The Zero Talent Test
Talent is, sadly, not distributed equally. But there are significant aspects of performance that are under our complete control requiring neither talent nor training. They are simply choices. Share the following with your employees and the young people in your life…and be sure your model it for both!
Collins on Chaos
The past two years might be described in any number of ways, but most would agree that “chaotic” should be high on the list of relevant adjectives. The pandemic and the government’s response, supply chain challenges, the War for Talent, Work from Home and other events have made for the most challenging leadership environment in […]
“A Life of Climb”…Is it for You?
Many of the readers of this newsletter hear about Vistage and its superb speaker programs but have never experienced one. On Friday, October 22 you’ll have a tremendous opportunity to do so during our next “Vistage “CEO Climb Event” from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. PDT. Vistage Speaker Chalmers Brothers will present “Better Leadership, Conversations and […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I will […]
For Our Friends Outside the C-Level Family
These webinars from Vistage Research are available to Vistage Members and Non-members alike.Cutting-Edge Decision-Making Resources from Vistage ResearchEvents open to Members and non-Members
Econ Recon
More Trouble Ahead: This past week the stock market took some heavy hits, but we should remember that it’s worth as a leading indicator can be problematic. Nobel Prize winning economist once quipped that “the stock market had predicted nine out of the last five recessions” (meaning that stock market is often overly pessimistic about the […]
Scaling the Peddler
For centuries it was the merchant in a stall or a peddler on the road who made available to us the goods that others produced on distant farms or shops.These modes of distribution limited the quantity and quality of the goods available and added significantly to their costs and ultimately to the prices consumers paid. […]
Tiny Gains. Massive Results
Albert Einstein, despite his groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the universe, once remarked that he thought “compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” This applies not only to our money, but ourselves. Our initial efforts at self-improvement may not appear to yield much change; but they clearly do over time. As Peter Drucker once […]
Depression Q & A
Readers of this newsletter know that ITR Economics is a highly trusted source of economic forecasts for our C-Level Vistage Members. In addition to their highly accurate shorter-term forecasts, ITR principals Brian and Alan Beaulieu have long warned of another “Great Depression” that will occur toward the of this decade; almost a century after the earlier one. […]
America Adrift
Last week, I mentioned the latest book from Dr. Scott Galloway that looks at America (and perhaps soon other countries), not through several hundred pages of texts, but dozens of remarkable, and disturbing, graphs and charts. I just watched a ten minute video interview with Dr. Galloway in which he shared some of the remarkable content from Adrift: American […]
