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Leo Bottary

Leo Bottary

Leo Bottary is the founder and managing partner of Peernovation. He is a sought-after thought leader on Peer Advantage and Peernovation, emerging disciplines dedicated to strategically engaging peers to achieve personal and organizational excellence. A popular author of three books, including Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us About Building High-performing Teams (Archway; October 16, 2020), he is also an author, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and thought leader on the topic of peer advantage.

Books by Leo Bottary:
Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us About Building High-performing Teams.
What Anyone Can Do
The One Advantage: Introducing a Peer-Powered Culture of Agility to Your Organization
The Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth, and Success


Leo Bottary is a member of the External Advisory Board (EAB) and Executive Council at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.
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CEO Insider

Assume You’re the Problem

Grammarly/Harris Poll released a study recently called The State of Business Communication. To examine what’s getting in the way of collaboration, productivity, and output in the hybrid work era, the research team surveyed 251 business leaders and 1001 knowledge workers employed full-time by companies with at least 150 employees. Among...
CEO Advisory

The Art of Teams

Less than two months ago, I wrote a piece for CEOWORLD magazine titled Go Team!, highlighting Sir Dave Brailsford’s work as the CEO of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge as a masterclass in team leadership. Since then, I have been exploring other outstanding teams from various walks of life - everything...
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What it Means to Entrust

Earlier this week, I led the final module of a six-week professional certification program for Peernovation. I created the curriculum for an inaugural cohort of nine executive coaches from four countries to help them augment their executive coaching practices and extend their reach to building high-performing teams. These coaches will...
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One Company’s Ace in the Hole

The expression “ace in the hole” comes from poker. In a few versions of poker, some cards are dealt face up for everyone to see, while one is dealt face down or in the hole, visible only to the player receiving the cards. Since the ace is the highest card in...
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The World is What We Make of It

Twenty-five years ago, in the feature film Contact, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) responded to her former mentor and nemesis, Dr. David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), after having had a tough day testifying before Congress. Here's a snippet of the dialogue:  David Drumlin: “I know you must think this is all very...
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Look at the Whole Board

During Season 3, Episode 14 (Hartsfield’s Landing) of the hit TV series The West Wing (1999-2006), President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) talked about a foreign policy dilemma and how to negotiate a way forward that would avoid military conflict. While the two were playing chess, Sam...
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Go Team!

On a recent flight from San Diego to Toronto, I decided to explore the Air Canada entertainment options and discovered a documentary titled, Kipchoge: The Last Milestone. It was described as "a cinematic portrait of world record marathon holder Eliud Kipchoge as he prepares to break one of the last...
CEO Advisory

CEO Peer Advisory Groups and Backup Cameras

I am often complimented (or accused) of linking situations, circumstances, or services that don’t have any direct relationship with one another and suggesting that there is something to be learned from the comparison. So, is equating backup cameras (now mandatory in all American-made cars) to CEO peer advisory groups far-fetched?...
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My Leadership Challenge

Full disclosure, my favorite leadership book of all time is The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The book is in its 6th edition, sold more than 2 million copies, and translated into 22 languages, so I am not the only one who feels this way. I was...
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