Management Archives | Vistage Research Center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:23:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 Practical advice for leading a multigenerational workforce /research-center/talent-management/20250313-multigenerational-workforce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250313-multigenerational-workforce /research-center/talent-management/20250313-multigenerational-workforce/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:44:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=47036 What is the best form of leadership: authoritative, democratic or laissez-faire? Every year for 10 years, I would present college students with this question — and every year, they would debate the general merits of each before choosing democratic or...

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]]> /research-center/talent-management/20250313-multigenerational-workforce/feed/ 0 47036 Discovering the leader’s code: Driving winning performance in organizations /research-center/business-operations/20250221-winning-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250221-winning-performance /research-center/business-operations/20250221-winning-performance/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:26:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=46979 A recent Vistage CEO Confidence Index survey revealed that accountability and leadership are among the top challenges facing leaders. To help CEOs better understand how to address these challenges, we invited Don Schmincke — a 2023 Vistage Lifetime Achievement Award...

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]]> /research-center/business-operations/20250221-winning-performance/feed/ 0 46979 Discovering the leader’s code: The secrets for driving winning performance in organizations /research-center/business-operations/20240926-discovering-the-leaders-code/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240926-discovering-the-leaders-code /research-center/business-operations/20240926-discovering-the-leaders-code/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:21:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=46470 With over 35,000 business books published annually, why do we still struggle with leadership issues that have plagued us for thousands of years? Don Schmincke, winner of the 2023 Vistage Speaker Lifetime Achievement Award, uncovers our species’ scientific and biological...

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]]> /research-center/business-operations/20240926-discovering-the-leaders-code/feed/ 0 46470 Leadership vs. Management: What type of CEO are you? /research-center/business-leadership/20230614-leadership-vs-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20230614-leadership-vs-management /research-center/business-leadership/20230614-leadership-vs-management/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=44115 Leadership and management are like two circles on a Venn Diagram. Each requires a different focus, skill set, and priorities, with some overlap in the middle. How much an executive needs to inhabit that in-between space depends on the size...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20230614-leadership-vs-management/feed/ 0 44115 Culture & Business Performance: What’s the Relationship? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/culture-business-performance-whats-the-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=culture-business-performance-whats-the-relationship /research-center/business-growth-strategy/culture-business-performance-whats-the-relationship/#comments Sun, 07 May 2023 20:44:00 +0000 https://blog.vistage.com/?p=14476 Why is it that company culture seems to be linked to the good, the bad and the ugly in today’s business world? Perhaps the answer can be found in the mounting data suggesting that businesses with strong cultures rooted in...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/culture-business-performance-whats-the-relationship/feed/ 3 14476 The Top CEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them /research-center/business-leadership/20210825-5-common-leadership-mistakes-that-ceos-make/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20210825-5-common-leadership-mistakes-that-ceos-make /research-center/business-leadership/20210825-5-common-leadership-mistakes-that-ceos-make/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:58:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=38776 Many of the most valuable lessons CEOs learn throughout their careers come from common leadership mistakes we have made along the way, the setbacks and hard-won triumphs that have helped us in our ongoing pursuit of becoming better leaders. Through...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20210825-5-common-leadership-mistakes-that-ceos-make/feed/ 0 38776 I inherited a past CEO’s mess! Now, what do I do? /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20220518-inheriting-past-ceo-problems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220518-inheriting-past-ceo-problems /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20220518-inheriting-past-ceo-problems/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 17:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=40518 While inheriting past CEO problems is never easy, solving these problems is the first job of an incoming CEO. Luckily, these problems aren’t hard to find. Over his years of turnaround and financial improvement work, Jeffrey Vogelsang has seen that...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20220518-inheriting-past-ceo-problems/feed/ 0 40518 5 leadership lessons from FDR that inspire reinvention during times of change /research-center/business-leadership/20190416-5-leadership-lessons-from-fdr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20190416-5-leadership-lessons-from-fdr /research-center/business-leadership/20190416-5-leadership-lessons-from-fdr/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:13:16 +0000 /research-center/?p=24393 “The country needs — and, unless I mistake its temper — the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all,...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20190416-5-leadership-lessons-from-fdr/feed/ 0 24393 Micromanaging is not managing at all /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20191021-micromanaging-is-not-managing-at-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20191021-micromanaging-is-not-managing-at-all /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20191021-micromanaging-is-not-managing-at-all/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:00:26 +0000 /research-center/?p=32696 Regardless of what you may think, micromanaging never has been, is not now, nor will it ever be a sustainable method of ensuring your organization is effective and efficient.  In fact, I would go so far as to say that...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20191021-micromanaging-is-not-managing-at-all/feed/ 0 32696 5 secrets of winning /research-center/business-leadership/20190823-5-secrets-of-winning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20190823-5-secrets-of-winning /research-center/business-leadership/20190823-5-secrets-of-winning/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:15:06 +0000 /research-center/?p=32369 How committed are you to winning? Almost every leader will say things like, “Very! I’m all in! One-hundred percent!” Those are words. But what does it look like in practice? Ruthless consistency Leaders who are ruthlessly consistent build organizations that...

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