Yearly Archives: 2019

How To Give a Great Presentation Every Single Time

September 22nd, 2019

Business leaders give presentations a lot. Whether you’re a CEO, business owner, or top level manager, you present to people more than you might realize … both formally and informally. The typical day of a CEO is filled with meetings, and many of these meetings revolve around presentations. Business leaders present regularly to employees, to
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Crisis Leadership – Are You Prepared?

September 15th, 2019

All leaders hope they never have to deal with a significant crisis that has the potential to destroy a company. That said, it’s the smart leaders who are prepared and have a well thought-out (and documented) plan in advance of a crisis situation. When a crisis hits, the last thing you should do is “wing
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Have You Identified the 4DS in Your Business?

September 6th, 2019

In Michael Michalowicz’s new book, Clockwork, he challenges you to analyze your company’s time as the first step in designing your business to run itself. In this article, we’re going to take a quick look at his 4D model, which is the model for his time analysis technique. It’s brilliant in its simplicity and can
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5 Critical Considerations to Make Your Goals More Achievable

August 30th, 2019

Much is written on the importance of settings goals. And even more is written on how to actually set the goals. You’ve likely heard of the SMART approach to goal setting: SMART is an acronym for the 5 elements of specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-based. While the SMART approach to goal setting is highly effective,
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7 Leadership Tips from the Greats to Kick-Start Your Week

August 26th, 2019

Who doesn’t love a little inspiration to kick start their week? In this week’s blog, we’ve assembled 7 tremendous leadership tips from several business greats. Enjoy! DEVELOP INCREDIBLE SELECTIVE IGNORANCE Laser focus on the important things is critical. Unless it significantly moves the needle of the business, it should be delegated. As a leader in
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What’s Your DiSC Profile?

August 18th, 2019

New members to LXCouncil are asked to do a DiSC® Profile for leaders. The DiSC® profile is a non-judgmental tool used to identify people’s behavioral differences. When you participate in a DiSC® profile, you’re asked to complete a series of questions that produce a detailed report about your personality and behavior. You also receive tips
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6 Type of People Who Won’t Do Well In a Peer Advisory Group

August 9th, 2019

While LXCouncil is highly beneficial for most business owners and business leaders, we do uphold criteria of professional and personal credentials for members and moderators in the council and expect that each member be courteous, respectful, confidential, and and forthcoming. Many businessmen and women simply do not fit the model for our councils. Before inquiring about
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How to Get Your Way – The Right Way

August 2nd, 2019

“A boss says ‘Go!’ A leader says ‘Let’s Go.’” ~ E.M. Kelly As the CEO or business owner of your company, it’s imperative that you drive the company mission and vision each and every day. The question is, do you do it as a boss, or as a leader? Let’s assume we’re all leaders here … Is it enough
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Find Your Leadership Zen

July 26th, 2019

As a CEO or business owner, true ” leadership zen” probably seems elusive. Leading people, by its very nature, elicits a broad array of emotions every single day, ranging from anger and frustration to pure joy and delight. Controlling your stress responses as a leader can be a challenge, as best. If I asked you
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Time to Revisit Your Sales Letter?

July 19th, 2019

When is the last time you revisited your sales letter? If you’re like most, you haven’t looked at it in months, possibly years … if you have one at all. It tends to be one of those things that’s produced by someone in “marketing” and gets little attention from the CEO or business owner. This
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