A Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

Jeff Bezos at Amazon showed how to effectively use Emotional Intelligence.  Amazon is long known for a focus on Innovation......but not every project succeeds.

Look at how he treated a recent failure to incentivize learning and growth.

Lessons everyone can learn!!

Read more at  Here 

Hope you find it valuable.

    Steve Brody

When Apple lost $10 B.....what it means to you

Apple lost $10 Billion in market value in 2011, after they announced Steve Jobs retirement. 
What could this possibly mean to you?  A privately held firm. 

It's all about a firm being.....Owner Dependent.    Business value can be very fragile.....how dependent on you, is your firm?    What can you do to avoid yours dropping? 

Read more here

Hope you find this valuable

     Steve Brody 

   CEO Coach
   NAVIX  Exit Planner
   Strategic Planning facilitator 

Micromanaging is not managing at all!!

 Micromanaging is actually a sign of weak management.  So what is your leadership style?

Some key considerations are:

  -  It destroys your focus

  - Forget about others taking ownership

  - If it is them.....it's still up to you

  - Get over yourself

  - Delegate don't abdicate

  - Slow down   

The above is easier said than done....but pay attention to the consequences   



      Read more at: https://bit.ly/2OQntVp   

Hope you find it valuable
 
      Steve Brody
     Brody & Associates

The Recession is coming....The Recession is coming!!

But when will it arrive?  And which expert or economist will you listen to this time around? 
It has been said the forecasters have predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions. 

So what will be the impact on your firm or your plans?   It just might effect how you think about the timing and impact of considering that Exit Plan you have been keeping in mind. 

Read more about the key elements from one of the top Exit Planning firms in the U.S.
Navix Consultants has some valuable insights shown  here   

Hope you find it valuable. 

     Steve Brody
     Brody & Associates 

Importance of First Impressions

   It’s not right.  It’s not fair.  But we are often judged by others on the basis of very little real information about who we really are.  (Truth be told, we do the same to others. )  

Sadly, life is a first impression business, but we can influence how others judge us. Harvard Business School professor Dr. Amy Cuddy has been studying  first impressions for over 15 years and her data suggests that when people meet us, they quickly draw two conclusions that will impact our future relationships with them.  This brief article from Business Insider shares what they are and her book, “Presence”  offers a more detailed guide to succeeding in life’s first impression business.  These videos by Dr. Cuddy are also worth watching before that next important meeting.

She puts a focus on two important questions:

   Can I trust this person? 

   Can I respect this person?   

These areas deal with  warmth & competence respectively.  

Dr Cuddy generates an interesting theme:  

  It is not.....fake it till you make it

But rather...... Fake it till you become it!!

Worth your time to look into the above. 



      Steve Brody

      Brody & Associates     

More to look forward to after peaking professionally!

There's more to look forward to......science shows we hit our peak professionally sooner than we think. 

There are two kinds of intelligence we use. 

  1.  We start relying on fluid intelligence.  This uses analytic speed, our ability to figure things out.
       But it starts declining rapidly in our 30s and after.

  2.  Intelligence going up is called crystallized intelligence.  The library you accumulate mentally.
      The ability to use wisdom and it increases thru your 40s....50s.....60s

So what should we do?   Try by starting to be an instructor.  One who synthesizes ideas, express them in new & interesting ways that others can understand.   

   Read more Here   from NPR 

Can you apply the lessons learned along the way? 

Hope you find this valuable. 

     Steve Brody 

How to move fast...Innovation at Speed & Scale

What can medium to large firms learn from the speed of Startups regarding Innovation quickly, and with scale?    An interesting article from McKinsey deals with the following elements:

  - Speed comes from urgency.....a lack of capital

  - Push Decision making down to the local level

  - Use Agility or the Agile concept used by Tech firms

  - Streamline the processes

  - Create partnerships along the way for efficiency 


Read more about these concepts  Here 

Hope you find it valuable

    Steve Brody 

How winning organizations last 100 Yrs!!

The average S&P 500 firm is down 80% to just 15 yrs. How so? Read more at https://bit.ly/2N3jgsR Harvard Business.org

Their focus is on getting better.....not bigger plus how to shape society. They are radically traditional but with a disruptive edge.

Hope you find this valuable.

Steve Brody

Are you a Lifelong Learner?

Honored to receive my Vistage 20 Yr recognition crystal at the last Chair mtg.

 It has been quite a journey of continued learning, personal & professional growth, & involvement with talented CEOs & Executives. More to come......


              

Recently, someone shared with me an interview with the late, great, author & Professor.....Peter Drucker.  He was asked about the numerous books he had written over the years.  The question to him was  "which was his favorite."   

In typical Drucker form, he replied "it will be the next one."    And he was just about 90 at the time.
Certainly an example of the LIFELONG LEARNER & THINKER!!

So what is your favorite accomplishment?  or Greatest lesson?  Or greatest firm you have lead? 
And where will it go next?     Importantly.......what would your people say?  

Food for thought.     Hope it is valuable

    Steve Brody  

17 Quotes from Jeff Bezos, Amazon

Jeff Bezos has been in the news quite a bit lately. 

Here are 17 Quotes from him.....  Read here

One is.....if you can't tolerate critics......then don't do anything new or interesting!!

  Hope you enjoy

     Steve Brody

3 Skills to Help Win in 2019

These are:    focus....agility.....self-evaluation

Are you prepared to develop these to move forward in 2019? 

Read more  Here 


         Hope you find it valuable!

    Steve Brody