Happy Wednesday!

Avoid costly terminations and enhance the performance of high-driving CEOs by learning how to approach the board with confidence or how to approach your operating partner with a key issue. 

According to a report by McKinsey, well-connected teams see a productivity increase of 20-25%. Additionally, Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2022 report states that disengaged employees cost the world $7.8 trillion in lost productivity. 

This article focuses on the extroverted, people-oriented CEO, Board Chair, shareholder or investor. Extroverted leaders love people and to be the center of attention, telling stories, and engaging others. 

To collaborate with an extroverted CEO (board chair, shareholder or investor), it’s important to consider their business and market situation from their perspective. The CEO reports to the board and the board reports to shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders.  

Our article provides insights on how to:  

• Work with extroverted executives 
• Handle conflict (or perceived conflict) with them 
• Help them make decisions 
• Encourage them  
• Compliment them 
• Understand their fears 

Our CEOs tell us that our Leadership Assessment is immediately beneficial to them while helping them understand themselves, their team members, their employees, and even their families better.

Learn more here.

How to bring Westgate into your organization

Launch your offsite meeting confidently with our premier inclusion event.

Create inclusion and trust for your executive management team. Let people know you care by learning their behavioral styles and understanding their personal preferences for engaging with others.

This private event delivers a high return on time invested because you will walk away with a tool that takes the mystery out of people, making your relationships with your team members more meaningful, trusting, and effective.

The Main Event begins with a 1:1 conversation with the CEO and their team, followed by a group debrief that lasts approximately 40 minutes. It’s fun, safe, and provides strategies your CEO and team can begin using immediately.

All about my visit to Grand Turk! Part I

Two weeks ago, I was very fortunate to visit my sister and her husband at their place in Grand Turk (Turks & Caicos). While there, many things happened, including rescuing an injured donkey. Donkeys roam the island, having been brought into the country to work in the salt industry, which was later disrupted by modern refrigeration.

The poor donkey lingered around the property for several days before we noticed a wire wrapped around her back leg so that she could barely walk. My sister, Sarah (I refer to her as the Pied Piper), rallied the donkey into their gated property (luring her with a carrot and bucket of water—donkeys love sweet carrots and fresh water) and called the Department of Agriculture to assist. Ninety minutes later, two vets arrived and tranquilized the donkey, removed the wire from her leg, and administered antibiotics. We were very grateful to have the vets respond so quickly. I’m also amazed at my sister’s ability to help wild and injured animals.

The 90-Day Brand Offer

In addition to supporting our corporate clients, we work with private clients one-on-one. Explore our 90-Day Brand program here.

Thank you for sharing your day with me, and enjoy the rest of your week!

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Maureen is a performance optimization coach and personal branding strategist for next-level executives and board nominees.

Westgate Executive Branding and Career Consulting Inc. would like to acknowledge that we are located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We are all Treaty people.