Executives play in a bigger league; they play for higher stakes; and the game is for keeps. Doing the day-to-day, hands-on work doesn’t fit the job description of the executive; driving the strategy, developing the bench, and making high-caliber decisions have become the new coinage of the realm. When you understand who executives are, whatRead more
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“People don’t leave jobs; they leave bosses.” – Anonymous Congratulations. You’re the boss. That means either you own the company; you are related to someone who owns the company; or someone thought you had the expertise, experience, or potential to be the leader. One of these applies, or you know something regarding moral turpitude aboutRead more
Why would anyone want to be led by you? That’s the question that needs to frame your journey to becoming the boss no one wants to leave. If you have a hard time answering that one, try this one, “Would you want you for a boss?” When someone answers with a stare similar to aRead more
“Criticism has the power to do good when there is something that must be destroyed, dissolved or reduced, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.” – Carl Jung People won’t leave if they’re glad you’re their boss. They will want to stay with a boss that does whatRead more
Several years ago, while working with the leaders of a family-owned business to set their strategies for the next year, I asked to see a copy of their mission statement. Looking confused and more than a little annoyed, the father said he thought it was “somewhere around there” in a framed picture, and the sonRead more
