25 Mistakes CEOs Make and How to Fix Them – Second Edition
CEOs deal with massive change and cope with stressful situations every day. On top of that, there is an expectation that strong leaders have all the answers, know what to do, and can handle challenges alone. The truth is: That’s a false expectation.
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06.03.2026
Steve Sanduski: The Biggest Leadership Lessons from 11 Years of Conversations with CEOs
For 11 years, Steve Sanduski sat across from hundreds of CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, private equity leaders, and world-class coaches. As the longtime host of the CEO Coaching International Podcast, he developed a front-row view into what separates extraordinary leaders from everyone else. In this special episode, Mark Moses turns the microphone around and interviews Steve about the BIGGEST lessons he learned from more than a decade of conversations with some of the world’s most successful business leaders.
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06.03.2026
Private Equity Operating Leader and Multi-Exit CEO Tom Barrett Joins CEO Coaching International as Partner and Coach
CEO Coaching International is pleased to announce Tom Barrett as its newest Partner and Coach. Barrett is a private equity value creator with more than 30 years of experience accelerating growth, driving operational transformation, and delivering outsized investment returns across SaaS, technology, business services, and multi-site organizations. His career spans more than 10 acquisitions and multiple successful exits with returns ranging from 5x to 21x EBITDA, underscoring a consistent ability to unlock enterprise value expansion.
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05.28.2026
What First-Time CEOs and Founders Need to Know
Here’s what first-time CEOs and founders need to prioritize right now to keep from drowning in the business.
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05.27.2026
Global Event and Marketing Services Industry Leader Tony Lorenz Joins CEO Coaching International as Partner and Coach
CEO Coaching International is pleased to announce Tony Lorenz as its newest Partner and Coach. Lorenz is a Founder, CEO, Board Director, Investor, and Growth Advisor with more than 30 years of experience building, scaling, acquiring, and exiting category-defining businesses across the global marketing and business services industries.
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05.20.2026
5 CEO Blind Spots Holding You Back
It’s challenging to identify and fix blind spots yourself. One of the first things our CEO coaches do when they work with a new client is work to find those blind spots—whether they’re related to your previous work experience, your personality, or your organization. Here are the top five most common blind spots, according to our CEO coaches.
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05.19.2026
How to Set a North Star That Drives Your Strategy
The CEO’s Guide to Make BIG Happen Systems is a five-step playbook is designed to help you use repeatable systems to achieve your growth goals. It’s filled with wisdom and insights from five of our world-class coaches.
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05.13.2026
How to Build an A-Team That Drives Growth
People issues are one of the biggest reasons our clients come to CEO coaching. Getting the right people in the right seats is a continual challenge for leaders—because the people that got you to your current stage aren’t always the ones that will push your organization forward. To find and grow the right A-team, you need to be set up for success. Here’s what our coaches recommend.
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05.12.2026
The 5 Patterns That Limit Business Growth
Lack of team alignment is one of the biggest issues holding businesses back from fulfilling their growth potential. In this post, we’ll talk through the most common CEO mistakes they see that holds businesses back—and how to fix them.
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05.06.2026
Jaspar Weir: Building a Billion-Dollar-Plus Company Starts with Thinking BIGGER
Jaspar Weir shares how he and his co-founder Bryce built TaskUs from a scrappy startup—working out of a spare bedroom with secondhand equipment—to a publicly traded, billion-dollar-plus global enterprise.
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04.15.2026
OKR vs. EOS vs. KPI: Which System is Right for You?
OKR. EOS. KPI. You’ve heard of these acronyms, but which one is right for holding your team accountable? The reality is, all three of these systems can work together to help you meet your goals. In this post, we’ll walk through each one of these accountability structures so you can identify which elements would help your team focus and perform more effectively.
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04.15.2026
CEO Coaching International Welcomes Techjays as Diamond Strategic Partner, Bringing AI Reimagination to Global Leaders
CEO Coaching International, the leading CEO coaching firm for growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs globally, proudly welcomes Techjays as its newest Diamond Strategic Partner.
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04.06.2026
CEO Coaching International Clients Achieve Nearly 2X Revenue and 3X Profit Growth Over U.S. Averages
CEO Coaching International, the leading firm for coaching growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs globally, has released its 2025 impact data, revealing that its clients continue to drastically outperform national economic benchmarks.
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