Don’t Let Your Love Affair With Your Business End Your Marriage

How to Divorce Your Business, Not Your Spouse Your spouse deserves more than feeling like your life together is in “balance” with your work as a CEO. He or she deserves a divorce. Not the kind of divorce that too many CEOs find themselves staring down when they let the pressures and responsibilities of running […]

5 Essential Skills for the Modern CEO in 2025

5 Essential Skills for the Modern CEO in 2025 At the beginning of 2025, we advised both our CEO coaching clients and our audience to prepare for an unpredictable year with a wide range of potential outcomes. Safe to say, that prediction has borne out. The rate of change in the world, the economy, and […]

The CEO’s Guide to Winning Over Boards, Investors, and Teams With Chris Braun

The CEO’s Guide to Winning Over Boards, Investors, and Teams with Chris Braun

CEO Coaching Int’l Guest: Chris Braun, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Chris is a YPO member who has served as a CEO for 24 years across a diverse range of industries, including franchising, medical devices, power generation, SAS, and specialty plastics. He’s also led multiple companies through successful exits and private equity transactions. Quick […]

4 Characteristics that Separate Good CEOs from Great CEOs with Smith Holland

CEO Coaching Int’l Guest: Smith Holland, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Smith served as President & CEO of three businesses, including Crayola, Hallmark Global, and Hallmark Canada, with revenues ranging from $125 million to $2 billion. Quick Background: No “good” company makes the leap to “great” without exceptional leadership. Where good CEOs just keep […]

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

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

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

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, […]