Ed Robinson’s Blog

Don’t Let Life Just Happen to You

Don’t Let Life Just Happen to You A Different Setting, A Different Perspective I’ve come to believe that most people don’t stop…

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The Price of Growth: When Your Business Outgrows Your People

The Price of Growth: When Your Business Outgrows Your People “What got you here won’t necessarily get you there.” — Marshall Goldsmith…

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What Makes an Effective Executive Coach?

What Makes an Effective Executive Coach? “The quality of your coaching isn’t measured by the quality of your questions. It’s measured by…

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What Chief Joseph Can Teach Us About Leadership

What Chief Joseph Can Teach Us About Leadership History tends to focus on the winners. Leadership is more complicated than that. Sometimes…

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Success Still Requires Focused Effort

Success Still Requires Focused Effort “Success usually isn’t determined by who has access to the best tools. It’s determined by who uses…

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The Wisdom to Stop: Knowing When to Pull the Plug on a Business Initiative

The Wisdom to Stop: Knowing When to Pull the Plug on a Business Initiative Not long ago, I was facilitating an issue-processing…

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What Are You Not Seeing? Strategic Blind Spots Every CEO Should Address

What Are You Not Seeing? Strategic Blind Spots Every CEO Should Address Every once in a while, I like to interrupt the…

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Why I Am Grateful to Be an American: Reflections on America’s 250th Anniversary

Why I Am Grateful to Be an American Reflections as We Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary Every time I travel abroad, I am…

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Keepers of the Flame – The Unexpected Gift of Saying Yes

Keepers of the Flame – The Unexpected Gift of Becoming a Vistage Chair As I write this, I’m somewhere around 35,000 feet…

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Why Gratitude May Be the Most Underrated Leadership Trait

Why Gratitude May Be the Most Underrated Leadership Trait “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your…

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Never Let an Employee Hold Your Company Hostage

Never Let an Employee Hold Your Company Hostage One of the most common conversations I have with business owners goes something like…

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Keep Searching Until You Find Your Grant

Keep Searching Until You Find Your Grant Few leadership decisions create more excitement than hiring someone you believe will transform your organization,…

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What France Taught and Reminded Me About Family, Leadership, and Success

Opening Reflection – Balancing Achievement and Fulfillment As I write this, I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on my way home…

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Thank You, Mikel Arteta: A Leadership Lesson Acknowledged by a Lifelong Arsenal Fan

Thank You, Mikel: A Leadership Lesson Acknowledged by a Lifelong Arsenal Fan I have been an Arsenal fan since 1971. I was…

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Personal Responsibility at Work: Why Reliability Still Matters More Than Ever

Personal Responsibility at Work Why Reliability Still Matters More Than Ever One of the most overlooked professional traits today is personal responsibility.…

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The Business Growth Trap: Why Bigger Might Be Breaking Your Business

The Growth Trap There is a dangerous assumption many business owners make when things start moving in the right direction. They see…

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Don’t Fear AI — Learn How to Use It

Don’t Fear AI Why Artificial Intelligence May Be the Greatest Leadership Opportunity of Our Lifetime Over the last year, I have watched…

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When Fatigue Catches Up: A Hard Truth About Leadership and Life

When Fatigue Catches Up: A Hard Truth About Leadership and Life Fatigue doesn’t show up all at once. It creeps in. A…

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Are You Growing… or Just Staying Busy? The Discipline Behind Intentional Personal Growth

Are You Growing…or Just Staying Busy? The Discipline Behind Intentional Personal Growth After 23 years as a Vistage Chair and a total…

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Meetings Aren’t the Problem—Misunderstanding Leadership Is

Meetings Aren’t the Problem—Misunderstanding Leadership Is Why CEOs and Business Owners Need to Rethink Meetings and Their Role I’m always fascinated by…

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Sixty Comes Faster Than You Think: 31 Lessons for a Life That Matters

Introduction – Life Lessons Learned at 60 Sixty has a way of sneaking up on you. It doesn’t arrive gradually. It shows…

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A Leadership Conversation with Jesus of Nazereth

The Setting: The Hills of Galilee – The Night Before The Sermon on the Mount Evening settles over the hills of Galilee.…

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For Leaders, Spring Is a Choice: Planting the Seeds for What Comes Next

For Leaders, Spring Is a Choice: Planting the Seeds for What Comes Next I’ve always loved the changing of the seasons. There’s…

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What Drives Business Value (And How Smart Owners Build It Before a Sale)

Introduction: The Truth Most Owners Miss Most conversations about business value start in the wrong place. They start with a multiple someone…

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Why New Ventures Never Get to the Next Level

Why New Ventures Never Get to the Next Level in Lower Middle Market Companies and Startups In my experience, most new ventures…

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The Discipline of Being Present: Why Attention Matters in Work and Life

Why Being Present Is One of the Most Valuable Things We Can Give At work, at home, and everywhere in between Many…

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The Mirror Test: 5 Truths About Leadership Accountability Every Leader Must Face

The Mirror Test: Five Hard Truths About Leadership Accountability Leadership conversations often revolve around strategy, vision, and growth plans. Those things matter.…

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