Use of Advisors When You’re in Trouble
Some days in business – when you get the news that scares you – you feel like you’ve seen a ghost. Who do you call? Your very own version of the business ghost busters.
Posts Tagged ‘senior leader development’
Using Pure Brain Power
The executive’s life today is full of interruptions and distractions. But the one tool we all possess remains the most powerful, even though no new hardware is available.
Recruiting the Best Team
Don’t settle for hiring the first qualified people who apply. Try treating your job candidates like customers and take time to generate a large candidate pool. This will increase your chances of building a great team.
Surprising Non-Performance by Executives
You should be able to rely on your top team members, but how do you know that the executives you’ve hired really are competent? Learn how to prevent last-minute surprises, and what could happen if you don’t.
Get Out!
Many CEOs spend too much time in the office. Get out into the marketplace and investigate with an open mind. You’ll find new ideas and new realities that will give you clues about shaping your business.
The Right to Win
Winning is business is much better than just surviving. But does your business have the right to win? Here are some key attributes behind winning and ways to evaluate whether your business is on the right road.
To Serve or to Lead?
The CEO leads and their underlings serve them. Or at least, that’s the traditional business paradigm. Back in 1982, Robert Greenleaf wrote a book that turned this structure on its head.
Staying Sane when Things Go Wrong
All CEOs are confronted with tough situations from time to time. But keeping a productive mindset is a big step toward solving – or even dealing with – your problems.
Shifting Gears from Startup to Scaled Enterprise – Cruiser Customizing
Every successful startup goes from an entrepreneurial stage to a professional enterprise. Not all of the founding team can make the transition.
The Roving CEO
As time passes and your business grows, challenges hit departments unevenly, and the laggards will need help. Your job as CEO is to keep an eye on each department in your company, sense which one is struggling the most, then dive into that department to pull it forward.
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).