are found, not created. Finding your next big thing is a lot more like “Finding Waldo” than you think. The ideas are out there waiting to be discovered – for those who are looking. This becomes especially true when you are in a world and marketplace that is changing as… Read more
