My Moto: Better Leaders, Better World

The following blog post My Moto: Better Leaders, Better World was first published on http://roberthargrove.com/

A top LinkedIn executive tells how a parable CEO Jeff Weiner told him from the Dalai Lama changed his leadership style.  My motto is better leaders, better world. I enjoy writing about Presidents, CEOs, or team leaders and the positive impact of coaching and mentoring in politics, business, sports, or in every field. I see […]

GE – Leveraging the Era, The Spirit of the Times

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“When you’re the CEO and you look out the window in Boston, you realize you’re in the middle of an ecosystem that quite honestly, for a big company, it makes you afraid.” I am excited that GE, one of the most admired companies in the world, has chosen the downtown areas of Boston Harbor, the […]

Do You Have an Intended Strategy or an Emergent Strategy?

The following post Do You Have an Intended Strategy or an Emergent Strategy? was originally seen on Robert Hargrove Executive Coaching

The vast majority of Intended Strategies will be replaced by an Emergent Strategy that no one ever anticipated. This year, almost every CEO will hold a strategic planning session to get to a plan for 2020. At the end of these sessions, most companies declare, “Voila, this is our strategy” … and usually it will […]

Shimon Peres, “The Enemy Does Not Have Horns”

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I wanted to repost this short article that I originally posted on LinkedIn as a tribute to Shimon Peres.  I despise waking up in the morning looking at the New York Times cover page and finding out who died, which is like waking up into a bad dream. Besides that, the streams of obits about famous […]

An Impossible Future is a Greater Goal That Connects Higher Purpose and High Performance

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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 […]

To Differentiate Your Company, Keep It Real, Very Real

The following article To Differentiate Your Company, Keep It Real, Very Real is available on Masterful Coaching

Knowing yourself, passionate entrepreneurship, personal branding, word of mouth have all been key to every successful business in history. As Andre Gide once said, “The more things change the more they stay the same.” Social networking has changed the game by giving entrepreneurs a reason to get rid of the worn-out, burnt-out, expensive advertising […]

To Differentiate Your Company, Keep It Real, Very Real

The following article To Differentiate Your Company, Keep It Real, Very Real was originally seen on Robert Hargrove’s Blog

Knowing yourself, passionate entrepreneurship, personal branding, word of mouth have all been key to every successful business in history. As Andre Gide once said, “The more things change the more they stay the same.” Social networking has changed the game by giving entrepreneurs a reason to get rid of the worn-out, burnt-out, expensive advertising […]

Why Your First 100 Days in a New Executive Job is Pivotal

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I am often asked by leaders in government business, and other areas: “Why the first 100 days?” Good question! Is the first 100 days pivotal to a new leader’s success, or is it just a journalistic convention and follow to pay it too much heed? Let’s take a few examples. FDR used the first […]

7 Surprises for a New CEO

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In working with CEOs and top execs, I often find they are surprised by the demands of their office. Here are seven surprises, as well as some tips about how to deal with them. SURPRISE 1. You can lead the company, but you can’t run it The sheer volume of external demands creates a […]