Founder's Message
Today's Chaotic Environment is Calling for a Transformation in Executive Leadership for Both Private and Public Organizations.
Thankfully, we also find ourselves in a time when we have a growing awareness of specific practices that that when applied lead to greater profitability, improved performance and leadership mastery.
I founded Executive Skillworks to assist CEOs, senior executives and government leaders to leverage these best practices and tap the opportunities inherent in our times. Our primary focus is to stay on top of the latest research and bring proven best practices to our clients so that they can take full advantage of the opportunities and effectively mitigate the key challenges our clients, constituants and stakeholders are facing.
Leaders are Compensated to Generate Breakthrough Results - Not to Maintain the Status Quo.
Hopefully, we are ending a time in our history when CEOs and other senior executives will be compensated on a grand scale when they fall far short of expectations or worse yet watch over a collapse in their business. With the meltdown of key financial services companies and the automotive industry we see the cost to the lack of visionary leadership, integrity, and innovation. Today many other organizations have lost touch with the needs of the market place and are finding themselves in dire situations. Still others who are not on the edge of collapse sense a need to step back and regroup.
Public sector executives are also being asked to become more results-focused, strategic, collaborative and transparent. These are massive changes for large government bureaucracies and again it demands strong leadershp from the top.
Yet, there are also organizations who remain at the top of their game. Examples of such organizations include Apple, Southwest Airlines, FedEx, NASA, NSA, Starbucks, GE, Proctor & Gamble, Google, The US Army as well as the Big Four Accounting Firms. Certainly, these organizations are being impacted by the challenges of our time yet they are maintaining their impact. The question is why do these organizations continue to succeed and what can we learn from them? For the most part they:- They are focused on their core strengths and innovate around them.
- Maintain a focus on their core mission and orient their priorities to fulfill it.
- Build deep relationships with their customers, constituents and stakeholders.
- Engage strong leadership and focus on enhancing the impact of their leaders.
- Create cultures of accountability and innovation.
- Generate a great work environment that brings out the best in their employees/staff.
Answering a Growing Need in Today's Growing Organizations
I founded Executive Skillworks to provide our clients with all the resources they need to leverage their success in building a high-performing culture that fosters leadership, innovation, contribution, and fulfillment.
Utilizing a Worldwide Network You Can Trust
Over the past 25 years I have also met many organizations and individuals in my profession - strategic alliances and individuals worldwide - who have a track record of success working with CEOs and other senior executives and who understand what it takes to be successful in business. These organizations and individuals are masterful facilitators with strong business acumen who deeply understand the intricacies of key business practices, performance psychology, executive coaching, team and organizational development.
In the creation of Executive Skillworks, I am bringing together an integrated set of best practices as well as a stellar set of alliances and practitioners so that we can reliably assist organizations in achieving the strategic shift that is essential for success in today's world.
I hope you take the time to learn more about our firm and the results we can generate for businesses like yours. We encourage you to contact us to discuss how we might be able to assist you in generating greater success as well as overcome key challenges you may be facing.