2011 February

Investing in Leadership: An Interview with Jim Kouzes (Part 2)

Investing in Leadership: An Interview with Jim Kouzes (Part 2)

Last week, Jim Kouzes was kind enough to respond to several questions I posed about Read More

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning- Part 5

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning- Part 5

The article series began with recognition of the ongoing quest business executives endure trying to improve their company’s performance by laying out a better business Read More

The Missing 98%: How to Become an Execution Expert

The Missing 98%: How to Become an Execution Expert

“If you’re not growing, you’re dying,” said Simon Mundell during today’s Fridays with Vistage Webinar. “As a business leader, CEO or business owner, you have Read More

Get Resourceful- Human Resources Management for Small Businesses

Get Resourceful- Human Resources Management for Small Businesses

Companies like yours don’t always have the time or money to invest in a Human Resources (HR) unit. In fact, some small companies will hire Read More

A Selling Revolution: The Role of Salespeople in Web Marketing (Part 2)

A Selling Revolution: The Role of Salespeople in Web Marketing (Part 2)

In part one we discussed the changes in personally selling brought on by the Web.  In this article we will review the steps salespeople must take Read More

Online Marketing Strategies for Non-Profit Organizations (Part 2 of 3)

Online Marketing Strategies for Non-Profit Organizations (Part 2 of 3)

Non-profit organizations continually face an up-hill battle for funding and support. In part 2 of this 3-part series, I share some additional tips on how Read More

Commerce and Courage on Presidents Day

Commerce and Courage on Presidents Day

Today, we celebrate Presidents Day.  (So since it’s a holiday, I’ll keep it brief).  Though we’ve been commemorating Washington’s Birthday in one form or another since the Read More

Investing in Leadership: An Interview with Jim Kouzes (Part 1)

Investing in Leadership: An Interview with Jim Kouzes (Part 1)

After listening to the State of the Union address last month about what it will take for us Read More

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan- Part 4

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan- Part 4

Last Saturday’s post (part 3 of this article series) began going into the layers of the strategic planning model in thecontext of of the business Read More

Time to Schedule Your First “Pessimistic Monday Morning”?

Time to Schedule Your First “Pessimistic Monday Morning”?

During a recent episode of the VistageCast Series, Vistage speaker Steven Snyder recommended a highly unique approach to the eradication Read More

Social Media and the Generational Divide: Is it Real?

Social Media and the Generational Divide: Is it Real?

Some years ago, I saw a cartoon in a magazine that showed a Boardroom, Chairman standing at the head of the table, members sitting on Read More

Innovation That Withstands The Test Of Time – And Timeliness

Innovation That Withstands The Test Of Time – And Timeliness

The year is 1910, and Henry Ford’s Model T is rolling off the assembly line. It soon will Read More

10 Marketing Strategies For Non-Profit Organizations (Part 1 of 3)

10 Marketing Strategies For Non-Profit Organizations (Part 1 of 3)

Over the past decade, I have helped numerous non-profit organizations with their online marketing strategy. Each non-profit faces different challenges due to their limited budget, Read More

Education Partnerships

Education Partnerships

I recently joined the Board of Directors of the San Diego Regional Economic  Development Corporation .  The group is comprised of leaders from Read More

Are Your Decisions Based in Love or Fear?

Are Your Decisions Based in Love or Fear?

This is Valentine’s Day, a day we pause and think about love.

Usually we think about people we love. Yet love affects more than our Read More

You Can’t Handle A Bigger Logo!

You Can’t Handle A Bigger Logo!

Here’s an oldie but goodie – a high stakes exchange that strikes at the heart of truth to power and the enduring struggle between ad Read More

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 3

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 3

Last Saturday’s post (part 2 of this article series) went into an overview of what a strategic plan should address – at a minimum. In Read More

Are 15 People Using Social Networking Causing the Collapse of the Egyptian Government?

Are 15 People Using Social Networking Causing the Collapse of the Egyptian Government?

I am astonished by the fact that business leaders still constantly want to engage with me in a discussion regarding whether or not social networking Read More

Why Milken Conference is a Must for Business Thought Leadership

Why Milken Conference is a Must for Business Thought Leadership

It’s not everyday that you can sit down at a table and strike up a conversation with Ted Turner orRead More

Direct Mail Grows In Defiance Of “Print Is Dead”

Direct Mail Grows In Defiance Of “Print Is Dead”

Despite all the talk about marketing via social networks, mobile marketing and digital display, the ‘traditional’ consistently performing channel – good old direct mail – Read More

5 Things Aaron Rodgers Did Right As A Leader

5 Things Aaron Rodgers Did Right As A Leader

Millions of us watched the Super Bowl yesterday and as seems to be the case lately it was a great game. And, in close games Read More

Why Training Matters

Why Training Matters

In my recent posts, I’ve written about how difficult it can be for small business CEOs to find Read More

Doing More With Less

Doing More With Less

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner once told a wonderful story about the  Read More

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 2

What Every Business Executive Should Know About Creating a Comprehensive and Executable Strategic Plan – Part 2

Given the opportunity to better leverage the art and science of strategic planning, organizational leadership should endeavor to understand strategic planning and unlock the competitive Read More

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How the Milken Conference Grew From 60 Experts to Presenting More Than 500 Thought Leaders

When the Milken Institute Global Conference first got underway in 1998, there were about 60 speakers with one or Read More