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Leadership & Decision-Making
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But when you have, as you and I were discussing before we went on the air, if you have constant turnover in leadership, CEO, CEO, CEO, CMO, very difficult to, number one, define those key components of culture and then live about long term.
Because if I'm a consultant and I'm providing a 50 page report, that doesn't help a busy leader who has many gaps in execution on their leadership team or with themselves.
For me, having someone that's an ally in the business that's not just a CEO, but someone under the CEO that's CEO or something like that that's actually going to be implementing some of these things, it's critically important.
I think the CMO is a more likely role as a CEO next step as a next step and there ever was in the past because you have so many hands and so many cookie jars across the organization.
So we can all agree that it shouldn't, if this is going to be the law, if this is the accountability that we're going to have for media journalism that it needs to be universal.
I got like a vision in my life that said, if you don't go to dental school, this is what's going to happen to your life.
But in terms of leadership, if you want to lead, you can't worry about being like. You got to be clear.
The biggest conversation I have with leaders is that leadership takes so much more people time than anybody ever expected.
We're very fortunate that Cisco or CEO of Chalk believes its space is a magnet and not a mandate.
But from an accountability standpoint, from a trust, from creating a safe space, that's the human zone, right?
You need to be the CEO of your tax team that you start building today.
The greatest measure of the success of a leader is the actions of the followers.
- Open with implied relationship words like 'before we begin our exploration' — exploration implies a leader, and a leader implies a follower who complies, not just trusts. (Why Asking for the Sale Is the Worst Mov)
- When a CEO delegates operations, their remaining job is caretaker of vision, strategy, culture, people, board and compliance - otherwise they start meddling and seagull-managing. (The Greatest Leadership Lessons from the)
- "Exiting without exiting" means keeping ownership, financial upside and tax benefits while stepping out of daily operations—Jason went from 50-60 hours a week to about 10 hours a year with a new CEO in place. (Exit Without Exiting with The Real Jason)
- Before fixing your funnel, get the leadership team to answer the same 40 questions about the customer - misaligned definitions of the ideal client make messaging and conversion impossible. (Why Is Your Best-Selling Product Losing )
- Don't install EOS or more processes to control chaos; chaos usually means decisions haven't been made explicit. Design version two of the business first, then systemize it. (Why Is Your Best-Selling Product Losing )
- De-risk the business model until $1 in reliably returns $1.15, then consider debt instead of equity - equity sold early is priced on risk and costs you more ownership. (Why Is Your Best-Selling Product Losing )
- In 2008-2010 Moses cut his own CEO salary and canceled Christmas parties, functions and raises before touching headcount, and did not let a single employee go. (The Self-Made Millionaire: Why Struggle )
- Moses runs an inverted pyramid: the customer is first, the CEO is last and takes the hit first — which he says he has proven in two different downturns. (The Self-Made Millionaire: Why Struggle )
- Loud Capital reviews decisions and spend roughly monthly with founders, asking whether they're getting bang for the buck, and holds itself accountable in the same review. (Most Businesses Should Never Raise Ventu)
- Use AI for utility, not just as an investment thesis. Aggregating a company's own curated private data can surface the small sliver of activities actually building value out of the hundred things a leader is doing. (Most Businesses Should Never Raise Ventu)
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