Tag: vistage
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How To Handle The Painful Aspects Of Leadership During Economic Recession
I get a lot of value out of the Arete coach podcast run by Severin Sorensen, who has a background as a CEO and then as a Vistage CEO group mentor and coach (Chair). I was interviewed by Severin in May 2021 for episode 1037 on his podcast: Arete Coach Podcast 1037 Conor Neill “Powerful…
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What do excellent CEOs do? (according to McKinsey research)
A company has only one ultimate decision maker: the CEO. The CEO is the only person in a company without peers. No other individual holds such a full and final responsibility for the company. The CEO is the most powerful and sought-after title in business, more influential than any other. The CEO takes the company’s…
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Limiting Beliefs
This is a list from Vered Kogan, Vistage Chair. Lots of our coaching work in Vistage involves helping leaders identify limitations in their beliefs that restrict their opportunities for personal and professional growth. What Are Limiting Beliefs? A limiting belief is an opinion about the world that stops you seeing some potential paths or resources…
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The CEO’s 7 Leadership Laws During Times of Uncertainty
This article by Vistage CEO Sam Reese was originally published on the Vistage blog. Over his 35 year career as a business leader, Sam has led large and midsize organizations and has advised CEOs and key executives of companies all over the world. Over to Sam… The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges for leaders, but…
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The 4 Fatal Fears (in Western Society)
A big part of Vistage group meetings is working through a CEO’s challenges and helping them get clarity about how they can move forward with their business and their life. We often find that the biggest obstacle to forward progress is not outside of us, but inside of us. There are 4 fatal fears. We…
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The Job of the CEO
This is a 30 minute interview I conducted with Waldemar Schmidt, past-CEO of a 250,000 employee global company. He shared insights about the role of the CEO: How to get the CEO role How to be a good CEO How to end your time as CEO and What to do next. Watch the Interview View…
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Decision Fatigue for Leaders
The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain. As it tires, your brain looks for shortcuts. The 2 most common decision avoidance tactics are: to act impulsively (without seeing the consequences of the decision) to procrastinate (do nothing) Taking decisions takes willpower. Willpower is a form of…
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Business Leader: Why you should be in a Mastermind Group: EO, YPO, Vistage
Are you a Business Leader? I’ve been part of Entrepreneurs’ Organisation for the last 10 years and for almost any significant decision I have taken in the last decade, there are 9 people in my forum group who have helped me take a better decision. I would share with them: the background to the decision…
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What Slows Down your Decision Making?
Over on the Inc blog there is an article titled 20 Executives Share Lessons They Wish They Could Have Told Their Younger Selves. I share my top 4 from the full list, in the order that I think they are important. The most relevant for me was number 9, not for the “decide issues quickly” but…