This post contains way more information than you ever wanted to know about octopuses. It then uses that information to make some points about executive leadership. What do an executive...
Previously, we showed how to use the impostor syndrome as a guide for creating capacity and scaling capability. In that post we highlighted the importance of growth and development, but...
In order to effectively scale as an executive, at some point you must hire a team of people who know things you don’t. Once your team has capabilities outside your...
The past two posts have talked about the importance of humility for effective leadership, which will be a recurring theme. At this point it’s worth noting that there are negative...
Have you ever hired someone who you later realized over-sold themselves in the interview? What about someone who once on the job demonstrated they had under-sold themselves in the interview?...
Whether you believe someone else has something to teach you, or you don’t, you're right. This is advice that I recently shared in a presentation to Chief Data and Analytics...
I will always remember the day I met the CFO of the company I worked for in my first post-MBA role. I’d been given the task of putting together some...
Years ago I worked closely with someone who often said "Nothing gets done until someone works on it." At first it seemed an odd thing to say, because of how...
Before defining executive leadership let's quickly review what all leaders are responsible for. Nearly everyone in business has at some point seen or drawn the ubiquitous "People, Process, Tools" triangle,...
I went to a university with a strong math program, as I wanted to become a math professor. Unfortunately, I didn’t take it seriously enough and was kicked out. For...
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