Business Leadership

Veteran San Diego business executive Tom Deverell has been named coach for a group of chief executive officers who meet to share ideas, explore solutions and develop their companies as part of the expansion of Sage Executive Group, a peer advisory organization for CEOs and top-level leaders.                                                                                    
Deverell, who served for 10 years as CEO of San Diego-based Officia Imaging, will act as coach and adviser in the monthly,  interactive sessions of about a dozen CEOs aimed at addressing and solving critical issues in their business and personal lives. “I have succeeded in leading a diverse mix of technology and start-up firms, and am now drawing on that experience to mentor top executives in identifying and overcoming their biggest challenges, both in profits and managing personnel,” Deverell said.
His previous business experience includes rising to president of IKON Office Solutions over a 25-year career and helping build a startup that developed software for the real estate industry.
In addition to Deverell’s appointment, fast-growing peer advisory startup Sage Executive Group, founded in San Diego in 2012, is expanding its membership options to include C-level executives in finance, operations, marketing and sales.
The Sage Executive Group mentoring and training process has been developed by leaders who have over 45 years of collective experience with peer advisory groups for CEOs and other high-level executives. For more information, contact Sage at (800) 648-1063 or visit www.sageexecutivegroup.com.
 

This one is worth sharing…
THE MAGIC BANK ACCOUNT
THE AUTHOR IS NOT KNOWN. THIS MESSAGE WAS FOUND IN THE BILLFOLD OF LEGENDARY ALABAMA FOOTBALL COACH PAUL BEAR BRYANT AFTER HE DIED IN 1982.
Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use.
However, this prize has rules:
The set of rules:
1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.
3. You may only spend it.
4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day.
5. The bank can end the game without warning. At any time it can say, “Game Over!” It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don’t know because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right?
You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, because you knew it would be replenished in the morning, right?
ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL …
Shocked ??? YES!
Each of us is already a winner of this *PRIZE*. We just can’t seem to see it.
The PRIZE is *TIME*
1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life.
2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is not credited to us.
3. What we haven’t used up that day is forever lost.
4. Yesterday is forever gone.
5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time WITHOUT WARNING…
SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds? Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.
So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!
Here’s wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day. Start “spending”….
“DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT GROWING OLD!”
SOME PEOPLE DON’T GET THE PRIVILEGE!’
Weekly Wisdom by Jerry Rollins,  CEO/Chairman of Sage Executive Group
 
 

I listened to an old Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast and came across a brilliant session on six questions every CEO must ask.  Here is my summary.
Q1 – WHICH GAUGES SHOULD WE BE WATCHING?
Finding the right metrics to guide you about the health of your organizations. Choose the right three of four and watch them attentively.
Q2 – WHO NEEDS TO BE SITTING AT THE TABLE?
Good decisions need good input, and great leaders are decisive but inclusive in their decision processes.
Q3 – WHERE DO I MAKE THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION?
I find it interesting that when companies grow and the 2nd level of leadership is upgraded, the CEO often feels lost and sometimes wants to contribute too much. Resist that feeling and stay focused on what you do well, while allowing your people to achieve their goals without your assistance.
Q4 – WHO’S NOT KEEPING UP?
The book TopGrading tells us that this is a constant challenge. We as leaders need to help our people grow, but if they are not capable or don’t want to grow, we must transition them with dignity.
Q5 – WHAT HAVE WE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THAT IS NO LONGER THE BEST WAY TO…?
“We have always done it this way and it works, OK?” is a way of thinking dangerous to any business. Innovation is what keeps you a leader in your industry versus being an average player.
Q6 – WHAT WOULD A GREAT LEADER DO?
This drags you out of your comfort zone. I have many great mentors who have taught me well. When facing a big decision, I always ask myself, “is that the right decision, or the easy one?” The tough road is often the best one to travel.
Weekly Wisdom by Jerry Rollins,  CEO/Chairman of Sage Executive Group