Distracting Ideas Unfocus CEOS In this late hour video, I talk about the Shiny Objects Syndrome that affects CEOs and business owners, who are addicted to exciting ideas and are willing to...

One of my EOS clients asked about involving teams below the executive level in rock setting, instead of assigning rocks top down. His team had apparently asked for the opportunity to pick...

Mergers are about integration. They are not about finding the partner company, nor affecting the transaction, however complicated either of these may be.  Most mergers fail due to a lack of integration...

Welcome the Tension of Having a Constraint in Your Business. When there is no clear constraint, you have nothing to focus your efforts on. Your energy gets diffused and you lack the...

There Are 3 Types of Decisions You Can Make. The best decision is a GOOD decision.  This happens when you make a decision that turns out to take your organization in a...

Cooperation: The Final Block The final block in the lowest rung of John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is Cooperation. Listening, evaluating, embracing van be a tough job for the string-willed leader, but...

Pat Lencioni speaks in his latest book, The Advantage, at length about why companies, if they want to succeed, having to be Smart and Healthy at the same time. He defines Smart...

New Vlog Series on Leadership Philosophy Check out my new vlog series on LinkedIn about UCLA Bruins 10-times champion coach, John Wooden’s leadership philosophy, including his Pyramid of Success. Today’s first episode...