Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. Do you have the personality type that can create a plan, execute that plan, and get things done? Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 66

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004. Plus, it can generate a long-term income from that investment if executed well.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

While the companies comprising the S&P 500 reduced their average cost of goods sold by 500 basis points between 2004 and 2014, they made no progress at all in trimming SG&A expenses, which include executive salaries and corporate overhead. While many CEOs decry bureaucracy, few can claim success in defeating it.

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Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

A new Booz study — actually, a repeat of one it did in 2004 — once again came up with the same result. Not fraud, either, or ethics violations, the odd rogue trader losing billions in a single day, or other compliance problems. The culprit wasn’t external shocks like the Great Recession.

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Company Retail Outsourcing Compliance 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

Murdock purchased the old mill in 2004 and turned it into what journalist Amanda Wilson describes as "a public–private campus that would host research efforts broadly in his areas of interest." Yes, it employs people — but primarily people with advanced degrees from out of town. As you can imagine, this is where things get complicated.

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Supply Chain Short-term PR Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

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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Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

In September 2004, I attended a reunion of my class at Harvard Business School, four years after the Supreme Court decision putting George W. We’ve blown past the ethical standards, we now play on the edge of the legal standards.” Bush in office and immediately before the next Presidential election.

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Power Politics Influence Committee 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2011

Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42 countries, Shawn explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics.

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