By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., copyright 2007 Peter Drucker passed away a little over a year ago. I’ve been re-reading several of his articles and books and was struck by how well he understood the mind of executives and how clear and to the point he could be. Much of what I’ve been reading resonates with Read More >
Past Executive Briefings
Team Building Without Time Wasting: A Case Study
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D. copyright 2007 In the book, Coaching for Leadership: How the World’s Greatest Coaches Help Leaders Learn, Marshall Goldsmith and Howard Morgan describe a practical team building approach that is effective, empowering and highly focused. Called, Team Building Without Time Wasting (TBWTW), their approach offers the specific steps and the insights needed Read More >
When Times are Tough, the Tough Become Better Leaders – Four Lessons for Tough Times
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2008 It’s Deja Vu all over again. We’re into another down turn of the economic cycle. The operative word is “cycle.” Unfortunately, many business people forget that and either panic and begin to take rash actions or act like deer in head lights (frozen with fear). I published my very Read More >
What Do Successful Leaders Appeal to First – Heart or Mind?
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D. © 2008 If you ask any successful salesperson, they will tell you that all things being equal, (competing product and/or services) you need to appeal to the emotional side of your prospect’s mind if you want to win them over. Salespeople who develop a good relationship with their prospects will have Read More >
Free Agents: The Challenge of Leading Top Performers in a Global Economy
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2008 It used to be easy being a leader. You gave orders and people followed them. If they didn’t do what you told them to do, you fired them and easily found a willing replacement, anxiously looking for work and willing to put his life in your care. Believe it Read More >
Finding Opportunity in Crisis
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2009 Much has been written about executive coaching as a method for helping executives perform at the top of their game or to get back on track if they have derailed. The latter has been until recently the primary reason coaches are retained. However, the little know secret is that Read More >
Narcissistic Executives: A Pre-emptive Approach For Dealing With Them
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2009 The following article is longer than my usual briefings because it’s a complex subject. I wrote it at the request of a leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist after I helped his firm deal with an extremely difficult CEO/founder of a start-up they had funded. CEOs/Founders of this type, all Read More >
Becoming a Top Level Leader: Five Important Steps
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2010 In 2004 I wrote a couple of articles about Jim Collins’ book “Good to Great” in which he related that the top leaders of the companies that made his list of “great” companies “embodied a paradoxical mix of personal humility and professional will.” In light of the fallout from Read More >
11 Steps For Selecting Top Management Talent
By Carl Robinson, Ph.D., © 2010 Given the expense associated with recruiting executives and the high cost of making poor choices you would think executives would want to do this well. However, I am continually amazed at how frequently senior HR folks will tell me that they have a very difficult time getting their bosses Read More >
The Ethical CEO
The Ethical CEO By Carl Robinson, PhD. © 2010 Do CEOs care how history will judge them? Do they care if they leave a positive legacy, one where employees, customers and the community at large remember them with respect and admiration? Judging from the media reports of some high-profile CEOs, one would think that CEOs Read More >