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Pick Your Battles: Don’t Win the Argument and Lose the War
Pick Your Battles: Don’t Win the Argument and Lose the War One of the more important lessons I’ve learned in life and…
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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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Leadership Reset & Renewal
This guided seven-stage renewal journey will challenge you to think about what you may need to let go of, where you need…
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Leadership Presence Checklist
Leadership presence is about how people experience you as a leader. You can be extremely smart, work hard, have great ideas, and…
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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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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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The End of Cheap Capital
The End of Cheap Capital Executive Introduction For years, cheap debt made many strategic choices feel easier. Growth investments, acquisitions, digital bets,…
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Ed’s Confessions of A Vistage Chair Interview
In this interview with Ryan Hogan from Talent Harbor, I share my experience as a Vistage Chair and what I’ve learned working…
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Theme: Effective Communication for Leaders
This resource is designed to help leaders think more intentionally about how they communicate. It highlights the importance of clarity, repetition, listening,…
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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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The Growth Multiplier: Delegation Checklist for Leaders
The Growth Multiplier: Delegation Checklist for Leaders is a structured, step-by-step guide to running clear, effective delegation conversations that transfer not just…
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Leadership Adaptability Assessment for CEOs and Senior Leaders
If you are looking for a leadership adaptability assessment for CEOs, a practical executive self-assessment for change leadership, or a business leadership…
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Theme: Data Analytics – Executive Strategies for Analytics, Automation, and AI
Most mid-market companies are drowning in data but starving for insights. While the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence suggests overnight transformation, the reality…
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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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Leadership Business Plan Template: A One-Page Strategic Planning Tool
This Leadership Business Plan is designed to help leaders capture the most critical elements of their strategy on a single page. Rather…
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Management vs Leadership: The Journey from Manager to True Leader
Management vs Leadership: The Journey from Manager to True Leader Part of my work — and frankly, part of my calling —…
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The Two Most Important Things a Leader Needs to Be Able to Say
The Two Most Important Things a Leader Needs to Be Able to Say Let me share something I’ve come to believe pretty…
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2026 CEO-Business Owner Outlook – THE Great Reconciliation
The last decade rewarded speed, leverage, and optionality. Leaders could move quickly, rely on cheap capital to smooth mistakes, and offset weakness…
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Capacity Building Lessons from the World’s Most Enduring Business Thinkers
My Journey with Capacity Building: A Look Back Before Looking Forward Recently, I was going back through my notes—old books, highlighted passages,…
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If You’re the Hardest-Working Person in Your Company—and You’re the CEO—Something Is Wrong
Are You The Hardest Working Person In Your Business? I believe in hard work. I always have. Most CEOs and business owners…
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When You’ve Stopped Growing with Your Executive Coach
Coaching isn’t meant to last forever. Its ultimate goal is to help leaders think better, see themselves more clearly, and eventually coach…
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Leadership Is a Daily Choice
Leadership Is a Daily Choice — And Most Leaders Drift Without Realizing It Most leadership breakdowns don’t happen because someone isn’t smart…
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The Leaders Playbook for Managing Stress
The Leader’s Playbook for Managing Stress Leadership stress is rarely caused by long hours alone. Most leaders can handle hard work. What…
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The Four Pillars of Enduring Leadership
The Four Pillars of Enduring Leadership Enduring leadership is not built on personality, charisma, or short-term tactics. It is built on timeless…
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CFO Magazine
CFO.com A Financial Leadership News and Analysis Platform CFO.com is a digital publication focused on financial leadership, providing news, analysis, and insights…
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Strategy + Business
strategy+business A Global Business Strategy and Leadership Publication strategy+business is an award-winning business management and corporate strategy publication published by PwC and…
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MIT Sloan Management Review
A Research-Based Management and Leadership Publication MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) is a research-driven business publication published by the MIT Sloan…
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JimCollins.com
A Leadership Research and Management Thought Leadership Platform JimCollins.com is the official website of business researcher, author, and leadership thinker Jim Collins,…
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Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review A Global Business Leadership and Management Publication Harvard Business Review (HBR) is a leading business management and leadership publication…