Strategic CEO

The ideas you share to spark your team’s thinking may be the reason they stop offering their own. #strategicCEO

A true strategy: empower your team to tell you what you don't want to hear. #strategicCEO

You may believe people can tell you anything. But they have also learned what you want to hear: shorturl.at/c62Yf #strategicCEO

The truth you hear least is the one you’ve made most expensive to say. #strategicCEO

Keep the values, ditch the mere habits. #strategicCEO

Transformation can create value. But unless you consider what should survive, it can also destroy the value you spent years building: shorturl.at/007FN #strategicCEO

What you want to preserve needs protection. What you want to leave behind may follow you anyway. #strategicCEO

Leading a business isn't a linear activity. The cycle of opportunity, optimization, and transformation continues as the world — and organization — evolve. #strategicCEO

Are you willing to transform your business before you have to? Because waiting doesn’t make transformation easier. It gives you more reasons not to do it: shorturl.at/9kn1s #strategicCEO

You can optimize your business into a plateau, or transform it into a new curve. #strategicCEO

Optimization replaces the unpredictability of opportunism... and many leaders get stuck in that welcome relief of routine. #strategicCEO

Optimization has a simple rhythm. Notice a problem. Measure how bad it is. Set a goal to close the gap. Get the team aligned behind it. Execute. Measure again. Rinse and repeat: shorturl.at/MpX1p #strategicCEO

Opportunism runs out on its own. Optimization doesn't, which is exactly the trap. #strategicCEO

Saying yes to every tempting opportunity is a sure way to burn your business out. #strategicCEO

Opportunism works great... until it doesn't: shorturl.at/o3axF #strategicCEO

Opportunism builds fast businesses. It just doesn't build lasting ones. #strategicCEO

Michael Porter once said, “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” It’s a simple idea, but incredibly hard to practice when very idea looks interesting and every request looks possible: shorturl.at/uZqTa #strategicCEO

If you want a more strategic organization, look at your meetings. They’re your most frequent — and underleveraged — tool for shaping how your team thinks: shorturl.at/IOXWv #strategicCEO

Fear should keep you informed, not make your leadership decisions for you. #strategicCEO

Fear has a legitimate seat at the table. It notices danger, raises questions, and tells you where closer examination may be needed. But fear should inform your judgment, not replace it: shorturl.at/3WDHV #strategicCEO