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A Blind Long Jumper’s 10 Inspirational Leadership Insights

Experience to Lead

After 13 operations, doctors told him that there was nothing more that could be done. Mr. Whitmer encouraged me to pursue the sport at the Paralympic level.”. When I got to the Olympic Training Center in 2004, I was confident in myself and my abilities. We know how one another operates, our attitudes, and personalities.”.

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Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension

Harvard Business Review

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities.

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A Great Negotiator’s Essential Advice

Harvard Business Review

Negotiation is not usually an individual sport. Develop the facts of the case jointly with your counterparts. Singapore Free Trade agreement was successfully signed in 2004. There is simply no substitute for doing your homework on the issues, the people, and the context in which you’ll be negotiating. Think outside your own box.

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software for small business, accountants and the general public. This vision establishes the principles for running a simple operation. Complexity had brought LEGO to its knees. Something had to be done.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Two developments bear noting.

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