by Rom LaPointe | May 9, 2025 | Boards, Community, Leadership
As a volunteer Board member of the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, I am proud to be part of an organization working to prevent kidney disease and provide support for people dealing with kidney disease. As a kidney transplant recipient, I know firsthand...
by Rom LaPointe | Mar 12, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
BETTER LEADERSHIP — HOW TO WEAR FEWER HATS In my leadership practice, I often work with founder-led companies. Some have been around for a long time, and even some of those are run by founder CEOs who — even after building out a great leadership team...
by Rom LaPointe | Jan 22, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
CHALLENGES FOR A LEADER PROMOTED FROM WITHIN — HOW TO START Getting promoted or taking on the leadership role ā especially the CEO role ā from an internal promotion is an awesome achievement. In addition, it is usually a great thing for the culture because it...
by Rom LaPointe | Oct 18, 2024 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership, Team
TIME BOXING FOR BETTER TEAM MANAGEMENT For leaders of people, managing conversations, processes, and goals related to performance becomes more predictable, less random, more fact-based, less emotional, and easier to understand when talked about as time-bound...
by Dan Keelan | Aug 15, 2024 | Facilitation, Guest Post, Leadership
Once in a while, when Iām reading about leadership best practices, I notice the mention of tools that, at first, sound kind of mundane. For example, a leadership blogger might talk about agendas or scorecards or forms that track special projects, or a grid that gets...
by Rom LaPointe | Jun 15, 2024 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership, Talent, Team
How do you skill up your team? Why skill up your team? As the CEO Coach, you need to be very involved with the team, but you are not able to do all the heavy lifting. If you are not directly leading the marketing or the engineering efforts and have just enough...
