2011 January

Tiger Mom and Winning the Future

Tiger Mom and Winning the Future

In recent weeks, Amy Chua (aka The Tiger Mom) endured a firestorm of criticism, aimed largely at her parenting methods, which Read More

Beware of Letting Competitors Distract You From Customers!

Beware of Letting Competitors Distract You From Customers!

How many of you remember a discount retailer called Bradlees? Operating stores from Maine to Virginia, Bradlees was the “Target of Read More

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 1

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 1

Business executives are always wanting to improve their company’s performance by laying out a better business plan and strategy.  Many ask the question “where can Read More

5 Principles of Successful Business in the Transformation Decade

5 Principles of Successful Business in the Transformation Decade

“Future historians are going to look back on this decade as the first decade of the 21st century in terms of human thought,” says David Read More

Twitter: Why Everyone In Business Should Have One

Twitter: Why Everyone In Business Should Have One

Three months ago I could honestly tell you I thought Twitter was a waste of time. I couldn’t figure out what the # symbol meant, Read More

Jobs and the Growing Gap Between People and Opportunities

Jobs and the Growing Gap Between People and Opportunities

In my conversations with Vistage members, I’m hearing a great deal of consternation about how difficult it can be to identify Read More

What’s Your Story?

What’s Your Story?

Several weeks ago, I shared a story about someone walking up to two stonecutters and asking, “What are you doing?” The first stonecutter replied, “I’m Read More

Commuting in the United States by train – why does it have to be like 1961?

Commuting in the United States by train – why does it have to be like 1961?

Having opened an office in lower Manhattan in November, I have joined the ranks of commuters from the New York City suburbs- even it if Read More

Better Hiring: Who’s on your shortlist to recruit?

Better Hiring: Who’s on your shortlist to recruit?

One of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, recently posted an article on his blog related to hiring. He posed the question that when you have a need Read More

A Call for Active Patience

A Call for Active Patience

The Q4 2010 Vistage CEO Confidence Index soared to 106.3, from 95.1 in Q3, marking the most dramatic spike in optimism Read More

Why Your Systems Thinking Solutions May Be Getting Rejected!

Why Your Systems Thinking Solutions May Be Getting Rejected!

Let’s set the stage:  You’re the “big picture guy” in the office.  The employee who scoffs at a leadership team who’s laser focused Read More

4 Simple Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

4 Simple Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

Here’s the hard truth: You’re wasting your time on LinkedIn if you don’t know how to use it correctly. And if you don’t have a Read More

It’s Important to be Self-Reflective

It’s Important to be Self-Reflective

In business and in life it’s very important to know who you truly are  before you attempt anything dramatic.  There are so many messages out  there telling us Read More

Five Reasons To Be Confident About Our Economic Future

Five Reasons To Be Confident About Our Economic Future

Last week, we announced the results of our Q4 Vistage CEO Confidence Index , which Read More

Outputs and Outcomes

Outputs and Outcomes

In his book Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations , John Bryson talks about the importance of Read More

The Small Business Owner’s Conundrum

The Small Business Owner’s Conundrum

In the current economic climate, small business owners understand that under-performing is not an option. Not if they want Read More

What Business Owners Can Learn From The Snuggie Explosion

What Business Owners Can Learn From The Snuggie Explosion

It’s wintertime but instead of turning on the heater, people are turning to sleeved blankets-a.k.a. “Snuggies ”-as a cheap alternative for warmth. Read More

Using Video to Compete with Large Businesses

Using Video to Compete with Large Businesses

Pop Quiz: is there a particular part of the search results you see to the left that stand out? Here’s a hint: the search Read More

4 Steps to Better Hires in 2011

4 Steps to Better Hires in 2011

There’s nothing that can make more of a difference than building a great team to execute your business plan.  When all the parts are in place, Read More

The Untold Story

The Untold Story

There’s been a great deal written in recent years about the power of storytelling. Most of it in terms of how Read More