Note: A Black Swan Event is an unexpected crisis that is difficult to resolve, often involves government intervention, and represents a major threat to you and your business.
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I often hear that Washington creates too much regulation.
As a pro-business moderate Democrat who served in Congress [...]
I’ve spent 37 years in Washington and have seen a lot of companies suffer severe damage when their fast moving business model hits the brick wall of the Federal government. In Congress, I witnessed CEO’s grilled at committee hearings, watched reputations shattered through long drawn out government investigations, and saw industries crippled by onerous new [...]
It’s always good to think about an Impossible Future, whether in your first 100 days or beyond, because it is such a power vehicle for transforming an organization and achieving extraordinary and tangible business results.
First of all, an Impossible Future is the derivative of leadership that is authentic and passionate. An Impossible Future is [...]
Jay Abraham, a dear and brilliant colleague as well as one of the most eloquent, magisterial business writers I know, sent me a fascinating email yesterday. The title was: If a Tree Falls in the Forest and There’s Nobody Around, Does It Make A Sound? OR…Is There ANYBODY Out There Listening/Hearing Me/You/YOUR CUSTOMER?
I found [...]
Today, most CEOs come into the job with a vision and a winning game plan. They hold an executive offsite with the top team and come up with a game changing strategy. Everyone gets excited and signs off on the strategy, vowing to play 100 percent at making sure it gets executed. Then surprisingly, after [...]
Top search firms, Fortune 500s, and Sand Hill Road VC firms are increasingly choosing candidates who have spent a year in a business Start Up Incubator rather than those who are graduates of Harvard, Stanford, or Tuck.
The reason, said a friend who works at Heidrick and Struggles, is that, while business schools give you [...]
Shift yourself from the doomed world of a business proprietor into the dynamic, vibrant, possibility-based world of entrepreneurship.
Can we talk candidly for a few minutes? This is one of those conversations that could alter/redefine your business future…but it may be painful to hear.
The New Year that’s upon us could…possibly…be THE toughest, most [...]
Occupy Wall Street is a grass roots protest against big public institutions like banks, which up until recently, have been able to avoid public scrutiny regarding principles and practices that are full of internal contradictions.
In recent months, it hasn’t just been predator banks, subprime mortgages, and absurdly high interest fees that have come into [...]
What does the new CEO of Philips, Frans van Houten, have in common with Dutch explorers of the past, such as Henry Hudson who sought to find an easterly passage to Asia, or Willem Janszoon who recorded European landfall on the Australian continent?
These hearty Dutch explorers each pursued an Impossible Dream in service of [...]
I would like to talk to you about my latest book Your First 100 Days, Powerful First Steps on the Path to Greatness. The book provides a critical path for succeeding in almost any new leadership role. A note of caution: The closer you get to the top, the more complex leadership transitions [...]
