Leadership Insights - December 2023
A short selection of leadership insights from leading periodicals to inspire, challenge and create advantage for business CEOs and owners
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Scott Thurber
- Oct 26
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - October 2023
“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized...
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 15
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - September 2023
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.” Emile Chartier 1868-1951 French Philosopher and Journalist...
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Scott Thurber
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - August 2023
“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader. A great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.”...
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Scott Thurber
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - April 2023
IN THIS ISSUE: ...CHAT Room; Opportunity in Losing;
The Performance Trap;
Econ Recon;
A Note From Scott
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Scott Thurber
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - March 2023
IN THIS ISSUE: …Boost Your Powers of Persuasion; AI : The Next Generation;
What Fortune Favors;
The Top HR Opportunities and Challenges
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Scott Thurber
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - February 2023
IN THIS ISSUE: …“Prepare to be Amazed” (ChatGPT); A Goal or a Mission?; Too Many or Not Enough?;
Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 22
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - January 2023
IN THIS ISSUE..Innovation Primer; End of Non-Competes?;
Judgment and Decision-Making Traps;
Best Interview Answers (To THEIR Questions)
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 1
- 1 min
December 2022 CEO Confidence Index: Small business confidence posts largest surge in 2 years
The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index reached 84.3 in December, posting the largest monthly increase in nearly 2 years....
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Scott Thurber
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - December 2022
IN THIS ISSUE... Blocking the Exits; Has AI Arrived?; The Existential Threat to Every Business; Do Talk to Strangers;
Ecco Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - November 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:..How to “Just do it.”; Private Funding; “A Good Ball to Hit”;
Econ Recon; A Note From Scott
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Scott Thurber
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - October 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:..14 Famous Pivots; Collins on Chaos; Debrief Yourself; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - September 2022
IN THIS ISSUE: The Right and Wrong Ways to Fail; When You Get That Call to Buy Your Business; A “Quiet Quiet Quitting” Sampler; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - August 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:..Input on Output;
How Ike Prioritized;
“Here Comes the Fun”;
Econ Recon;
A Note From Scott
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Scott Thurber
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - May 2022
IN THIS ISSUE..Inflation: Laughs and Strategies; Gone for now, or Gone for Good?; A Feedback Primer;
Zelensky Leadership; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - April 2022
IN THIS ISSUE..Collaboration Overload; A Four Day Workweek Primer; The Once and Future Supply Chain; Zelensky Leadership Sampler; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - March 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:...The Great Resignation (No. 13); Cyber Security and Current Events; Remotely Accountable; Real Friends or Deal Friends?
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Scott Thurber
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - February 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:...The Single Best Interview Question; The Arc of Tragedy; ‘No Regrets’ is No Way to Live; The 5 Best Super Bowl Ads
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - January 2022
IN THIS ISSUE: ...The New Weapon in the War for Talent; Five Easy IT Security Pieces; Dr. Galloway’s 2022; Count Your Blessings Differently;
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 8, 2022
- 1 min
Q4 2021 CEO Confidence Index: Stable in the face of economic uncertainty and record hiring
The anticipated surge and unexpected spikes of 2021 have left CEOs unsure about the economy and marketplace in 2022 but quite certain...
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Scott Thurber
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - December 2021
IN THIS ISSUE: ... Accelerating a Trend; The Amazon Sidestep; The Last Last Mile; Econ Recon; A Message From Scott
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Scott Thurber
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - November 2021
IN THIS ISSUE…Love the One(s) You’re With; The Folly of ‘Family’; A Life Well Lived - General Colin Powell; Econ Recon; A Message From Scott
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Scott Thurber
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - October 2021
IN THIS ISSUE: ...“The Great Resignation”: A War, not a Battle; “The Great Resignation”: Retention; Delayed, not Decided; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
Q3 2021 CEO Confidence Index: Past the peak of the economic surge
After peaking at 108.8 in Q2, the CEO Confidence Index backed off to 97.1 in Q3. This moderation in confidence is driven mostly by the...
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - September 2021
IN THIS ISSUE...Lasso’s Lessons; “Pride and Delusion”; Are You Backable?; 17 Words on Succession; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - July 2021
IN THIS ISSUE: …Getting Your B2B Pricing “Right”; The Family Business Curse?; The CEO's Infinite Job: Mindsets and Methods; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
June 2021 WSJ/Vistage Survey: Future investments fuel small business increased revenues projections
Small businesses continue to have favorable views of the economy compared to last year. However, looking ahead, fewer small businesses...
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Scott Thurber
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - June 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Self-Efficacy 101;
Knowing the Knowledge Worker; How to Get WFH Right; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - May 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...A Buffett Buffet; The Humor Cliff; Workforce Post -Pandemic Personas; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - April 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Crypto Trust and Scarcity; The Faster Horse Fallacy; How biased is the information you rely on?; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Q1 2021 CEO Confidence Index
Highlights: The Vistage CEO Confidence Index jumped 14 points, reaching 102.4, the highest level since September 2018. 44% of CEOs plan...
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Scott Thurber
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - March 2021
IN THIS ISSUE...Leaders’ Reading; Vulnerability in 6 Words; Executive Presence, A Tutorial; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - February 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Mid-Size Company Pandemic Future; Something Ventured…..; Security Begins at Home; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
How to Lead when your Team is Exhausted
This timely HBR article by business psychologist and executive coach Dr. Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg provides valuable guidance on...
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Q4 2020 WSJ/Vistage Survey: Hiring plans increase 12 points for small businesses
Highlights: Hiring plans increase significantly over last month; 67% of small businesses report plans to increase their workforce in the...
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
What to spend on marketing in 2021: A story of a digital revolution
This week in our Vistage CEO peer group meeting a CEO asked his peers how to determine the best level of spend on Google adwords. His...
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Scott Thurber
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - January 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Talking about Last Week's Riot with your Team; Collins is Back!; Galloway on 2021; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - December 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:...A Little More Like the Real Thing; “A Surefire Predictor of Success”; The Next Generation Gap; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Nov 2020 WSJ/Vistage survey: After rising for 6 consecutive months, small business confidence dips
Highlights: Optimism about the U.S. economy continues to soften with less than half (49%) of small businesses expecting the economy to...
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Scott Thurber
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - November 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:...Owning the Role; If You Were Hiring Bill Gates….; Best Biz Flicks; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Q3 2020 Vistage survey: Small business confidence doubles from April low
Q3 2020 Vistage survey: Small business confidence doubles from April low
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Scott Thurber
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - September 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...Technology Five Years Later; The Sage at 90; Seven Deadly Zoom Background Sins; Toxic Positivity
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Scott Thurber
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - August 2020
IN THIS ISSUE....How Great Leaders Confront a Crisis;
What's Around the Corner?;
The New B2B Selling; Econ Recon: Recovery Yet?
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Scott Thurber
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - July 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...
- Peter Drucker on Work from Home..and related topics
- The Forever Transaction
- "Pencils Down, Pencils Up?"
- Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Q2 2020 Vistage survey: CEO confidence plummets in pandemic-induced recession
Q2 2020 Vistage survey: CEO confidence plummets in pandemic-induced recession
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Scott Thurber
- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Leadership Insights - June 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: A Restructuring Primer (HBR); Funding Hardship; For Your Graduate: Five things to Unlearn after Graduation; Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
WSJ/Vistage May 2020: Free-fall in small business confidence ends
Confidence among small businesses improved slightly in May, largely driven by increasing expectations for economic improvement. This is...
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Scott Thurber
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership Insights - May 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...The Sage and the Plague; The Road Back (No. 1); The Road Back (No. 2); Econ Recon
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Scott Thurber
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
Leadership Insights - April 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: Faith and Brutal Facts: The Stockdale Paradox; Leading Through a Crisis - HBR; The Next Normal; Financial Opportunities
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Scott Thurber
- Mar 20, 2020
- 4 min
Leading Successful Virtual/Video Meetings
If you're like me you've suddenly had to move many of your meetings to virtual/video meetings, with your own team, your suppliers or...
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