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Leadership Resources

Elevate Your Leadership with Proven CEO Tools

Discover how these books help leaders return to their work with renewed clarity and stronger execution.

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Chief Executive Operating System
In The Chief Executive Operating System, veteran CEO Joel Trammell and executive coach Sherif Sakr present a systematic guide to being a truly great chief executive. You will learn strategies for handling the peculiarities, pitfalls, and pressures of the job, gain tools and frameworks for building organization-wide excellence, and understand how it all fits together into a comprehensive picture of the high-performing CEO.

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The CEO Tightrope
No CEO can find a point of balance and then stand still—that’s not even possible on a tightrope. The expectation is that the business must always move forward. The job of balancing the often-competing interests of a company’s constituents is so challenging that the average lifespan of a newly minted CEO is around five years. Why is it that individuals who have been wildly successful at every other position in their career often fail when they get to the CEO chair?
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Leadership Growth Library

Ideas That Move CEOs Forward

Read practical stories, methods, and reflections to help executives lead with focus and predictability.
Strategy & Execution
Strategic Decision-Making for CEOs
Learn about effective strategic decision-making processes for CEOs to enhance organizational success.
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Leadership Challenges
Building Resilient Organizations: A CEO's Role
Explore the CEO's role in building resilient organizations that thrive in challenging times.
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Leadership Challenges
Navigating Change as a CEO
Strategies for CEOs to effectively manage change and maintain organizational stability.
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Leadership Challenges
Effective Leadership Communication Strategies
Learn effective communication strategies that enhance leadership and team collaboration.
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Leadership Challenges
The Highly Conscientious CEO
Explore the traits of highly conscientious CEOs and how they impact organizational success.
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Strategy & Execution
3 Organizational Design Errors CEOs Make
Identify common organizational design errors that CEOs should avoid to enhance performance.
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“How do I hold my people accountable?”
There's a better way than hire → hope → retaliate
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What CEOs Are Saying: Tariffs and Transitions
Checking in with RH, Lululemon, and Vera Bradley
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CEO Interview: Wes Cummins of Applied Digital
Cummins' Applied Digital builds the data centers that feed the world's hunger for AI.
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