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Setting Sail In The New Year – Pick a theme and focus your goals around this theme

by Pete Michaels | Jan 10, 2014 | Leadership | 0 comments

Each January one exercise I conduct with the members of my CEO advisory boards focuses around goals.  What are the two to four most important goals they want to accomplish in the coming year?  Many times I make them pick two business goals and two personal goals...

The 4 Most Effective Ways Leaders Solve Problems – Look at them as opportunities

by Pete Michaels | Nov 10, 2013 | Leadership | 0 comments

This is a recap of a Forbes.com article written by contributor Glenn Llopis.  I am always looking for ideas to help you become a better leader. As leader of your organization or area of responsibility (each holds the responsibility of a CEO whether that is your title...

Are You Rolling The Dice With Your Strategy? – Implementing your strategic plan

by Pete Michaels | Nov 5, 2013 | Leadership | 0 comments

In an October 2013 McKinsey Quarterly article titled “Mastering the building blocks of strategy” the authors, Chris Bradley, Angus Dawson and Antoine Montard feel successful strategies focus on what they call the core building blocks.  These are discussed below.  They...

Marketing And Sales Strategies For The New Economy

by Pete Michaels | Sep 2, 2013 | Economy | 0 comments

Sam Bowers spoke to a recent meeting of my CEO private advisory board.  His topic, “Marketing, Sales And Pricing Strategies For The New Economy”, addressed how he perceives the selling process changing.  Sam really challenged our thinking around the ways we are...

High Altitude Leadership – Three dangers to avoid as a business leader

by Pete Michaels | Aug 19, 2013 | Leadership | 0 comments

My CEO Boards of Advisors and my KEY Executive group had the pleasure of sharing part of a recent meeting with Don Schmincke, often referred to as the world’s “management renegade.”  He opened his presentation acknowledging that his firm’s work is “politically...
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