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Be Bold In Life.

Rich Gee Group

You know when you get so caught up in your career and life you forget things? I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. Well I did. That was my original coaching ‘theme’ that I communicated on my business card, website, and throughout my coaching.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

Between 1994 when he was first elected and 2001, in his third term, the Firm more than doubled its number of consultants (3,300 to 7,700), partners (425 to 891), and annual revenues ($1.5 Starting managerial salaries were a lot lower than consultants' — they still are — and even client CEOs didn't make all that much.

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Creating a Culture of Unconditional Love

Harvard Business Review

But we all know what happened in 2001. As Peter Drucker put it, “culture eats strategy over breakfast” Just take a look at Southwest Airlines, the company which saw the greatest value expansion in the S&P 500 between 1971 and 2001. Zappos’ CEO on Using Corporate Relocation to Preserve Customer-Led Culture.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

At one point, it was “kind of like the Kraft Foods of Western Canada,” says former Nabob CEO John Bell. Respect the Bean” plays into one of two coffee culture trends that Johanna Faigelman, cultural anthropologist and CEO of Human Branding, has seen in her research of the space.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Thus, when Lay (CEO of Enron) was chairing a charity drive, Lay asked for 100% participation from the client’s firm, and the client reciprocated by edicting donations from his 200+ employees. This client was a prime example of a leading CEO who served his community, profession and firm well. Executives never stayed long.