Xavier Lederer

Call Me When… Call me when your client is frustrated because their business is not growing as fast as they want. As a business coach I help companies identify and remove growth roadblocks so they can grow faster and with less pain.

“I should demote myself!” joked the head of sales. “It looks like I am better at selling than at managing a sales team.” We were looking at his team’s individual sales numbers. He was selling more when he was a regular salesperson than his whole team today. We too often promote the wrong person into…

Homogeneity among your leadership team is like a decadent creamy chocolate cake: it feels tempting, but when you resist it, you get in much better shape. Increasing diversity on your leadership team leads to better decisions – and better financial results. However we have a natural tendency to surround ourselves with people similar to us:…

Do you want to get rich quickly? Very simple: Buy a business for its actual value, and sell it back right away for what the business owner values it. Many business owners overvalue their own business (after all, isn’t your business the most beautiful baby in the world?). What do you need to pay attention to…

🤔What is your question-to-statement ratio? 🎓Register for our CEO Workshop about “How to be a better coach for your team” on Tuesday, May 2nd at 12 pm EST on Zoom. Register now! 😓Leaders can’t be great CEOs UNLESS they spend less time giving advice, and more time asking great questions. The issue is that many…

Join our CEO Growth Workshop on Tuesday March 7 at noon EST (on Zoom) to learn about “How to have difficult and uncomfortable conversations – and how you can give more impactful developmental feedback.” 😖72% of employees think that their performance would improve with more feedback. And yet Gallup has found that only 26% of…

😀Join our CEO Book Club on Tuesday April 4 at noon EST to discuss “The Coaching Habit” by 📚 Michael Bungay Stanier. ❓Leaders can’t be great CEOs UNLESS they spend less time giving advice, and more time asking great questions. The issue is that many CEOs (especially technical experts) believe that they need to expand…

Join our CEO Book Club on Tuesday February 7 at noon EST (on Zoom) to discuss the book “The Motive” by Patrick Lencioni. What is the essence of your job as a CEO? In his recent book “The Motive” best-selling author Patrick Lencioni analyzes reward-centered leadership as opposed to responsibility-centered leadership, and from there derives…

“I have smart people but I underutilize their potential,” the CEO confessed. “I don’t know what I should do differently though. I feel like I am the #1 bottleneck in my organization.” My client was right: she was a genius with a thousand helpers, and she needed to become a genius maker in order to…

Join our FREE CEO Workshop on “How to define Core Values that improve your company culture” on Tuesday, October 4 at noon EST / 6 pm CET on Zoom. By the end of this interactive workshop you will: Know how Core Values can positively impact your company culture. Understand how to practically use Core Values on a day-to-day…