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Making Your Promotion Stick: The Power of Renewing Your Commitments Daily

By Ron Wilder On March 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Power Series

I received tons of great feedback on last week’s post on How to Get a Promotion. Promoting yourself is an act of declaration and commitment – of declaring who I will be and committing to come from that place. So I’d like to expand on this idea and stress the importance of renewing [...]

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How to Get a Promotion

By Ron Wilder On March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO

In the past couple of weeks, a theme has emerged as I’ve had conversations with a variety of individuals.

Everyone wants a promotion.

CEOs want to create a bigger, more profitable company. Senior executives want a bigger voice in strategic decisions. Coaches and consultants want to make a bigger impact and charge more.

Here’s the [...]

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Don’t Play Your Words (A Time Warrior’s Perspective on Words With Friends)

By Ron Wilder On August 14, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Be Your Own CEO

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I love Words With Friends. It’s a great game. Since I only ever get to play Scrabble infrequently at family gatherings, Words With Friends [...]

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What Does it Mean to be King?

By Ron Wilder On August 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Executive Leadership

“Merlin, what does it mean to be king?”
– King Arthur to Merlin in Excalibur

One of my favorite movies is Excalibur. Released in 1981, the movie recounts the legend of King Arthur, Merlin, the Knights of the Round Table, and the quest for the Holy Grail. Early in the movie, young [...]

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The Power of the Laundry Pile

By Ron Wilder On August 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Power Series

When I was in high school, all of the clean laundry in our house would go straight from the dryer to the bed in our downstairs guest room. I say “go straight” as if it would magically fly there, but the reality is that someone carried it there – my mom, my brother, my [...]

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The Power of Desire

By Ron Wilder On May 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Business Fundamentals, Power Series

Last week I interviewed a sales person at one of my clients. I was trying to get a sense for how well the organization is working and to identify the biggest opportunities.

After a few minutes of conversation, I asked:

What could we do to help you increase sales?

The response: Well, I’ve really been [...]

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A Very Simple Method for Accountability

By Ron Wilder On April 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO

A few years ago I learned a very simple method for accountability.   You decide on a commitment and declare this to an accountability partner.  Then you agree to check in with this partner on a regular basis – daily or weekly, depending on the nature of the goal.   You can do this check-in by phone [...]

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Critical Lessons from American Idol: The Importance of Song Choice

By Ron Wilder On March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Business Fundamentals

American Idol has moved from the initial selection rounds through “Hollywood week” into the winnowing down – from the top 24 contestants, week by week – and moving towards the final American Idol winner.  In these initial post-Hollywood rounds, the contestants perform a song they have chosen.   More than any other factor, what determines who advances [...]

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Success is a Decision and a Running Buddy Can Make it Happen

By Ron Wilder On January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO

Recently, my nine-year old daughter ran a 5K race – in the freezing cold rain along a course that was soaked and muddy.   Three months earlier, she decided to join a program called Girls on the Run, designed to encourage young girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through [...]

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What Makes for a Good Year? How Wine Corks Led Me to Thoughts on Strategic Capabilities.

By Ron Wilder On January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Be Your Own CEO, Business Fundamentals

On New Year’s Day I finally I put together a wine corkboard kit that I had received as a gift over ten years ago.  This kit, along with a bag of wine corks that I had collected over the years, was up on top of a bookshelf in my office gathering dust.  For each of the past [...]

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