CEO Coach

Anne and Gillian discuss Leadership Speaking Style and Communication Killers as they reference a blog post from Ian Lurie entitled These 10 Phrases Are Killing Your Team.  

Ian explains, " We rarely use these phrases out of disrespect. Usually, we use them to try to spare coworkers' and employees' feelings. In the long run, though, we're dodging issues and hiding destructive behaviors.



It's a lesson I've learned, slowly, over 20+ years as a CEO: Be direct and clear. Don't confuse respect with indecision. Trust everyone in the room to be grownups. Your team will flourish."

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Need some practical productivity tools? The best streamline your process and keep you on track and distraction-free. Anne Gillian talk about their favorites. It’s likely you already have a couple on your devices, and then, there’s another that isn’t even an app, but totally analog.  Tune in and tune up your startup.

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September is time to tune up your systems and processes, and CEO Coach turns to another century-old method, this time from Lillian Frank Galbreth who pioneered activity and motion management, and were known by “Cheaper by the Dozen” and memoir of their family of 12 children. From there Gillian Anne talk about good processes and systems, and why you need to commit to a process to move your company forward.

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Time to step up your game in productivity. Q4 is nearly upon us. The summer doldrums are over. Hopefully you took Gillian and Anne’s advice and headed out of Dodge to take a holiday of your own. Now, it's time to buckle down, like the kids heading back to school. The episode is about how to bump up your productivity game - yours AND your key staff, starting with 100-year-old advice from productivity guru Ivy Lee’.

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How abundant thinking makes you a better CEO as  Anne and Gillian look at the work of Bay Area executive coach Katia Verresen and what she calls the remarkable advantage of abundant thinking. Plus, Anne and Gillian explain how to avoid the chasm of micromanagement in your start up.

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Laura Weintraub, CEO of renowned digital agency Aimclear joins us to talk about leadership and managing growth at her company, one of Inc’s 500/5000 for four years, and three years named one of the best places to work in Minnesota. Plus, what are key elements of 10X leadership? How does 10% thinking limit your opportunities? Which companies are better suited to shooting the moon?

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Anne and Gillian talk about why taking a vacation will make you a better CEO and your company more successful, and why you must make time to unplug your laptop and recharge yourself. After noting some alarming statistics about diminishing American vacations, and the resulting health effects, they highlight just how to make your getaway with a few do’s and don’ts to guide you.

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Pre-money. Preferences. Dilution. The vocabulary of start up funding has a language all its own. What’s more, pitfalls await the unwary entrepreneur. Yes you can give away too much in the beginning. Gillian explains it all to Anne, and we wind up a lot better informed, as will listeners.  We sprinkle in wisdom from H Ross Perot and Alejandro Cremades of 1000 Angels.

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What attributes make a good founder? Gillian and Anne review characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, with input from Fast Company, Compass and Techstars. Patterns emerge from a multitude of opinions on asses and attributes. Most successful founders share what Mom and Dad used to call ‘character’ -- integrity, authenticity and compassion.

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What do you do when a big VC firm or a Really Big Company wants to invest and become your strategic partner? Push the euphoria aside and proceed with caution. Anne and Gillian talk about the important questions to ask yourself, and the potential investor, with insights from Elizabeth Yin, partner in 500 Startups, and Patrick Meenan, VC and before that at Microsoft doing acquisitions.

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