You may be excellent at solving problems — but pause for a moment: are you sure you’re solving the right ones? In business, many leaders are too driven or impatient to spend enough time on problem definition. That means first validating that

A CEO (with an asterisk) is a CEO who accepts that role with the knowledge that the company’s founder will be hanging around, still possessing influence and ownership. In truth, no one uses CEO*, but maybe they should. Operating in

“Whether or not we participate in a spiritual practice or adhere to a faith tradition, whether or not we identify as religious or spiritual, our brain has a natural inclination toward and a docking station for spiritual awareness,” says Lisa

When leaders talk about the culture of their organization, is it more important to be aspirational… or honest? By aspirational, I mean to talk about your culture in terms of what you want, or hope it will be at some

Do you know what matters most to the people who will evaluate your performance? If not, then your odds of succeeding are quite low. When I begin to work with a CEO or other leader, I’ll speak to Directors of

There are pretty good odds that you have too many people on your leadership team. In my experience, most businesses do. Leadership teams are often made up of all the people who report to the business leader (i.e. the CEO,