It All Starts at the Top

This latest PBN article credits the monthly Chief Executive Magazine with the opinion that CEO confidence in the American economy took a nose dive in June, and quoted its publisher Edward Kopko as saying, “CEOs are clearly negative on the economy and they expect things to get worse before they get better”.

I know more than one CEO with a better outlook than this, and I would like to see PBN search for some optimistic views to publish. The “chicken little the sky is falling” mentality becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The positive side of that coin is that the opposite is true as well. Decide which side feels better, and give that your thoughts and energy. Thoughts are things!

If there is anyone in the organization that needs to have confidence in the future it’s the boss. When the CEO loses confidence, the company is doomed. Leave that to the naysayers in the media that never ran a business. Someone needs to display a show of strength in tough times and that should be the person at the top. I’m sure you have heard the old saying, “When the going gets tough…” 

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