Leo Bottary

Leo Bottary is the founder and managing partner of Peernovation, LLC. Leo takes what the highest-performing CEO forums have been doing so brilliantly for decades to help members maximize the value of their group experience and apply these principles and practices to the teams in their organizations. He is an award-winning author of three books, along with a second edition of Peernovation: Forged by CEO Forums. Perfected for Teams, which was released in 2025. Leo is also a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, opinion columnist and external advisory board member for CEOWORLD magazine, and an adjunct professor for Rutgers University.

Books by Leo Bottary:
Peernovation: (Second Edition) Forged by CEO Forums. Perfected for Teams. Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us About Building High-Performing Teams. What Anyone Can Do: How Surrounding Yourself with the Right People Will Drive Change, Opportunity, and Personal Growth. The Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth, and Success.

Leo Bottary is a member of the External Advisory Board (EAB) and Executive Council at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.

Executive Roundtable

Building Effective Collaboration by Design

Leo BottaryExecutive Roundtable

As leaders, we often emphasize the importance of collaboration. However, team members in many organizations still struggle with the most basic human behavior required for it: talking to people, rather than about them. While it seems simple, this distinction is fundamental to everything from psychological safety and trust to accountability...

Executive Briefing

The Leadership Paradox in an AI-Driven World

Leo BottaryExecutive Briefing

We live in an era when technology, especially artificial intelligence, is advancing faster than we can understand its implications. For leaders, AI presents both a unique opportunity and a major challenge. On the one hand, AI promises speed, accuracy, and scalability. On the other hand, it tests the very qualities that define us as...

Executive Briefing

Legacy Thinking: What Endures When Everything Else Changes

Leo BottaryExecutive Briefing

After writing nearly 200 columns for CEOWORLD Magazine, I reflect on what has changed the most over the years and what has stayed the same. The rapid pace of technological disruption, the global reshaping of industries, and new expectations for CEOs have transformed what it means to lead organizations. While...

Boardroom Advisory

Translating CEO Forum Phases to Teams (Part 2)

Leo BottaryBoardroom Advisory

Building on what we covered in Part 1, let’s examine Phases 3 & 4, including where this model excels, where it falls short, and practical insights for leaders committed to applying what high-performing CEO Forums do so effectively to their teams.  Phase 3: Integration & High Performance In the forum model,...

Executive Roundtable

Translating CEO Forum Phases to Teams (Part 1)

Leo BottaryExecutive Roundtable

In an article I wrote last year for CEOWORLD Magazine titled "CEO forums, Maximizing Psychological Safety Is Hard: CEO Forums Explain Why," I described a four‑phase journey that CEO peer advisory groups experience as they create and work to sustain psychological safety among their members. As I reflected on this...

Special Reports

Challenging Teams Without Creating Chaos: The Art of Healthy Stretch

Leo BottarySpecial Reports

In pursuit of excellence, great leaders often walk a delicate line, challenging their teams to achieve more than they think possible while avoiding the trap of creating an environment filled with stress, fear, and burnout. When done right, a team’s stretch toward extraordinary performance feels energizing, not exhausting. It builds...

C-Suite Insider

Peer-to-Peer Accountability: A CEO’s Greatest Asset

Leo BottaryC-Suite Insider

In an era defined by constant change, technological disruption, and heightened complexity, the ability of organizations to adapt and perform at a high level depends less on the brilliance of any single leader and more on the collective strength of the team. At the center of that strength lies accountability...

Executive Agenda

How CEOs Learn to Lift People to New Heights

Leo BottaryExecutive Agenda

I’ve had the privilege of teaching graduate programs at Seton Hall and Rutgers University, and over the past 18 years, I’ve worked with many outstanding students. When I think about the very best, it wasn’t just the students who submitted excellent work; they had a talent for uplifting everyone around...

Executive Opinions

Choosing the Right AI Tool for the Task

Leo BottaryExecutive Opinions

In the fast-changing world of AI tools, two names, among others, stand out for users working on research, writing, and learning tasks: ChatGPT (now powered by GPT-5) and Google’s NotebookLM. Each offers unique strengths, trade-offs, and best use cases. Knowing their differences can help you choose the right tool and...

CEO Insider

The Triple Threat – Trust, Produce, Matter

Leo BottaryCEO Insider

The highest-performing teams don’t rely on a single variable; they thrive on the interplay of psychological safety, productivity, and accountability. Together, these three forces not only form a reinforcing loop, but if you dig deeper, you discover their unique relationship to one another and how they work as a system....

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CEOWORLD magazine

Leo Bottary

Building Effective Collaboration by Design

The Leadership Paradox in an AI-Driven World

Legacy Thinking: What Endures When Everything Else Changes

Translating CEO Forum Phases to Teams (Part 2)

Translating CEO Forum Phases to Teams (Part 1)

Challenging Teams Without Creating Chaos: The Art of Healthy Stretch

Peer-to-Peer Accountability: A CEO’s Greatest Asset

How CEOs Learn to Lift People to New Heights

Choosing the Right AI Tool for the Task

The Triple Threat – Trust, Produce, Matter

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