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And Just When I Thought Things Were Going So Well.

by Pete Michaels | Nov 11, 2015 | Decision-Making | 0 comments

Has your company been sailing along creating revenues and profits that may have been of record proportions only to take an unforeseen turn for the worse? One of my CEO members experienced this recently.  At the last monthly meeting of his peer group business was...

How Well Known Is Your Brand? – Set yourself apart from your competition

by Pete Michaels | Sep 16, 2013 | Decision-Making | 0 comments

How do you differentiate your company from your competition?  That was the question posed by David Avrin, The Visibility Coach, to my private advisory board of CEOs.  His presentation “It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You”, emphasized creating a message that sets...

What Triggers You? – How what people do or say can make you an ineffective leader

by Pete Michaels | Jun 24, 2013 | Decision-Making | 0 comments

Several weeks ago Nikki Nemerouf addressed my CEO private advisory board at their monthly meeting.  Nikki’s company, Starquest, Inc., focuses on developing higher levels of performance in leaders and their organizations.  Nikki titled his talk to us “Becoming Mentally...

Gut Instincts – When to make a decision based on instinct or based on information

by Pete Michaels | Jun 10, 2013 | Decision-Making | 1 comment

As mentioned in my previous blog I  read an article in McKinsey Quarterly (May 2010) titled “How to test your decision-making instincts”.  It is a summary of an article they published in March 2010 called “Strategic decisions:  When can you trust your gut?” authored...

What Do You Mean You Don’t Have All The Answers? – How to use others to help with your decisions

by Pete Michaels | May 27, 2013 | Decision-Making, Leadership | 0 comments

I love this cartoon.  It sums up my experience in working with CEOs for the past 40+ years.  No, most of them do not lack this kind of self-confidence in front of their management team; however, every one admits he/she does not have all the answers. As Chief Executive...

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