The CEO of three successful businesses, Tom Northup understands the complexities faced by today’s busy executives. Through coaching, consulting, mentoring, and training, he provides real-world experience and thoughtful leadership to deliver sustainable results. Tom is the author of the book "The Five Hidden Mistakes CEOs Make. How to Unlock the Secrets that Drive Growth and Profitability."

Focus is an important management skill a CEO should develop. Focus drives performance, performance drives results. Having a focused management team is the key to developing competitive advantage in yo...

Would you want to have an employee who is extremely good at his or her job but has a bad attitude or an average employee who has a positive attitude? ...

Have you watched key business goals suffer as you missed deadline after deadline? Often such problems arise because we don’t hold ourselves truly accountable. When teams don’t execute effectively beca...

How many of your employees wake up in the morning, smile and say, "I can't wait to go to work today!"? Do you believe the common stereotype that work is drudgery, dullness, and “oh my aching back?” Is...

Leaders achieve goals in cooperation with and through the actions of the people in their organization. Effective CEOs encourage their employees' personal success because they understand that personal ...

Wise leaders know that they will generate organizational best thinking that is far above what one person can accomplish alone when they draw on the wealth of knowledge that employees, with their diffe...

Those who develop personal best thinking become experts in their fields. They gain inceasing esteem from their peers and a confidence level that places them at the top of their profession. Best thinki...

The typical CEO and senior management team have little formal training in effective leadership and base their style on trial and error. This style will not work. CEOs cannot lead others if they cannot...

Managers and employees work in habitual patterns and will resist change unless they buy into it. Build a "Lets Beat Our Best" change philosophy into the culture of the organization. Positive change br...

Today’s business leaders face a world undergoing change such as we have never seen before. New technology, international competition, lightning information availability, and new legal accountability c...