AI Integration for CEOs: Avoid the Hype and Build a Real Competitive Edge with Brian Mergelas

CEO Coaching Int’l Guest: Brian Mergelas, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Brian is an accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience in driving growth, innovation, and operational excellence for global technology companies and startups. Quick Background: As AI usage becomes more and more mainstream, companies that didn’t have the foresight to include an […]
How to Sell Your Business for Top Dollar: 4 Key Insights From CEO Coach Jeff Tennyson

CEO Coaching Int’l Guest: Jeff Tennyson, a Coach and Partner at CEO Coaching International and the former CEO of Lima One Capital, one of the country’s leading lenders to real estate investors. Jeff is also a former coaching client of CEO Coaching International. Quick Background: Every entrepreneur dreams of a BIG exit. But having a […]
What CEOs Can Learn From NFL Game Plans to Build Resilient Organizations

What CEOs Can Learn From NFL Game Plans to Build Resilient Organizations In professional sports, as in business, there really is no “offseason.” The best teams, athletes, owners, executives, and coaches are always preparing for the next challenge, whether that means staying in shape, fine-tuning skills, identifying top talent in the draft, watching game film, […]
What 8 Top CEO’s and Athletes’ DISC Profiles Say About Being True to YOUR Leadership Style

From left to right: Larry Ellison: Photo by Oracle PR Hartmann Studios, licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped from original, collage. Oprah Winfrey: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson, licensed under public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped from original, collage. Satya Nadella: Photo by Richard Morgenstein, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 […]
Make BIG Happen Summit Flashback: 4 Ways to Deliver World-Class Customer Service from John DiJulius

John DiJulius explains how you can train your team to own every problem, make meaningful connections with every customer, and create a world-class customer experience that will drive BIG business.
Using Sensitivity Analysis to Reveal Financial Blind Spots and Prepare for Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenarios

A sensitivity analysis can help CEOs identify blind spots, anticipate risks, and keep Making BIG Happen throughout the year.
Hired Gun CEOs Can Use This 3-Step Process to Keep Hitting the Founder’s Targets: A Conversation with Jeff Tennyson

Jeff Tennyson shares his three-step framework for stepping into a founder CEO’s shoes while still making the job your own.
Chris Stakich on How Joining a Business Forum Can Help CEOS Learn, Connect, and Make BIG Happen in 2025

Chris Stakich discusses how CEO Coaching International’s new business forums complement the coaching experience.
5 Non-Traditional Books for CEOs To Put on Your Reading List for 2025

5 Non-Traditional Books for CEOs To Put on Your Reading List for 2025 Your personal CEO library is probably stacked with the classics: Good to Great, Shoe Dog, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Unreasonable Hospitality, and — hopefully! — Making BIG Happen. You might even find yourself reaching once again […]
Why AI Can’t Replace a Coach

Used correctly, AI can help you access insights more quickly. Yet despite its strengths, it can’t replace what a coach can give you as a CEO. What’s missing from AI? Empathy, experience, and emotional intelligence needed to guide CEOs through whatever challenges they’re facing. It’s just not ready to replace a coach when it comes to helping your business.
12 Business and Life Insights to Make BIG Happen in 2025 for CEOs, Leaders, and Entrepreneurs

If you’re waiting around to see what the second Trump Administration will have on its agenda in January, then you’re already planning to fail. The best CEOs we coach are already deep into their annual planning. And they’re going to use these leadership principles from our 2024 CEO Coaching International Podcasts to keep Making BIG Happen in the new year.
What a Trump Presidency Means for the Global Economic Outlook and How It Could Impact Your Business

2x CEO and coach Edward Hughes and political consultant Brent Buchanan give their predictions on how the Trump Administration’s economic policies will impact the global economy, so you can prepare your business for what comes next.