by Kevin Brimhall | Nov 16, 2015 | Leadership
Motivation and inspiration are frequently used as synonyms, but they are actually quite different. Motivation is "the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something; a force or influence that causes someone to do something". It is an...
by Kevin Brimhall | Oct 12, 2015 | Leadership
This recent article by Ted Bililies caught my eye, because I frequently see (and work with) CEOs who are challenged by getting their senior teams right. The following article has been re-posted here verbatim, with the addition of my comments after each of the...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jun 26, 2015 | Book Summaries, Leadership
I was excited to read this book by my friend and colleague Rick Lochner of RPC Leadership Associates. Rick is an accomplished leadership development expert, executive coach, and business consultant, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Keller Graduate School of...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jun 12, 2015 | Leadership
My first experience coaching CEOs and business owners came before I even knew what executive coaching was. It was 2001 and I was leading the efforts at GE Capital Mortgage to identify acquisition and investment opportunities. We were searching for small to mid-sized...
by Kevin Brimhall | Nov 7, 2014 | Book Summaries, Leadership
Ram Charan is a true thought-leader in business and has been advising CEOs and boards of directors at companies around the world for decades. Subtitled “How Your Company Really Works,” this book is one of this prolific author’s earliest books, yet it...
by Kevin Brimhall | Sep 29, 2014 | Book Summaries, Leadership
In this book by leadership guru Patrick Lencioni, the CEO of a San Francisco-based company is struggling in his first year at the helm. Unbeknownst to him, what is required is not a review of marketing, strategic planning, and finance. Rather, the situation requires...
