Big Red Car here in the quiet hour before dawn when the world gets ready to welcome the sun and get on with its business.
Today, we talk about toughness.
How tough are you?
The answer is — much tougher than you think you are.
OK, now you can get a cup of coffee and get on with your day. JK Continue reading
Here are some blog posts which focus on the issue of the character traits and skills of the successful CEO. Enjoy.
These are all hyperlinks. Click on them.
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Learning from failure
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Planning
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Organization
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Decisionmaking
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Communications
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Closing
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Experimentation
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Brainstorming
Read them all and there will be a test on Tuesday. If Notre Dame wins, the test will be on Friday.
Big Red Car here. It is a beautiful day already in the ATX and it’s Saturday! Yes, Saturday!
So, it’s time for a little more discussion of what it takes to be a successful CEO.
You have to be a brainstormer! Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Rained like Hell last night in the ATX. It is that time of year — we get the rains in May and September and this is September. Bring it!
So today, we talk about the C Suite and how it operates or should operate.
First, let’s make sure we’re all talking about the same thing — C Suite occupants: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and so on.
You don’t have to have all these folks but you might. They are the leadership of the company. Continue reading
Big Red Car here enjoying the lovely, sunny, warm ATX yet once again.
So, I’m talking to four different founder/CEOs and one of the says, “I’m a first time CEO.”
To which the Big Red Car responds, “And so?”
“So, I really don’t know what I am doing,” sayeth the first time CEO.
To which replies the Big Red Car, “So what?” Continue reading
Big Red Car here in the fabulous ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas, y’all!
So The Boss is talking to one of his brilliant CEOs and they get on the issue of what powers a CEO has and where they are derived from.
It is an interesting chat because the CEO is a new CEO and is feeling his way along a familiar path that The Boss has seen many times before.
You do not “receive” power, you “take” power. [OK, that’s it for today, folks. Take the rest of the day off. Haha, Big Red Car, you’re a jokester.] Continue reading
Big Red Car here. The summer has settled in and it is a nice hot one, y’all. I took a nice ride yesterday and it was steamy. I just got a new set of tires and I was cruising.
So The Boss was talking to me about the CEO coaching business. He gets a lot of calls and he has had some clients for almost three years now.
Not long ago, he fired a client. What? Firing a client? Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Bit muggy here in the ATX. Wild night last night with police killing two individuals and one victim apparently murdered by one of the individuals killed by the police. Say a prayer for Austin. Situation still a little murky.
So the Big Red Car is listening — eavesdropping — on one of The Boss’s bright young CEOs delivering a bit of a tongue lashing to one of his team.
And how did that go, Big Red Car?
Not well, y’all. Not well. Continue reading
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