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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

Coaching Tip

Presented to an individual within the RV industry who has made extraordinary contributions to the industry''s overall success. Norm Jacobson. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. Sid Johnson. Jayco, Inc. The RV Financing Community. Pete Liegl. Forest River, Inc. Wade Thompson. Thor Industries. Jim Sheldon. Monaco Coach Corporation. Don Walter.

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My basic feeling on the topic of CEO Term Limits can be summed-up with this quote: “ There exists a season for all things, but decisive, prudent & principled leadership never goes out of season.&# ~Mike Myatt, 2003 With the average CEO tenure hovering at an all time low anyway, who needs CEO Term Limits?

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The Greatest Risk to Your Business

Coaching Tip

Your greatest challenge and opportunity in 2011 is to join the growing number of leaders who are focusing on a breakdown of trust as the greatest risk, and creating a “Building Trust Plan” to address it. In a study my organization, entente, conducted in 2006, we asked over 600 people “What is trust?” And guess what?

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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. The bottom line for C1400 is to help young people from “tough realities&# to reflect on their personal leadership.

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Four Things to Get Right When Starting a Company

Harvard Business Review

Twitter 2006-2011) and vice versa (e.g., Crystal Pepsi; MySpace 2003-2007). With the possible exception of Google from 1998-2000, an extraordinary product, absent a strong business vision early on, is not enough (e.g., most of Nicolai Tesla's inventions; Web 1.0;

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. The most interesting attempt at a buy strategy was eBay’s 2003 purchase of Eachnet, which had a nearly 80% share in the auction market. At the end of 2006, eBay pulled out of the market. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

From 1993 to 2003, according to the company’s current CEO, Knudstorp, the Lego Group lost value at an average rate of 300,000 euros per day. Yet when digital photography arrived, the company was slow to embrace it, only incorporating it into its cameras in 2006. The company was in free fall.