When everything feels like Priority #1, here's how billion-dollar CEOs choose.
Focus strategies from billion-dollar CEOs
As a fellow CEO who's sat in the chair and now interviews other leaders at the highest level, I've gained unique insight into how the best handle competing priorities.
It's not what most people think.
When I sat down with seven CEOs - Virgin Australia, Cancer Council, Verizon, Boeing Defence, and others - they shared the decision-making approaches that separate good leaders from great ones.
"I refused to implement our strategy until the organization created it together." - Virgin Australia CEO
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The Focus Strategies You'll Discover:
- The co-creation principle - Why the former Virgin Australia CEO won't implement strategies her team doesn't own (and the process that ensures buy-in)
- Strategic distillation - How the Cancer Council CEO uses one-page thinking to force clarity when everything seems important
- The alignment methodology - How the Verizon CEO creates "common understanding" across 75,000 people
- Priority architecture - The mental frameworks these leaders use when multiple priorities compete for attention
- The "not to do" discipline - How top CEOs free up capacity by being as clear about what they won't do
- Comfort zone recognition - Why successful leaders constantly monitor where they're spending their time
These insights come from hours of conversations with leaders running billion-dollar organizations
You're already leading at the highest level. These strategies will sharpen your edge and accelerate your decision-making when the stakes are high.
Ready to think like they do? Get 20 minutes of concentrated CEO wisdom on focus and priority decisions.
"The more we cram into this strategy, the more it dilutes something else."
- Cancer Council CEO
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