Cheryl McMillan, Author at Vistage Research Center

How to be an authentic and conscious leader

Cheryl McMillan — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:27 +0000

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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How a leader models accountability

Cheryl McMillan — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000

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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What Makes a Person Accountable, Part 2

Cheryl McMillan — Fri, 10 May 2019 23:19:32 +0000

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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What Makes a Person Accountable?

Cheryl McMillan — Tue, 07 May 2019 23:23:43 +0000

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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7 lessons to learn from Chipotle’s crisis

Cheryl McMillan — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:00:42 +0000

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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Productive conflict: 10 steps to building your executive team

Cheryl McMillan — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:19 +0000

“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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3 steps to help build the Circle of Safety at your company

Cheryl McMillan — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:45:16 +0000

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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How does your personality affect your leadership? (part two in a series)

Cheryl McMillan — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:00:11 +0000

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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9 types of people: Many ways to lead (a two-part series)

Cheryl McMillan — Tue, 17 May 2016 08:30:56 +0000

“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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4 steps to empowering and overseeing your executive management team

Cheryl McMillan — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:25:05 +0000

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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