No CEOs or business owners think of themselves as poor leaders. But if their actions and temperament are perceived differently by the men and women who work for them, it can be bad—if not disastrous—for their businesses. No enterprise can operate successfully with a leader...
Self-confidence is the bedrock foundation upon which every CEO and business owner builds his or her repertoire of leadership skills. After all, if you don’t believe in yourself—and your potential as a leader—how can you expect anyone else to believe in you? But what many prominent...
8 Tips for Effective Global Leadership Thanks to globalization and the digitalization of business, the days of “local” or even “national” business are past. Your business may cater predominantly to a target audience in a local community, but there’s no reason it has to be so...
People ask me why the Catapult process works so well. I typically tell them that it is a combination of things. First the three components: mastermind group, business education, and business coaching all contribute to the development of the chief executive. The mastermind process is critical...
You've heard the term "It's lonely at the top." But, you never really understood it until you ran your own business. Perhaps you built that business from the ground up and spent the early days with only a houseplant and Buddy, your faithful Golden Retriever...
Great leadership starts with mentorship. Mentoring comes through one-on-one meetings with your direct reports. My contention is you should meet at least once per month with each of your direct reports, and then each of your direct reports should meet with theirs, and so on. One-on-One...
You've been running your business for years now and things are going pretty well. Your P&L statements look good, your turnover is low, and your employees seem to be happy. Lately, though, you've been wondering if you could be doing even better. You've never had much...
Small businesses hunger to have a so-called “rockstar employee” in their ranks and a few manage to generate an entire team of high-performing individuals. But for many companies, several factors contribute to the lack of success in this arena. For one thing, employees often become disengaged...
CEO burnout can be a tricky thing to self-diagnosis. Days, weeks, even months may go by before a CEO or business owner recognizes that he or she is overly stressed, close to the end of their tether, and exhibiting behavior that adversely impacts the workplace.
Compounding the problem is the tendency among many A-type personalities never to admit that they have reached a stage of burnout and may need help repairing the damage.
But not recognizing signs of burnout and/or declining to address them can put virtually everything in the business at risk. Why? Because burnout leads to exhaustion and poor decision-making, which in turn threatens a company’s well-being (and that of its employees). In a state of burnout, it’s not easy to see things clearly, or to apply one’s well-honed capacity to analyze an issue and resolve it.
And when these leadership traits are compromised, bad things can happen.
You've got a new product or service to bring to market. You've been working on this for months. You've tested the market, reaching out to existing customers and potential customers to see how your new creation will be received. It's been so well received, that...