Ken Marlin, Author, The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: 11 Key Principles from Battlefield to Boardroom In the early 1970s, I attended what the Marine Corps calls “The Basic School” or “TBS”. That’s where newly minted Marine Corps officers learn how to lead men in ground combat. I learned a lot at TBS as […]
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Aaron Allred, Founder & CEO, Simple Finance We have conversations with hundreds of retailers every month, and one topic emerges in nearly every conversation: the number of customers leaving a store empty-handed because they didn’t qualify for credit. The retail business—a nearly $5 trillion per year market in the U.S., reports the Census Bureau—is riddled with
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Mark Royal, Senior Principal, Korn Ferry Hay Group In today’s highly competitive environment in which organizations must optimize every resource—especially talent—employee engagement is a powerful tool for driving performance. Employees who are highly engaged and well positioned for success are better able to deliver more, and organizations that are known for high employee engagement become magnets
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Bill Bartlett, THE SALES COACH’S PLAYBOOK: Breaking The Performance Code During my twenty-two years as a training/development consultant and executive coach, I have interacted with thousands of CEOs who represent businesses that are diverse both in size and function. Most are quite adept at getting the job done as they define it, however, they seem to
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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, CEO, Level Five Executive One of the least talked about subjects in board governance is the human condition. When it comes down to it, all board members and CEOs are emotional beings who instinctually crave emotional connection. These connections are essential to overall board performance. How directors feel about each other directly
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Jon Mertz, Author, Activate Leadership: Aspen Truths to Empower Millennial Leaders Millennials have been raked over with many inaccurate stories and headlines. There is no reason to rehash old stories. Anyone can “Google” and see the past. The good news is we seem to be over the negative hype, and we have settled into other news.
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Moe Glenner, Author, PlusChange: Genesis of Innovation Consider the following scenario: You are preparing a sales report for the next manager’s meeting. You are heavily relying on input from other people regarding revenues, costs, etc. Once you receive that information, you prepare the report complete with suggestions and calls to action. As you continue to prepare
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Susan Scott, CEO & Founder of Fierce, Inc. Rumors, criticisms, anonymous blasts in public forums. You made a well-regarded employee available to industry – but there is a backlash. Why didn’t we throw a going away party? You know what was going on behind the curtain and it was a disaster but what do you disclose
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Robert Salomon, Professor, NYU’s Stern School of Business Globalization is an exciting trend and a catchphrase that now defines our modern era. Despite recent economic slowdowns in China and other emerging markets, a record breaking $1 trillion’s worth of cross-border deals were completed in 2015. And this figure is only set to rise as technological advances
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Pamela Evette, President & CEO, Quality Business Solutions I founded my business as a sole proprietorship in 2000 and struggled for many years through the normal growing pains associated with a start-up – deciding when and where to invest, identifying new target markets and prospects, and determining when the time was right to add new
