Category Archives: Leadership

Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #13

Make Your People HAPPY In a recent survey in the workplace, researchers invited more than 600 managers from dozens of companies to rank the impact on employee motivation and emotions of five workplace factors commonly considered significant: Recognition for good … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #12

Make Your People Feel Important Everyone wears an invisible sign around their neck that says, MAKE ME FEEL IMPORTANT.  This insight comes from Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics and one of the most successful business leaders … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #11

Learn to Think INSIDE the Box This great advice comes from Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the best-selling book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.  Their take on creativity is attention-getting because it goes against … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #9

Incorporate your adversaries. This issue’s great advice comes from Abraham Lincoln, long considered one of America’s greatest leaders.  Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed Lincoln’s leadership acumen in a recent interview published in Harvard Business Review.  Goodwin was adamant: “I can’t … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #8

Talk with the warring parties separately before bringing them to the table. This advice comes from Lee Price, a consultant and contributor at Monster.com:  Talk with the warring parties separately before bringing them to the table. She cautions leaders, “Not … Continue reading

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One Solitary Life

How does one explain the greatness of the Man whose birthday we celebrate each Christmas? He was born in a stable, the child of a peasant woman.  He grew up in an obscure village. He worked in the building trade … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #7

If you want to complain to me about someone, make sure you bring them with you to the meeting. This issue’s great advice comes from R. Dixon Thayer, the founder and CEO of ab3 Resources, a strategic consulting and investment … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s #6

Never Sanction Incompetence This post’s great advice comes from Mike Vance, author of the book, Think Out of the Box.  Vance worked for Disney back in the day (and when I say “he worked for Disney” I mean he worked … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #5

There are only 2 Management Mindsets: TAKE YOUR MEDICINE and THE CALL TO GLORY This post’s great advice comes from one of my own clients and friends, David Payne.  His leadership efforts took a factory that was losing 3.6 million … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #4

Hear all Sides; Get the True Facts; Let the Chips Fall Where They May This post’s great advice is a practical strategy for facing your toughest leadership challenges.  Here’s Ed Johnson’s simple formula for solving problems; resolving conflict; and bringing … Continue reading

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