Hard-won insights from 13+ years in Vistage rooms with CEOs and senior leaders — on culture, communication, delegation, decision-making, and what it actually takes to lead.
By Jed Daly · 16 posts · 2017–2019
Leadership, self-deception, and the second job no one is paying your people to do.
Go for respect. The liking may follow. Go for liked, and you'll likely end up with neither.
How leaders respond to mistakes is one of the most powerful cultural signals they send.
The five reasons companies fail — and what to do before any of them happens.
Be impeccable with your word. Mean what you say. Do what you promise.
The lens you look through determines the reality you create.
And your behaviors are more responsible than you think.
If a life-sized gorilla walked right in front of you, you'd see it. Right?
Time management misses the point. The real question is what you're paying attention to.
The problem with communication is the illusion that it happened.
In 13 years of CEO advisory, I've found that leaders misidentify the real problem 75% of the time.
The most successful people aren't trying to be right. They're trying to be less wrong.
The monkey on your back didn't get there by accident.
Why most hiring decisions are little better than throwing darts — and what to do instead.
The culture you have is the culture you've allowed.
It's what you're 100% certain is true that just ain't so.
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