Cheryl McMillan, Author at Vistage Research Center /research-center/author/cheryl-mcmillan/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:22:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 141323424 How to be an authentic and conscious leader /research-center/business-leadership/20171214-how-to-be-an-authentic-and-conscious-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20171214-how-to-be-an-authentic-and-conscious-leader /research-center/business-leadership/20171214-how-to-be-an-authentic-and-conscious-leader/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:27 +0000 /research-center/?p=22567 How easy or difficult is it to be yourself — your real self? Some leaders believe leadership is “showtime,” where you put on a mask to fit a particular situation. It’s not. Others sense whether or not you are authentic,...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20171214-how-to-be-an-authentic-and-conscious-leader/feed/ 0 22567 How a leader models accountability /research-center/business-leadership/20170926-leader-models-accountability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20170926-leader-models-accountability /research-center/business-leadership/20170926-leader-models-accountability/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=22345 Accountability is something you choose to exhibit – it is not assigned to you. CEOs often express frustration over the lack of accountability they see in their organizations. But great leaders understand they must model accountability, not just mandate it. In...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20170926-leader-models-accountability/feed/ 1 22345 What Makes a Person Accountable, Part 2 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-makes-a-person-accountable-part-2 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable-part-2/#comments Fri, 10 May 2019 23:19:32 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=8667 In my previous blog, I stated that if you want accountable employees, you must teach them the basic knowledge and follow up with continuous coaching.  Here are two Accountability models that you can use for that purpose: Accountability Models Arbinger...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable-part-2/feed/ 1 8667 What Makes a Person Accountable? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-makes-a-person-accountable /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable/#comments Tue, 07 May 2019 23:23:43 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=8450 Are you as sick of the “blame game” as I am? Occupy Wall Street protestors blame the “nasty, greedy, wealthy” companies and their executives for their suffering. Politicians spin stories about how the current economy is someone else’s fault. Retail...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-makes-a-person-accountable/feed/ 1 8450 7 lessons to learn from Chipotle’s crisis /research-center/business-leadership/20170427-leadership-lessons-learn-chipotle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20170427-leadership-lessons-learn-chipotle /research-center/business-leadership/20170427-leadership-lessons-learn-chipotle/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:00:42 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=21626 Last Friday at 6 p.m., I drove past my local Chipotle restaurant. I was surprised to see only a few customers standing in line. A couple of years ago, lines regularly stretched past the front door from lunchtime until closing,...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20170427-leadership-lessons-learn-chipotle/feed/ 0 21626 Productive conflict: 10 steps to building your executive team /research-center/business-leadership/20160719-10-steps-to-building-your-executive-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160719-10-steps-to-building-your-executive-team /research-center/business-leadership/20160719-10-steps-to-building-your-executive-team/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:19 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18967 “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” –Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A diverse Executive Team of talented, strong, diverse individuals is a great thing, right? Diversity can promote passionate discussions, provides multiple perspectives, create...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20160719-10-steps-to-building-your-executive-team/feed/ 0 18994 3 steps to help build the Circle of Safety at your company /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/2016070708-circle-of-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2016070708-circle-of-safety /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/2016070708-circle-of-safety/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:45:16 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18966 Simon Sinek describes what he calls the “Circle of Safety” with this simple story:  A lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/2016070708-circle-of-safety/feed/ 0 19002 How does your personality affect your leadership? (part two in a series) /research-center/business-leadership/20160610-how-does-your-personality-affect-your-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160610-how-does-your-personality-affect-your-leadership /research-center/business-leadership/20160610-how-does-your-personality-affect-your-leadership/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:00:11 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18827 Read Part I of this two-part series here.  After the death of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook was selected as the CEO of Apple, Inc. Cook’s personality is very different from his predecessor’s, and just like you, his personality influences how...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20160610-how-does-your-personality-affect-your-leadership/feed/ 0 18827 9 types of people: Many ways to lead (a two-part series) /research-center/business-leadership/20160517-leadership-styles-understand-your-leadership-style-with-the-enneagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160517-leadership-styles-understand-your-leadership-style-with-the-enneagram /research-center/business-leadership/20160517-leadership-styles-understand-your-leadership-style-with-the-enneagram/#respond Tue, 17 May 2016 08:30:56 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18794 “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anais Nin I’m sure that you won’t be surprised if I state the obvious; not everyone sees the world the way that you do! Did you...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20160517-leadership-styles-understand-your-leadership-style-with-the-enneagram/feed/ 0 18794 4 steps to empowering and overseeing your executive management team /research-center/business-leadership/4-steps-to-empowering-and-overseeing-your-executive-management-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-steps-to-empowering-and-overseeing-your-executive-management-team /research-center/business-leadership/4-steps-to-empowering-and-overseeing-your-executive-management-team/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:25:05 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18561 Many CEOs struggle with managing their executive teams, erring on one or the other side of this scale: On the extreme left is full empowerment, which is a totally hands-off management style. Of course, CEOs trust their executives, but blind...

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