by Lights Out Admin | May 1, 2019 | Featured
How CEOs can ask for, secure, and act on quality feedback. I often joke that my work is made possible because candor needs to be outsourced. CEOs have a problem getting a decent quantity of quality feedback. For new CEOs, this feedback issue is compounded by what I...
by Lights Out Admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured
Eight years ago, I received a call from a CHRO who confided in me that my client (a new CEO) was doing a very poor job of inspiring the troops. She concluded with this statement: “He’s not making meaning for employees.” I thought it was a brilliant insight into one of...
by Lights Out Admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Featured
For over ten years, I have worked with CEO candidates and CEO-elects. Watching very sophisticated leaders navigate the CEO-succession process is a fascinating study in human nature. The process is rarely without its bumps and there is a huge amount of sensitivity for...
by Lights Out Admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured
One of my CEO clients regularly reminds me that “the wise man has many advisors.” I’ve watched my CEO clients build (sometimes intentionally and sometimes organically) a cadre of advisors who help in all kinds of ways. I’m now a believer in the idea that this is one...
by Lights Out Admin | Jan 1, 2019 | Featured
If you want to lead a company that outperforms the competition, start by clearly defining your company’s vision, mission, and values system. Once these are defined, you must then articulate the strategies that will allow you to accomplish that mission. There is...
