CEO Advisory

A variety of events can change the business landscape and serve as a strategic inflection point to trigger organizational change. These factors range from changing economic conditions and business expansion or contraction to new competitive dynamics and the pursuit of innovation. At no point in recent history have more factors...

True or false: The CFO is the “numbers” leader in the C-Suite. If you said true, you are correct – but only partially. Today’s CFOs play a broader role in organizations than ever before. That’s good for them – and for the organizations they serve. In a recent global Accenture survey...

A few months ago, I asked my daughters to read a few chapters from the manuscript of my new book.  One piece of feedback I received was about a section in the Introduction, where I defined some key terms. My daughter Kristin liked that these definitions created a shared understanding...

There is an incredible amount of literature about the post-COVID workplace. Some companies have already sent their employees back to the office where allowed, and others are considering not renewing leases, instead preferring to invest the money in off sites and employee happiness. Wherever your company lies on the gamut,...

The best gift my father gave me was the secret of how to create luck. I grew up on a dairy farm and most of the time we were working without much time for “speechifying”.  So, this secret was provided mostly through example. However,  on one particular Sunday afternoon my...

Many of the recent mass protests across the country have been peaceful. But, some protests have led to significant property damage due to arson or vandalism, as well as business interruption losses for businesses forced to close (in some cases shortly after reopening as shelter-in-place orders related to the pandemic...

Several years ago, Harvard Business Review published a piece by Benham Tabrizi titled: 75% of Cross-Functional Teams Are Dysfunctional.  I can’t say my personal experience with cross-functional work teams would contribute much to challenging that point. There are a few critical reasons for this. For example, let's consider such a...

The outbreak of coronavirus, one of the scariest tragedies the human race has ever faced, is exacting a terrible human toll and menacing the world economy, especially having catastrophic effects in the realm of business. While the world appears to be consumed by the universal tribulations of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

From start to finish, a day in the life of a business leader is often calculated down to the minute. You have meetings to attend, calls to take, data to analyze, report to review, and decisions to make, all for the greater good of moving your business ever forward. Right?...

The fallout from coronavirus has been profound: unemployment surged past record-highs, non-essential businesses shut down overnight, and the national debt ballooned immensely. No American remained unscathed. As an entrepreneur and business owner, the economic impacts of the virus are clear and hit close to home. As a former Ohio Congressman,...