Greg Bustin Executive Leadership Blog

Think back 137 days to New Year’s Eve.

Even if you didn’t purposefully say or write down a couple of things you wanted to accomplish in 2012, you at least figured that somehow, some way you’d make the New Year a better one than the last.

Well, as of today, more than one-third of 2012 is now behind you.

How are you doing?

What have you accomplished? What dreams have you set aside as the hurly-burly of life has distracted you from your purpose?

Maybe you need an accountability partner to help you finish 2012 strong. What are you waiting for?  click here for more...

As the NBA Finals unfolded six weeks ago, the Dallas Mavericks claimed the title from the Dallas Cowboys as “America’s Team.”

It seemed basketball fans everywhere – except in Florida – wanted the Mavs to win.

The reasons the Mavs captured the hearts of so many have been discussed at length.

When the Mavericks won the NBA championship over the super-star-studded Miami Heat, basketball purists hailed it as a victory for teams that understand there are few shortcuts to winning.

There’s no question you’ve got to have talent to win. In sports. In business.

Yet it takes more than talent to win.

How did a bunch of old guys and cast-offs beat a team loaded with so much All-Pro talent?

It happens more often than you might realize.   click here for more...

On October 8, 2007, future Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells unveiled to a national audience tuned in to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Buffalo Bills a list of rules quarterbacks must follow if they want to be successful in the National Football League.

Parcells’ rules – particularly Rule #9 – proved prophetic that Monday night as the Cowboys overcame quarterback Tony Romo’s five interceptions, a lost fumble and an eight-point deficit with 3:45 minutes in the game to win 25 – 24 in the final seconds.

CEOs are the quarterbacks of their team.  Whether you’re a veteran performer or a new leader – as Romo was at the time – these 11 rules could be helpful as you lead your team back from the worst recession in 80 years.  The rules are Parcells’.  The interpretations are mine.  click here for more...

In the consulting firm I founded and led, we had the privilege of working with leaders at dozens of large, highly respected companies, including Avery Dennison, Burger King, Ericsson, Nextel, OGE Energy Corp., PepsiCo, TXU and Trammell Crow Company.

Today, I work mostly with CEOs and leadership teams of small and mid-size companies helping these leaders improve organizational and individual effectiveness.

Whether you work for a large organization or a small business, there’s a good chance you’re now being asked to wear more than one hat.  click here for more...

Happy New Year!

You probably know that the Roman god Janus is the origin of the month we call January.

And you’re likely aware that Janus was most often depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions because of his ability to look into the past and see into the future.

But did you know that Janus was frequently used to symbolize change and transitions such as the progression of the past into the future, of one vision to another, and of one condition to another?

It’s this notion of transitioning from one condition to another that I’ll address here.

In the past three years, I’ve been invited to lead 45 planning sessions for the leadership teams of companies of all sizes, ages and industries, including not-for-profit organizations. The CEOs of most of these companies are members of Vistage, the world’s largest CEO organization (www.vistage.com). And I’ve spoken throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe to hundreds more leaders that are eager to improve their effectiveness.

What I’ve observed is that most organizations are two-faced.  click here for more...