- 2026 Global Book Award Silver Medal Winner (Business Life)
- 2026 International Impact Book Awards Winner
Every CEO has blind spots.
The question isn't whether you have them.
The question is whether you'll discover them before they become costly mistakes.
Most CEOs don't fail because they lack intelligence, ambition, or work ethic.
They fail because they can't see what they can't see.
They hire the wrong executive. Delay difficult conversations. Miss early warning signs. Make decisions with incomplete information. Lose team alignment. Company execution slows. Trust erodes. By the time they recognize the problem, the damage is already done.
If you're a founder, first-time CEO, business owner, or growth-stage executive, this book was written for you.
Drawing on more than 35 years in senior executive leadership and over five decades in technology, four-time award-winning author, executive advisor, and leadership coach Bill Miller shares 37 practical leadership lessons inspired by more than 20 real stories of founders and CEOs who faced difficult decisions under pressure.
Learn how each mistake happened, how it could have been prevented, how it was resolved, and the leadership lessons that emerged.
These aren't academic theories. They're real stories with real lessons you can apply immediately.
They're hard-earned lessons and scars from startups, growth companies, multinational organizations, product launches, executive hiring, customer crises, operational turnarounds, acquisitions, and boardroom decisions where the stakes were high and real.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Recognize leadership blind spots before they damage your business.
- Make better executive decisions, even when you don't have all the information.
- Build trust, accountability, and alignment across your leadership team.
- Lead with clarity instead of cleverness or complexity.
- Recover from mistakes and turn setbacks into momentum.
- Strengthen execution while leading with greater confidence.
Every chapter includes practical tools, checklists, reflection questions, and proven frameworks you can apply immediately.
Whether you're leading your first company, scaling a growing business, or striving to become a stronger leader, this book will help you avoid costly mistakes, improve your judgment, strengthen your leadership, and lead with greater confidence, clarity, resilience, and power.
Because the most dangerous blind spot is the one you don't know you have.
Start reading today and discover the leadership principles behind the CEO Navigator System, helping founders and CEOs make better decisions, strengthen execution, and lead with confidence under pressure.
