Posted by admin in Updates on 19. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The economic uncertainty of today’s world offers an excellent opportunity for Leaders to take steps to help bring out the best in those that we lead. Co-workers not only have a greater appreciation for their current job but they also have a strong desire to know how the organization is doing, where it is going [...]
Participate in a confidential, trusting and mutually supportive environment Benefit from the idea exchange and collective wisdom of the group Distinguish between fads and sustainable best practices Learn from real-life experiences of others Gain timely insights regarding economic conditions across various sectors Address common issues via outside expertise and dialogue among peers Enhance servant leadership [...]
We are pleased to announce that CEO Forum III was launched in December of 2009. Soon over 30 Northwest Arkansas Leaders will be meeting monthly in three separate CEO Forums coming together in a safe setting to help one another with our most challenging issues and to learn new and better ways of doing things. [...]
Posted by admin in Updates on 12. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
During times marked by turbulent economic events such as the past eighteen months, it is more difficult to forecast where our level of volume and revenues may be heading. So how does one forecast in such a turbulent time? Revenues and Items that Follow Revenues Consider shortening the planning period first then extending it incrementally. [...]
Posted by admin in Announcements on 19. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Posted by admin in Keepers on 19. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Don’t take yourself too seriously. Happiness = Reality – Expectations Gratitude is the foundation of contentment. There are always those who are smarter, stronger and faster than you, generally younger. Choose them for your team. Things that get rewarded…get done. Mistakes are opportunities. All humans face the same issues, just in varying magnitudes and in [...]
Posted by admin in Updates on 22. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
This checklist prepared by forbes.com in a PowerPoint presentation “holds water” as well as any we have seen. It would be a healthy exercise for any CEO or C- Suite team to evaluate your small to medium size business against each of these 20 Most Important Questions in Business. The exercise would serve to confirm [...]
Posted by admin in Updates on 02. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
“Optimistic, forward-thinking leaders are sitting on a rare opportunity, and they must be systematic in how they take advantage of it if they want to make positive changes,” says George, a Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, which develops medical technologies to treat chronic diseases. Read more [...]
Posted by admin in Updates on 23. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
We would like to share with you these anecdotal stories each coming about all in the month of December! They indicate that 2010 is going to be a much improved year. While attending earlier this month one of the CEO Forums of Arizona in Phoenix, AZ, we learned the following: An enterprise producing in excess [...]
Posted by admin in Updates on 20. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
It has been interesting learning how large and small companies have begun to use Skype and the degree to which it is being used. Our thinking when reading this was to share it with you as we all strive to save costs yet stay connected. How can we bring technology to our organizations, limit travel [...]
Posted by admin in Keepers on 27. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
In the first year of CEO Forum I, Jim Walcott offered this guideline when discussing an optimal role of a board of director, “Head in, fingers out.” While from time to time, the board of directors may direct other parties to get there fingers into a specific area and report back to the board of [...]
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Posted by admin in Keepers on 22. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
A valued member of our CEO Forum I, Darin Gray, came up with the idea that at almost every CEO Forum, one of the members makes a statement that has great wisdom or makes a statement that is worthy of “capturing” and holding so that others can be exposed to it, learn it or apply [...]
Posted by admin in Keepers on 13. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
At this morning’s CEO Forum, a statement was made that our members felt was a “Keeper.” This is a lesson that Ted has learned from others: “People don’t care what you know until they know that you care!” That is a Keeper, my friends!
