5 Habits of Highly Annoying Leaders…. Leader or Manager: Which One are You?…. Innovators: A New Kind of Sticky…. Econ Recon: What are Your Peers Thinking…. Logic Left Behind

QUOTES AS WE KICK OFF OUR 2015 PLAN EXECUTION

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”

General George S. Patton

Commander, US Third Army, European Theatre, WWII

 “The plan is nothing. Planning is everything.”

President of the United States and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower

 “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”

Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

5 Habits of Highly Annoying Leaders

Great executives are constantly asking “how can I be better?” and “‘what can I do differently?”An equally important question is “what could I stop doing and be better for it?” One place to start looking for ideas on how to best answer this question could be this article: Five Habits of Highly Annoying Leaders .

Leader or Manager: Which are You?

It’s an important question says Inc 500 Entrepreneur Kevin Daum in a recent short article. Daum says: “The business world needs both great leaders and great managers, but most people don’t do both well.” Take this quiz and find out which is your preferred style.

Innovators: A New Kind of Sticky

Everyone reading this probably has an office and a desk.On that desk is an invention that you use regularly and probably take for granted. As ubiquitous as it is, it’s a relatively new invention born of a very different need than it’s typical use in an office or in the home. This brief article profiles a great company you’ve heard of, and an inventor you haven’t, who helped make that company synonymous with innovation.

Econ Recon

What are your peers in Vistage thinking about the economy? Check out the 4^th Quarter Vistage Confidence Index For more detailed forecasts about your sector or region, take a look at the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey.  

Logic Left Behind:  The drop in the price of oil to lowsnot seen since before the “great recession,” initially seen as a boon, is now being considered in some quarters as a bane. Vistage Staff economist and ITR Economics Principal Alan Beaulieu thinks “logic has been left behind” and helps us unpack this weird mix of politics and economics in a short recap of a talk he gave to a group of senior executives recently; urging us not to let the haze of oil politics cloud the larger economic opportunities coming in the next few years.