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CEO Shoptalk: Leadership

Big Red Car — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:31:08 +0000

Leadership at the startup and small company levels is typically something the founder/CEO is doing for the first time in her existence. She is also likely taking the trash out, but this is the nature of small business. [Pro tip: Relish the chaos and novelty of this experience. Bask in the chaos and learning. Write […]

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Leadership Revisited — You Can Do This

Big Red Car — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:25:44 +0000

This blog post is a revisit of something I wrote some time ago. It was one of the most heavily trafficked posts I have ever written though not at the time I wrote it. I have revised some things. I have been a CEO for 33 years, before that an Army officer for five years, […]

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No Perfect Leaders

Big Red Car — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:28:10 +0000

I have been in the leadership business since I was a cadet at Virginia Military Institute in 1969. As an Army officer, we were not converted into “wartime” CEOs, our constant context was war. That was what we were trained to do. It is like nails on a blackboard when I hear venture capitalists describe […]

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Evolving Leadership Style

Big Red Car — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:07:17 +0000

Leadership is one of those subjects that ebbs and flows in cycle with the startup and venture capital buzz. It was quite fashionable to discuss a few years ago, today, not so much. It is, however, a very important issue to understand. I want to discuss three different specific elements of evolving leadership. 1. The […]

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Reading With Skepticism And Perception

Big Red Car — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:02:43 +0000

The other day I read an interesting blog post by a former client of mine, Anthony Bucci, former co-founder and CEO of Revzilla. He was an early client and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him as he scaled Revzilla into a powerhouse eCommerce business. He blossomed into an excellent CEO and monetized the company in […]

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Adapting Leadership Style

Big Red Car — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:38:53 +0000

One of the gratifying things about working with CEOs who are developing their skills is to watch how they become stronger and more flexible as their problem solving becomes more sophisticated and situational. This is leadership style and voice. Each successful leader will try out several leadership styles and a genuine voice to advance that […]

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Leadership And Leadership Training

Big Red Car — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:10:54 +0000

Gloomy day in the ATX, but then I am in the ATX, so how gloomy can it really be? So I have been reading a book — 40 pages in, an easy read — by Jerry Collonna called: Reboot – Leadership and the Art of Growing Up. Jerry is one of those Internet presences one […]

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Leadership Changes — CEO Shoptalk

Big Red Car — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:56:32 +0000

Leadership changes can effect policy which can alter outcomes. Leadership changes are critical to outcomes. Big Red Car here on a glorious Texas, Austin By God Texas, day. Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas! One of the easiest ways to change outcomes is to change leadership. I say this in the context of […]

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Redemption or Revenge?

Big Red Car — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 20:16:57 +0000

Which is better — redemption or revenge? Why not both, Big Red Car? Big Red Car here on a slightly gray day in the ATX, but yesterday was glorious. Out touring the Hill Country checking out the bluebonnets, the poppies, the Indian paintbrush, and, of course, the cows on the roads. So, in the women’s […]

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Leadership & Management — One More Time!

Big Red Car — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:08:45 +0000

Big Red Car here. Ahh, you know the shtick by now — On Earth as it is in Texas! Every so often, we find ourselves being drawn into a discussion that is endless. One such discussion is the ramifications of leadership and management for the startup and small business. It is a continuous discussion. Note […]

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