Complete Leader Articles
What do Success and Strategic Thinking Have in Common?
By Brent Patmos
Thinking as a Strategy to Build Your Business
A force multiplier is a factor that can dramatically increase (multiply) the effectiveness of leadership performance and company profitability. For the purpose of our article, clear critical and strategic thinking are a powerful force that... read more
Executive Decision Making
Decision making is the ability to analyze all aspects of a situation to gain thorough insight to make decisions.
Effective decision making is one of the most valuable attributes of executives and leaders in today’s challenging world. Ron Price, co-author of The Complete Leader, shares his presentation, Executive... read more
What Do You Expect to Happen?
In Management Challenges for the 21st Century, Peter Drucker wrote, "Whenever you make a key decision or take a key action, write down what you expect will happen. Nine or twelve months later, compare the actual results with your expectations.I have been practicing this method for fifteen to twenty years now and every time I do it, I am... read more
Plan-Do-Check-Act
Understanding the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process is the most important first steps to developing planning and organization skills. View or download the Plan-Do-Check-Act Improvement Cycle
What everybody ought to know about team building and situational leadership
What everybody ought to know about team building and situational leadership
Resiliency Revisited
By Randy Lisk
Everybody looks good at the starting line.
Get on your mark, get ready, but you better keep this in mind.
You can hit the ground running like you’re shot from a gun,
But going the distance is the hard part son.
Everybody looks good at the starting line.
When I recently heard these song lyrics by Paul Thorn, they... read more
It’s Time to Have a Frank Talk With Your Leadership Team About the Future
It’s Time to Have a Frank Talk With Your Leadership Team About the Future
By Lynn Russo Whylly, Chief Executive
Welcoming Whit Mitchell to TCL Faculty
By Ron Price
I met Whit Mitchell in 2007 at a national conference of coaches, trainers and consultants. He went out of his way to introduce himself and took the initiative to build value in our relationship from the start. This wasn’t a business growth strategy; it is just who he is. I have never known another person... read more
30 Minutes to Better Business Performance
By Brent Patmos
In just 30 minutes a day, you can outthink the competition. Thinking specifically about something is regularly interrupted or delayed because of “everything else” that has to get done. The outcome; dedicated thought to a specific topic such as understanding a problem, challenge or advancing performance rarely... read more