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Beth Noymer Levine, Founder & Principal, SmartMouth Communications You’ve created something really amazing. Everyone wants to know more. The story of your success, how you got there, and what’s next draw entrepreneurial curiosity-seekers and other interested parties like flies to flypaper. So, what do you tell them? What’s your narrative? Do you have your usual […]
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The traits that triathletes have and need are basically key contributors to success as a CEO. While triathletes and CEOs come from different backgrounds, range greatly in age and often take completely different approaches to training and working, they are all cut from the same cloth. That’s why there’s an instant camaraderie among us as
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Rowan Gibson, Author, The Four lenses of Innovation Over the last two decades, innovation has moved to center stage in terms of leadership priorities. Indeed, it is now recognized globally as the primary driver of business growth, competitiveness, and corporate valuation. But recognizing innovation as a top strategic priority is one thing. Actually making it
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Soren Eilertsen, President, Kollner Group, Inc. Historically, business survival has been dependent on a sound model that generates bottom line results and the primary focus of the CEO has been to ensure the company makes money. As society has evolved and advances in technology have enhanced awareness of global issues, this basic concept comes into
Purpose with Profit: Evolving Objectives for Business Read More »
I really like Dilbert— Scott Adams’ dry take on the ins and outs of corporate life always makes me laugh. Not long ago Adams did a series on mentoring, where engineer Wally seeks out the company’s CEO and asks him to be his mentor. “Yes I will!” the CEO replies. “You are wise to ask
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If you want a good demonstration in how not to lead served up in a convenient, 43-minute package, just watch an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen.
A 5- Star Master Class in How Not to Lead Read More »
There is a new trend of employee scheduling that is sweeping through various industries at the present time. That is the practice of Just-in-Time scheduling. It is particularly concentrated in restaurants, hotels, and retail outlets, but will probably be spreading to other industries soon. The premise of this practice is that it supposedly allows these
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Nathan Ott, CEO of eg.1 By the very nature of our role, as leaders, we need to create a vision that galvanizes people. We have to empower our teams to keep our organizations moving forward. To be truly successful we have to constantly challenge the status quo and encourage our people to change the game
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Craig W. Ross, CEO & President, Verus Global Beware: Those on your exec team may be masquerading as leaders. They may be unaware that, in reality, they are behaving as bosses. You might have a team of bosses on your hands—and if you do, you could be one as well. Successful companies thrive under great
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To observe that Jim Kouzes has some insightful things to say about leadership is a bit like pointing out that the sun could teach us a thing or two about illumination. In his foreword to a new book on employee engagement, Jim packs a great deal of such insight into remarkably few words when he
A Bit More Humility Would Seem to Be in Order Read More »
