CEO Insights

After a long career that included work in private enterprise, co-founding and running an international public relations agency, and leading such non-profits as CARE USA and AARP, my current role is teaching MBA students. Every business school in America, maybe every school of any kind, proclaims that it creates leaders....

“Education is a lifelong process. It is a great amplifier and accelerator. It must help us learn to live sustainably. It must create curiosity and open the minds of students. It must ignite the minds of the students and help them convert information into knowledge.” ―Professor M.S. Rao In this...

The French novelist Marcel Proust famously wrote that:  “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”  A new book, VisuaLeadership: Leveraging The Power of Visual Thinking is Leadership and in Life, (Post Hill Press, 2020) written by Todd Cherches, delivers sound...

Politicians are elected to serve the people of their district, county, state, and country. Great politicians appreciate the honor and authority bestowed upon them to represent their constituents. Good governing requires truth and integrity. When politicians forget these values, the seduction of power becomes a slippery slope toward self-serving, egocentric,...

In a recent media feature I shared reasons and tips around the powerful role authentic leadership plays in businesses. Authenticity, perhaps once perceived somewhat risky, is a trait now respected and revered. There are some cautions to be mindful of stepping comfortably into this space. There’s times leaders are privy...

Should you decide you want to be a leader – whether you have been selected to or not – your apprenticeship as a great follower can provide the foundation for that step. However, the risk in this or any transition is that you have not learned how to lead yourself...

The traditional concept of frontline leadership conjures up images of a CEO rallying the troops and defending their competitive perimeter. However, the scale and pace of disruption that is now business as usual has transformed this concept to include anyone within an organisation that is managing a tactical response of...

There is something really odd about being a founder/CEO, which is that there is actually no definition for your role. A salesperson does sales, a social media role does everything around social media, but the founder? Not even the internet can give a real answer. I guess the reason is...

Increasingly, boards are recognizing that leadership accountability is a critical issue they need to be considering. Many of the directors I speak with realize that the organizations they serve have leadership accountability gaps. The gaps may be with the executive team or leaders at other levels of the organization. At...

We are currently going through one of the most uncertain times in recent history. The U.S. Economic Policy Uncertainty Index has been at its all-time high multiple times since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In times of crisis, leaders who are more competent in these 5 skills can better...