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Lessons v Tests For CEOs Only

Big Red Car — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:25:55 +0000

Back from a tour de force of the American South, I am struck by the issue of learning from lessons and tests. The matrix goes something like this: 1. When in school or other entities intended to “teach” us things (such as military training for young officers), we are presented lessons and then tested on […]

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Missionary Work- a Dangerous Undertaking

Big Red Car — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 16:01:01 +0000

Big Red Car here, the A/C crisis dealt with. Which brings me to the dangers of missionary work in the startup world. In the startup world, there are two areas, in particular, in which a founder/CEO/entrepreneur should resist the temptation to do missionary work – meaning attempting to fully convert the audience. Missionary work, Big […]

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Risk — A Four Letter Word, CEO Shoptalk

Big Red Car — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:52:33 +0000

Today, we talk RISK, y’all. It is a four letter word and it can be profane, if you let it. Big Red Car here on a sunny, Texas day which will give rise to a 103F temperature during which the BRC will be hanging in the pool, floating. OK, so today we talk about risk. […]

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Taking Care of Business — The Tarheels Teaching

Big Red Car — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:31:48 +0000

Big Red Car here on a bright, sunny day which celebrates the Carolina Tarheels path to the championship in the NCAA Basketball Tournament — known as March Madness to y’all. [Is this a great time to be alive, or what?] If God is not a Tarheel, why is the sky Carolina Blue? Hook ’em, Heels! […]

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“I Am a First Time CEO”

Big Red Car — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:32:14 +0000

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 […]

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CEO Coaching — Firing a Client

Big Red Car — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 11:24:55 +0000

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 […]

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Building Teams and Trust

Big Red Car — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:05:38 +0000

Big Red Car here. On Earth as it is in a 70F Texas, y’all! And why not? So The Boss got into an interesting chat with a trio of brilliant young CEOs. It was a dangerous chat because the subject was something that one of the CEOs was crushing it on, one of the CEOs […]

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Discipline — Blind Spots

Big Red Car — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:52:18 +0000

Big Red Car here. Going to be a great day in the ATX. Nice cold, crisp, sunny day. So you probably watched a bit of college football yesterday, no? The Boss loves college football and is often mumbling that college football is very much like the startup business. [I think he’s just trying to justify […]

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Capitalizing Upon Success

Big Red Car — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:53:58 +0000

Big Red Car here. Big game tonight! Who do you like, beloved readers? The Boss likes Louisville. Uhh, The Boss likes Michigan. Actually, The Boss likes the Carolina Tar Heels but guess what, Boss — the Heels are not playing tonight. They did not make it to the Final Four. Which brings the Big Red […]

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Performance Appraisal

Big Red Car — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:31:48 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss was visiting with a young CEO friend of his — Voomly client actually — about all things “personnel” and the subject of performance appraisal came up. One of the things The Boss has is a lot of “exemplars” — documents which he created and refined over the last 30 […]

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