excellence – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:54:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 CEO Shoptalk: Learn To Say Goodbye https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/ceo-shoptalk-learn-to-say-goodbye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceo-shoptalk-learn-to-say-goodbye Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:54:10 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=11445 If you aspire to be good at anything, to really excel — including as a CEO — then you better learn how to say “Goodbye, y’all,” as you will be saying it a lot. Think of excellence as being a mountain. As you near the top, the air is rarified, the pathway more treacherous, the […]

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]]> The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO Series https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-character-traits-and-skills-of-the-successful-ceo-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-character-traits-and-skills-of-the-successful-ceo-series Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:16:26 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2350 Big Red Car here.  So, we have been pontificating on what drives the success of a CEO. We have focused on several specific traits and skills. Read about them here: The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Learning from failure The […]

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]]> Company Culture — in Pursuit of Excellence or Workplace Health? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/company-culture-in-pursuit-of-excellence-or-workplace-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=company-culture-in-pursuit-of-excellence-or-workplace-health https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/company-culture-in-pursuit-of-excellence-or-workplace-health/#comments Sat, 22 Jun 2013 13:52:31 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2196 Big Red Car here.  Going to be a bang up day in the ATX.  Lovely bright sunshine everywhere, bit of a breeze and a nice balmy warm 96F.  Great convertible weather, no?  Take that hint, Boss, and let’s get some miles on the old Big Red Car today. So, we are musing about the subject […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/company-culture-in-pursuit-of-excellence-or-workplace-health/feed/ 3 Iterative Improvement, the march from lazy through mediocre to EXCELLENCE https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/iterative-improvement-the-march-from-lazy-through-mediocre-to-excellence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iterative-improvement-the-march-from-lazy-through-mediocre-to-excellence https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/iterative-improvement-the-march-from-lazy-through-mediocre-to-excellence/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:54:12 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1109 Big Red Car here.  Wet day today, no running time which makes me feel listless and like a mediocre convertible — not the excellent, authentic All American car I am capable of being.  Need a bath and a shine. Which gets me to thinking about iterative improvement and the path to excellence. Nobody ever gets […]

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