I’m a fan of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. In a few months, he’s worked hard to transform Uber’s image from a company known for bad behavior to one that is eager to learn from its mistakes and play nice with others. But a recent tweet from Khosrowshahi threatens to destroy the image he’s worked so […]
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The greatest lesson we can learn from the achievement of Roger Bannister, who broke the 4-minute mile in 1954 and who died at 88 yesterday, arises from someone else breaking his record only seven weeks later. And then many times since. Why? Because as great as his physical feat, it shows that his mental feat was as great.
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Next time you go to a traditional ‘networking’ event, a cocktail party or dinner, do us all a favor: lose the elevator pitch. That approach is quickly losing relevancy in making authentic connections that could open up doors for you. Instead, your first order of priority is to take the attention off of yourself and put it squarely on the other
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Jim Barnett is CEO of Glint, which enables real-time employee engagement data to provide leaders with actionable insights into the health of their organizations. As an accomplished serial entrepreneur, avid practitioner of Vipassana meditation and proponent of conscious leadership, we asked Jim about his approach to corporate culture and leadership. Here’s what he shared. You have
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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. It’s the apparently mundane stories of how one person treats another that end up in so many viral videos. In the middle is often a brand. At the heart, though, are judgments of business and humanity. One that has
Is the current business environment good for revenue growth? A lot of CEOs from small and midsize businesses (SMBs) think so. In the latest Vistage CEO Confidence Index survey, a whopping 83 percent of SMB CEOs said that they expected their company’s revenues to increase in 2018. Another 13 percent predicted that this year’s revenues would be
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There’s a quote by Plato that has always stuck with me: “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because they have to say something.” It’s a saying that has helped my introverted side find comfort in large group meetings, overshadowed by loud voices that dominate the conversation. Whether I’m running the meeting
If you travel for business, you’ve likely seen more incidents of passengers behaving badly. One key difference now is that many more are captured on video. Now, one of the more shocking videos you’ll see of this sort has emerged from a recent JetBlue flight. In it, a disturbed passenger apparently goes bezerk–berating cabin crew, breaking out
A few weeks ago, I was called in by the president of a mid-cap company to do some executive coaching with one of his most promising leaders — someone who had just been promoted to a big-dog position and had the potential to grow into the CEO spot over time. There was only one problem. This
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According to one study from Burson-Marsteller, 48 percent of a company’s reputation can be attributed to the standing of its CEO. For better or worse, having an active CEO brand is no longer an option. And while there is a growing understanding of the importance of creating a CEO brand, many leaders still aren’t maximizing their personal brands to benefit
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