Who Am I?
Who am I? is one of the longest standing questions entertained by mankind. It is so poignant that the answer to it shapes your choice of career, home, friends, spouse, etc. More importantly, it shapes your thoughts, conversations and actions. The inability to answer that question can send you on an endless journey of empty […]
Top 4 Reasons Charismatic Leaders Are Not the Best Leaders
When serving as a leader, being human is important. Leaders are not directing and guiding machines. Peter F. Drucker said, “Leadership is not magnetic personality, that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people,’ that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the […]
Getting Back to Basics: Road Rules for The Board of Directors & CEO
By Max Pine, former CEO of Restaurant Associates Much has been written about the legal responsibilities of the Board of Directors. However, the ways in which the Board can be most effective in contributing to the success of the CEO, the management team, and the enterprise never receive enough attention. It is a two-way street […]
Has Change Become Too Robotic?
We spend so much time and money trying to make machines more human. Yet, we spend an equal amount of time trying to make humans more like machines. If you leave the human element out of change initiatives, you will usually have a lower success rate. In business, there is a belief that if you […]
What’s Wrong with Narcissism?
Narcissism is derived from Greek mythology. It is the story of a hunter named Narcissus who had renowned beauty. He was lured to a river where he saw his reflection in the water and fell in love with himself. He died staring at himself while unable to have the object of his desire. When some […]
The Paradox of Your Identity
From the day we’re born, we’re instructed on how to build an identity. We’re told our gender, race, socio economic class, religion, etc. Our identity is so important that without it some people may find it difficult to communicate with another until they can surmise it. At the same time, our identity is a trap […]
What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
One of the biggest challenges of leadership occurs when you try to understand what it means to be a leader. Whether you’re a manager, head of a movement or the CEO, you are bombarded with leadership principles that may or may not have merit. Those principles are categorized by time period, title, what’s good, what’s […]
Ted Santos, Chairman of the Board of Veteran CEOs Interviews Richard Goeglein, Chairman of Pinnacle Entertainment
Corporations Need People
To say every corporation needs people is an obvious statement. Yet, every balance sheet shows people as an expense. On the other hand, buildings, land and equipment are considered assets. In an era of knowledge workers, has this mindset become obsolete? Why aren’t people considered assets as well? You can’t have a company without people. […]
Why Is Everything Difficult?
Whether it’s learning to walk for the first time or solving complex quantum physics’ equations, it’s difficult. Yet, most people can be considered experts at walking and there are people throughout the world who are great at solving fascinating mysteries through quantum physics. If you and I go down the list of difficult tasks like […]