Inspired by my fireside chat with The Chief of Staff Association last week, I want to share learnings from my 8 years as Chief of Staff to Larry Ellison at Oracle. …

“It takes a lot of work to not be boring.” — Sean D. Tucker I was upside down in aerobatic flight in the red Team Oracle plane, trying to hold my own in conversation as the world spun around me. Sean D. Tucker, stunt pilot extraordinaire and more than 30…

I stumbled across the term “Wartime CEO” during a casual coffee shop conversation, and it has captivated my attention ever since. The influence “Wartime” and “Peacetime” CEOs have on business outcomes and company culture has a powerful, cascading effect throughout a company. CEOs impact every leader, meeting, and deliverable they…

Lesson 1 of 11 — Things I Learned in my 11 years at Oracle “‘I don’t know’ is a perfectly acceptable answer.” In the eight years I spent attending Larry Ellison’s leadership meetings as his Chief of Staff, this is the line I heard him repeat the most. Often, it…