Using the 9-Box Grid for Talent Management, Resource Allocation, and Succession Planning
The 9-Box Grid can be a simple and effective tool for identifying where current performance (x-axis) meets future potential (y-axis) in various aspects of your company. But CEOs also have to be aware of the limitations of this matrix as they connect its conclusions to their overall strategy for the company. Here are four common applications for a 9-Box Grid, as well as potential analytical weaknesses.
How “Thinking Bigger” Helped Sarah Dusek Save Her Business and Achieve a Nine-Figure Exit
Sarah Dusek describes her incredible journey from the brink of collapse to building a $100-million industry leader. She also shares lessons from her new career in VC about what makes a business investible.
AI vs. Human Touch: Finding the Perfect Balance for Exceptional Customer Experience with CEO Sally Hurley
Sally Hurley explains how to zero in on the unique balance between AI and human connection that will Make BIG Happen for your company.
The 5 Reasons Why Every CEO Needs a Trusted Confidant, Coach, and Accountability Partner
A CEO coach or accountability partner will support you, challenge you, and be honest with you — no matter what.
5 Keys to a Compensation Package that Attracts, Retains, and Motivates Top Talent with Jen L’Estrange
Jen L’Estrange shares five key insights on upgrading your compensation package to incentivize and reward great work.
How to Manage Stress Before It Manages You
It’s never been more challenging to be the CEO of a BIG business. The stakes are high. The time crunch is around the clock. And potential threats to your growth plans are coming at you from every angle. Stress is an unavoidable consequence of all these demands on the CEO. The good news is that if you’re on the lookout for red flags about your mental and physical health, you can get out ahead of stress and learn how to prevent it from harming you, your relationships, and your business.
Dr. Madan Kandula on Partnering With Private Equity to Drive BIG Business Growth
Dr. Madan Kandula discusses how he built ADVENT into a thriving organization with over 300 employees and 25 locations across the Midwest.
5 Secrets to Securing Debt Financing for Founders
Founders often feel like they have to go with private equity to get the financing they need. But you don’t have to give up ownership of your business to grow. Exploring debt financing options can provide the capital necessary for expansion while allowing you to retain control and equity.
How to Build Your AI Strategy
Like the advent of the steam engine or the Internet, business as we know it is about to change forever. But if your company is going to ride the wave, you have to find a way to make AI work for you, not the other way around. At CEO Coaching International, our AI Strategy Framework is a step-by-step process to evaluating and implementing AI for your business.
Lost Your Mojo and Feeling Stuck? 3 Tips for CEOs to Reignite Your Spark
Reigniting the spark that inspired you to create or lead a company in the first place can make your job an important part of a fulfilling whole. These three tips could help you fan that spark into the flame you need to get your mojo back and start Making BIG Happen–Again.
How to Successfully Transition to the Second Generation CEO in a Family-Owned Company with Shelley Van Etten
CEO Coaching Int’l Guest: Shelley Van Etten, the president and CEO of WLT Software, a family-owned company that develops software for adjudicating and processing health and medical claims. Overview: Generational CEOs are inheriting a BIG responsibility when they take over the family business. The new CEO is often filling “big shoes” and has to maintain […]
Adobe’s Scott Belsky On Balancing “Messy Middle” Execution While Still Fostering BIG Disruptive Ideas
Scott Belsky discusses how leaders can find the right balance of talent, tech, and innovation to make ideas — and BIG — happen.