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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

Coaching Tip

In 2001, Page and Brin hired their first CEO, Eric Schmidt, who had a Ph.D. Through the period of March of 2002 to March of 2011, my small executive coaching company, Signature, Inc., ("Googol" is the math term for the figure 1 followed by a hundred zeros.) has spent over $56,900 on Google AdWords advertisements.

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A Drive for Excellence

Coaching Tip

Engine Charlie's statement has never been more true as we witness the decline of the American automotive industry over the fifty years since his death. . Like Engine Charlie, most auto industry executives had summer homes in northern lower Michigan.

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Tablet Leadership Competition

Coaching Tip

For years the engineers at Lab126 tried to create a workable and reader-friendly color Kindle, according to three former employees. Amazon was late to understand the speed of that transition; Apple, which launched the iPod in 2001 and iTunes two years later, wasn’t. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, October 3, 2011.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment Jane.

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Innovative Companies Demand Innovative Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Jobs assembled a team of brilliant engineers, gave them the needed resources, and infused the Macintosh team with a vision of what was possible. When Jobs returned and restructured his senior management team with more discovery-driven capacity, Apple's innovation engine ignited again. That's what an innovative leader does.

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How Microsoft and Netflix Lost their Way

Harvard Business Review

At Microsoft, Eichenwald argues, leaders established "a corporate culture that by 2001 was heading down the path of self-immolating chaos." As a result, engineers and developers had a greater incentive to compete with each other than they did to collaborate with each other.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO — and Tim Cook takes over — many folks are wondering whether Apple can keep its innovation engine humming. With Jobs unexpected exit in 2011, Cook's key task is to not only keep Apple humming but to deliver something surprising. Can he do it? Before A.G.