Tag: productivity

Do your leaders know what you want from them?

Many, if not most, of my conversations with CEOs end up covering the leadership team. After all, this is how a CEO succeeds – through her leaders. This is her leverage. Pure and simple. Many CEOs are frustrated with their […]

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Optimize your performance by managing your energy

Have you noticed that some meeting and activities drain you while others feed you? As CEO, you get pulled in many directions. Your work days can be intense. While intensity is needed if you want to build something big, you […]

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How much value did you add today?

I work with a CEO whose company has daily targets for enterprise value created. I love this for two reasons: 1. I believe that speed is both the primary strategy and primary tactic for a high growth company. All else […]

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Be a time Diva

OG supermodel Linda Evangelista famously once said “I don’t get out of bed for less than $ 10,000“. She said this many years ago, when $10K was worth a lot more than it is today. At the risk of turning […]

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Dealing with the never-ending task list

Often, when CEOs get in touch with me, it is because they have an impossible list of tasks. If you spend all day in meetings and only do e-mail in the evenings, you leave yourself no time to actually DO […]

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What if you took 52 vacations per year?

I’m back in action today after almost three weeks off. I come back renewed, feeling more creative, full of ideas and ready to serve my clients fully. This experience has me thinking about the importance of rest and relaxation for […]

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