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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." is a leadership, career, and marketing expert and coach.

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Fallacy of ‘If They Understand, They Will Do’

Marshall Goldsmith

They usually suggest that leaders should have integrity, focus on customer service, deliver quality products, develop great people and encourage innovation. The leaders who did absolutely nothing understood what to do as well as the leaders who actually executed on their improvement plans. Most make a lot of sense.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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When Success is Born Out of Serendipity

Harvard Business Review

The book did quite well — it has been translated into 18 languages at this point, become part of the ongoing innovation dialogue, allowed me to present ideas to executives across the world, and to build a unique consulting firm with clients on six continents. So, not surprisingly, I frequently get asked just how I did it.

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

Harvard Business Review

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. You clearly have a different point of view on distributions to shareholders.

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What Successful Work and Life Integration Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

My research has shown that there are ways for everyone — from the managers of sales teams, to executives in government agencies, to computer engineers, to florists, to coaches — to achieve professional success without always having to sacrifice the things that matter in their personal lives. All this examination allows you to be innovative.

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Managing Performance When It’s Hard to Measure

Harvard Business Review

That’s not a system that promotes innovation. But we have come to embrace the concept of a “career of achievement” in addition to a “career of advancement.” Máirín started working at Red Hat as an intern and later joined us full time in 2004, after she graduated from college.