4 Important Steps to Avoid Failure
While temporary failure has its benefits, permanent failure can be devastating. Therefore, it is imperative to be able to learn lessons from temporary set backs and avoid permanent failure. To do that, you have to be clear about what you want to accomplish in your life, have a strategy/plan to achieve it, train and prepare […]
How Do You Stretch Your Thinking?
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” ― Don Marquis For those of you who are surrounded by people who are determined to make you really think, it is easy to blame them for the aftermath of thinking. When you really think, […]
The 5 Toughest Lessons I Learned As A CEO
By Richard Goeglein, Chairman of Pinnacle Entertainment and Former CEO of Harrah’s Hotels & Casinos Some 15 years ago I became CEO and 5% owner of a start-up Company with the purpose to develop a major Resort. It was a development which I had pursued previously — in fact, 2 different times. I believed […]
Max Pine Bio
Max Pine’s career has focused on several key segments of the restaurant industry. After leaving the CEO Position at Restaurant Associates, Pine founded Aries Associates, a consulting firm that provides strategic advice to CEO’s and private equity investors on restaurant chain investments. In addition to numerous domestic assignments, Pine has consulted on restaurant businesses in […]
The 28 Most Valuable Lessons I Learned As a CEO
By Max Pine, Former CEO of Restaurant Associates, Inc. As a CEO… 1. Decide whether you want to be a creative leader who takes some calculated risks or a manager who maintains the status quo. Once you decide that, don’t allow your organization to be diverted by any undertaking that is foreign to their […]
Private Breakfast with Henry Kravis
Board of Veteran CEOs Breakfast Forum A Conversation with Henry Kravis The Board of Veteran CEOs will host an intimate Breakfast Forum featuring private equity pioneer Henry Kravis, co- founder and co-CEO of the leading global investment firm Kolhberg Kravis Roberts. Richard Goeglein, the current chairman of Pinnacle Entertainment and a titan of the gaming […]
3 Good Things About Failure
When we think of failure, we believe there is something wrong. Therefore, it is the word and situation we avoid at all costs. Some of us will lie, cheat and steal to avoid failure. Yet, in many cases, failure can offer more knowledge, wisdom and riches than success. In the simplest cases, Post It by […]
Legendary KKR CEO Will Speak to CEOs Over Breakfast
Henry Kravis of KKR to Keynote The Board of Veteran CEOs Breakfast Forum Moderated by Chairman of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. Richard Goeglein Exclusive Gathering for Veteran and Sitting CEOs Hosted by Law Firm Akerman Senterfitt NEW YORK – October 7, 2013 —The Board of Veteran CEOs, a leading organization for information exchanges, partnerships and networking […]
Top 3 Ways to Lead a Multi Generational Organization
By Richard Goeglein Chairman of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. & Former CEO of Harrah’s Hotels & Casinos The rapid advancement of technology coupled with the major shift in demographics of the general work force will test business as never before. As Boomers retire and the Gen X, Y (20’ thru 40’s) becomes the dominant employee base, […]
Richard Goeglein Bio
Mr. Richard Goeglein is a seasoned business executive who has led high-growth billion-dollar companies through mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Along with his extensive experience in the US casino and hospitality industries, he has also worked internationally in consumer services and products sectors. He is currently Chairman of the Board, Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. He joined Pinnacle’s […]