As shutdowns and unknowns surrounding COVID-19 drag on, the times feel overwhelming for many business leaders. Or, to use my nomenclature, many of us feel we’re stuck in the proverbial alligator pit. How do we keep our sanity and stay out of the swamp during this period of uncertainty? Though many of us are facing […]Read More
We know that being a CEO can be challenging in good times, and extra challenging in bad times. Texas CEO Magazine is here to help. To that end, we are launching CEO2CEO!Have a difficult decision to make? Need confidential advice? Or a sympathetic ear from someone who has sat in the CEO seat and knows what […]Read More
When Judy MacLeod became the third commissioner of Conference USA in 2015, her appointment was historic: She is the first and only female commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision athletics conference. She came to the Dallas-headquartered conference in 2005 after 15 years at the University of Tulsa, including 10 as athletics director. We talked to […]Read More
Military lessons don’t always translate to the corporate world. Here are three that do. Every few months, a former service member writes a new leadership book and the general public eats it up. Those of us actually in the military are typically baffled by the popularity of these books. When every military leadership book that […]Read More
An interview with Chris Del Conte, athletics director at the University of Texas By most accounts, Chris Del Conte has revitalized Longhorn athletics. Since his hire in December 2017 as vice president and athletics director at the University of Texas, he’s not only overseen a record-breaking $219 million in annual revenue—he’s also led the charge […]Read More
We don’t need to introduce Mark Cuban, do we? Entrepreneur, investor, author, Texan, Dallas Mavericks owner, Shark Tank star—you know the drill. We threw seven quick questions to Cuban. Let’s see what he had to say. 1. You have the resources to locate anywhere in the world. What keeps you in Texas?The people. The energy. […]Read More
I have always been fascinated by the coaches who have “it”—that X-factor that separates exceptional coaches from the also-rans. What do they do differently as they put together a staff, organize practice, recruit talent, and manage high-stakes games? While a favorable bounce here and there helps out, it’s become obvious over my forty-plus years in […]Read More
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