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Sanctuaried: The CEO
Divining Rod
A discussion group focused on the complex psychological makeup of the highly successful senior executive. This group is intended to serve as a sounding board for members who have just entered or will soon join the CEO Sanctuary and those who are advisors to senior-level executives.
Quote of the WeekThe best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. –Theodore Roosevelt |
17 Oct
This is a reaction to Leonard Pitts Op-Ed article “99% Provoked by Fees, Powerlessness” October 12, 2011. Mr. Pitt talks about the new zeitgeist, the intellectual spirit of the times. Coupled with an emotional feeling “I won’t stand for it any more” it seems to have resulted in the citizen protest as a method to fight [...]
6 Apr
Dr. Hawkins recently commented on the management style of controversial Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for Intuit. His interview appears at this link along with insights from other leading experts on management technique: http://blog.intuit.com/employees/does-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker%E2%80%99s-management-style-work/
4 Mar
When an executive ascends to the CEO position, or what I call the sanctuary, his or her journey and fight for that job has only just begun. This is true for the person at the head of state government, the governor: Election Day brings us a winner; the hard part is bringing people together to [...]
13 Oct
What is the New Job Syndrome (NJS)? Most new jobs contain approximately three cycles to adjust to. The more experience and education the job requires, the NJS generally takes longer. For example, for technical and professional managerial people, it generally takes six to nine months. For CEO’s and those on the CEO Sanctuary, it usually takes [...]
4 Oct
The one thing most people over 65 have in common is that they are unemployed. They are the generation who saved the world, fed and educated their families, and now they are looking for one last job in a brutal high-tech job market. Most of these people remember who they had been in the past, and [...]
30 Sep
“Trying to be all things usually results in meaning little to anybody.” - Laermer/Simmons As I approach the end of my life and am well beyond the end of my career, I would be remiss if I did not try to communicate the meaning of the CEOs role in the context of the organization’s personality and [...]
20 Sep
Listen to Dr. Hawkins discuss dealing with the psychological issues of finding employment and “Good to Great Job Hunting” On Blog Talk Radio No One Hires the Helpless Philanthropy exhibits the best side of the human race. Job hunting must exhibit the truest side of you. To accomplish either of these you must be able to [...]
13 Sep
Gender can be a very effective mentoring tool. However, it is generally a very unpredictable and unreliable one. The research shows that most mentors are white males; second are black males; third are white females, any additional research is inconclusive. Selecting a mentor relationship on the basis of gender is not reliable and has questionable [...]
10 Sep
Prolonged unemployment continues to erode the self-esteem of many today. The President is pushing a jobs bill to boost the sagging economy. In addition, he is trying to provide permanent business tax credits. There are public works projects and other emergency moves to create jobs in order to get people back to work. However, with the [...]
30 Aug
Does your mentor feed you fish? It is better if they teach you how to fish. Then, you’ll be able to conquer a career path and not just a job. The following chart compares three types of mentors: Transformational- gets to know mentee well enough to transform them into someone who seeks growth. Transactional- gets to know [...]
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