What Chief Joseph Can Teach Us About Leadership History tends to focus on the winners. Leadership is more complicated than that. Sometimes a leader does everything possible and still loses. The circumstances may…
Success Still Requires Focused Effort “Success usually isn’t determined by who has access to the best tools. It’s determined by who uses those tools with the greatest discipline.” We are living through one…
The Wisdom to Stop: Knowing When to Pull the Plug on a Business Initiative Not long ago, I was facilitating an issue-processing session with a group of CEOs when one executive presented a…
What Are You Not Seeing? Strategic Blind Spots Every CEO Should Address Every once in a while, I like to interrupt the flow of one of my Vistage meetings or coaching sessions with…
Why I Am Grateful to Be an American Reflections as We Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary Every time I travel abroad, I am reminded of two things. First, how much there is to admire…
Keepers of the Flame – The Unexpected Gift of Becoming a Vistage Chair As I write this, I’m somewhere around 35,000 feet above the country on my way to Denver for Keepers of…
Why Gratitude May Be the Most Underrated Leadership Trait “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens…
Never Let an Employee Hold Your Company Hostage One of the most common conversations I have with business owners goes something like this: “Ed, if she leaves, we’re in trouble.” Sometimes it’s a…
Keep Searching Until You Find Your Grant Few leadership decisions create more excitement than hiring someone you believe will transform your organization, but it doesn’t always work out. Few create more disappointment than…
Opening Reflection – Balancing Achievement and Fulfillment As I write this, I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on my way home from France. Like many long flights, this one has provided plenty…
