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Ritch Eich, President, Eich Associated Longtime managers, top executives and CEOs with many years of experience in business possess a special responsibility to their employees and especially the younger managers coming up the organization’s ranks. The senior business leader possesses decades of wisdom, has seen success and failure, and is in a unique position to […]
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Most people want the corner office, what used to be the country club membership, and the expense account. But are we willing to pay the price? Recently I had the opportunity to be a guest on a morning talk/news show. I had to get up at 4 am to be at the downtown studio at
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CEOs are well aware of the ever-changing and often unpredictable world of business. Because of this, organizations and leaders need to adapt quickly. The most successful organizations not only acclimate to change; they are also nimble enough to identify and leverage new opportunities that come with an evolving business landscape. While it may be a
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The first day I sauntered into Miss Amos’s English class, I was scared. Not because of the subject or because this was my first day in a big city school—I was startled by her face. My first thought: Did some terrible disease do this to her? I slid into my seat and peaked up to
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Ben Bryant, Professor, IMD Old models of leadership were all about how to delegate power. A leader’s main role was to disarm conflicts and to create confidence among their people. By making employees feel good, they would give them the space they need to perform well, the thinking went. This doesn’t work anymore. Today’s world
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Many business leaders resolve to jump-start their networking game in the New Year, a resolution more often than not accompanied by a vague sense of dread. Question: Why do so many of us dislike the concept of networking? Answer: Networking has a reputation as a manipulative, self-serving, ineffectual, sleazy endeavor involving hard sells and soft
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You are standing outside your office door having just walked into the building for the first time today. As you contemplate sitting down to get to the first tasks of the day done, you make a decision to turn around and walk around the office. You make sure that you connect with each of your
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As we navigate events in our personal and professional lives, we are always expending energy. We also have a finite amount of energy and, depending how we channel our energy, we either use our time (and energy) wisely or waste it. In order to explain how this occurs, we rely on
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John Chisholm, CEO, John Chisholm Ventures Starting a new venture demands every resource and advantage you can bring to bear to increase its likelihood of success—from a new career endeavor to a new business opportunity. One of those key resources is your mind. Your mindset can easily make or break your new endeavor. This article
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Once again sports fans around the world are talking about Cleveland, And it is not for winning a championship. Cleveland is being talked about because of their ability to lead a team to the promised land, or their inability. Depends on your perspective. 1964 was the last time any pro team in C-town was the best at
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