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The CEO's Guide to an Excellent Offsite
Here's my approach to executive offsites. See all the components I include, and download a customizable agenda.
Jul 8, 2025
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The Mental Model Every CEO Must Understand
Here's the one I've taught CEOs for years.
Jan 9, 2025
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What CEOs Are Saying: Frozen, Fried, and Scrambled
Three earnings calls from the past week include insights on frozen foods, potatoes, and, of course, eggs.
Apr 6
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What Separates Remote Work Winners from Remote Work Losers?
New research surveyed 801 UK firms about remote work. The #1 predictor of success was internal management capability. Here's what that means for CEOs…
Apr 1
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What CEOs Are Saying: Industrial Materials and Construction
Three new earnings calls from a sector facing opportunity and crisis simultaneously
Mar 30
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"Stop managing and start leading"?
Nov 20, 2025
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What school doesn't teach young people about their first job
Nov 26, 2025
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Great Managers Need Two Types of Maturity
Sep 12, 2025
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Everyone gets a PIP
Mar 4
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AI Agents Need Good Management, Just Like Employees Do
Interested in trying ChatCEO, our new AI tool for CEOs?
Mar 26
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Thoughts on Whether an AI Agent Can Make You a Better CEO
The WSJ published a story yesterday that details Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to build an AI agent to be more effective as CEO.
Mar 23
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What CEOs Are Saying: Retail in America
Interesting takeaways from earnings calls by Lululemon, Dollar General, and Five Below
Mar 23
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How CEOs Fail the Disruption Test
An old tale has fresh resonance for today
Mar 20
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What CEOs Are Saying: Housing in America
Digging into three earnings calls from Thursday
Mar 16
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The Scoreboard Is Lying to You
Suppose you took the worst team in the NFL and dropped them into a college football schedule.
Mar 13
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I'm Hiring a Business Development Representative
Do you know someone who can help us spread the word about a new AI product?
Mar 12
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What CEOs Are Saying: Morgan Stanley's TMT Conference 2026
Let's hear from leadership at IBM, Okta, and The Trade Desk. How are they holding up in the age of AI?
Mar 9
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Everyone gets a PIP
Today’s article makes the case that managers who put people on PIPs are probably failing at one of their core duties: continuous coaching of their…
Mar 4
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Leadership at scale
A note before we dive in to today’s post: I’m teaching 3-day CEO Masterclasses this May, August, and November at Texas CEO Ranch outside Austin.
Mar 2
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What CEOs Are Saying: Travel & Leisure
Let's look at earnings calls from Hertz, Hilton Grand Vacations, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Mar 2
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The surprising winner of Amazon vs. Walmart
Amazon just overtook Walmart on the Fortune 500. Who really won? You.
Feb 25
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