Sometimes timing is in your favor – it is for us at CEOtoCEO and the recent launch of our CEO Discussion Group and CEO Collaboration Teams thanks to a recent survey report by RHR International. I first saw this story talked about on the Chief Executive site and upon further reading found some amazing statistics about the “isolation” and “loneliness” and it has such a significant impact on CEO Performance.
You can read the results of the survey but I wanted to share and excerpt from the study I found to be most impactful. They said…
The intensity of the CEO’s job, coupled with the scarcity of peers to confide in, creates potentially dangerous feelings of isolation among chief executives. Fifty percent of all CEOs report experiencing loneliness in the role, and of this group, 61% believe that the isolation hinders their performance. First-time CEOs are particularly susceptible to this isolation, with nearly 70% of those who experience loneliness saying it negatively affects their ability to do their jobs. Nearly half of all CEOs estimate that most other leaders experience similar feelings of loneliness.
This is one of the primary reasons we kicked off our CEO Discussion Group – to allow CEOs, Business Owners, and Presidents to ask questions, share insights, and learn from each other in a “Private and Secure” format. If you think this would be helpful to you as well, we invite you to visit our CEO Discussion Group page and read more about how it works and why it exists. It is easy to join and maybe it will help keep all our members in the “right” 50% that don’t feel so isolated and lonely. I look forward to your questions, insights, and answers….
John Rubino, President of Green Rubino, a truly integrated marketing firm led the discussion “Keys to Success In a Social Media Marketing World” at the November CEOtoCEO Breakfast.
A marketing question I share with others is “Where does social media fit in with the traditional marketing channels used in B2B?”
John provided some great insight to my question at the breakfast by using this helpful chart in his presentation. If you are wading into the social media marketing pool and looking for sound advice consider joining the CEO Discussion Group. John Rubino and my cohort in crime Blaine are both members. Both are very knowledgeable and helpful.
The term new media has become synonymous with marketing strategies that are developed to acquire inbound marketing strategies. Those strategies may include combinations of organic search, paid search, video, mobile, pay per click (or paid search), and social media (including blogging).
Companies must adopt marketing strategies that meet the prospect’s intent and lead them to a purchase. There are a dizzying number of strategies that are necessary to accommodate the point at which the prospect is in the buying cycle.
Many business leaders I visit with on this topic accept that many of these new media strategies need to be incorporated in the their marketing mix but confused as to how to move forward. To gain some clarity you might be interested in reading the post by Douglas Karr author of ‘Corporate Blogging For Dummies”. OR plan to attend the upcoming CEOtoCEO Breakfast “Keys to Success In a Social Media Marketing World”
The death of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Steve Jobs has brought a lot of talk about the characteristics of the ideal chief executive officer.
One school of thought holds that successful CEOs are team players, good listeners and humble. In the book “Good to Great,” Jim Collins called such people “Level 5” leaders.
Yet Jobs and other superstars such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg aren’t generally seen in those terms. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Bezos was described as “not always a ‘nice’ CEO,” but rather as one who “can inspire and cajole but also irritate and berate.”
So which is the right model: The humble team player or the arrogant tyrant? Continue reading ..
What do you think are most important factors for a CEO to succeed?
I had a interesting lunch at John Howies restaurant with Bill Gates and Erik Knutson CEO of Design Laboratory recently. Bill was there, just not at our table and missed a great conversation
Erik’s company helps its clients achieve organizational alignment, manage complexity, and implement goals and changes. I was interested in Erik’s thoughts on why some CEO’s have great visions and plans for their business but fail to inspire their team to consistently execute the strategies required for success?
In trying to capture Erik’s thoughts to share with you I coincidentally received this video Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action that captures the gist of our conversation. This is a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers …
Well worth watching and sharing with others. Let me know what you think.
I’ve gotten to know Tom Gobeille, CEO of NCA, as a passionate and recognized thought leader in the IT world. Tom is one with the rare ability to see around the corner and openly sharing his visions with others to gain their insight then combining those thoughts into some really big thinking. At the CEOtoCEO Breakfast last week Tom provided some great insights as to how mobility, social media and cloud computing will be impacting our businesses. One of Tom’s passions is the upcoming NCA Security & Technology Conference that he and his team put together featuring experts from around the world to share where IT is and where it is going.
Rather than “tell” you about all the reasons why you, as a CEO, should attend the event, Tom did a great job of talking about why this event was created, who is speaking, why it is so relevant for CEOs, and how to sign up at our latest CEOtoCEO breakfast. We happened to capture this on video so we thought the best way to share it with you is to let you hear it from the creator of the event.
At our CEOtoCEO breakfast we had the privelege of hearing from several CEOs and Leaders about why their companies were voted some of the best to work for in the Seattle area. It was great to hear all the different perspectives and ideas that make these some great companies to work for. John Rubino, President…
At the start of the July CEOtoCEO Breakfast John Hartman asked the 52 CEOs attending, “What are some of the qualities and characteristics of your best employees?” As with most CEOs, they aren’t shy so a number of responses rang out. They were great responses and were covering just about every area you could think…
Did you ever drive into the parking lot of a place you worked and not want to go in? We probably all have. I don’t know about you but I recall driving up to a couple of places I worked feeling frustrated and less than motivated, to say the least. I became preoccupied with getting…
I recognized that confident smile immediately. It was CEOtoCEO Breakfast participant Dan Price, Co-founder of Gravity Payments. Dan was recently recognized as the National SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Dan’s company works as an intermediary between merchants and credit card companies, has 50 employees and more than 5,000 customers. I asked Dan to share…
David Allen, EVP of McKinstry, is responsible for brand development and managing the companies strategic positioning. He also oversees business development, community relations, and client service activities. He and his brother Dean have a strong national reputation as a leader in their industry and the clean technology sector.
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Sometimes timing is in your favor – it is for us at CEOtoCEO and the recent launch of our CEO Discussion Group and CEO Collaboration Teams thanks to a recent survey report by RHR International. I first saw this story talked about on the Chief Executive site and upon further reading found some amazing statistics about the “isolation” and “loneliness” and it has such a significant impact on CEO Performance.
David Allen, EVP of McKinstry, is responsible for brand development and managing the companies strategic positioning. He also oversees business development, community relations, and client service activities. He and his brother Dean have a strong national reputation as a leader in their industry and the clean technology sector.
