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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. In 2006, Mr. Wien was named by New York Magazine as one of the sixteen most influential people in Wall Street.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Walmart (NYSE WMT) : Also a member of the executive committee, Morris is responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing talent for one of the world’s largest private employers with more than 2.2 million employees worldwide.

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How I Discovered The Values That Led Me To Leadership Success

Terry Starbucker

It’s one of my favorite chapters from my “More Human” book manuscript, a project that has yet to fully see the light of day (and that’s another blog post in and of itself, but I’ll save it for another time). By early 2006, I had begun to feel a sense of assertiveness and increased confidence in my leadership.

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Things that make me smile #45 – Definitions Redefined | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

Classic : Books, which people praise, but do not read. Committee : Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

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How Stay-at-Home Parents Can Transition Back to Work

Harvard Business Review

You may have had stellar experience in marketing, for instance, but if you left your job in 2006, you’ve missed the entirety of the social media era, and an employer might be justified in wondering if you’ve kept up. Depending how long you were out of the workforce, potential employers might worry that you’re out of touch.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

This book helps you identify your firm’s distinctive blend of strategic direction and differentiated capabilities that give you the ‘right to win’ in your chosen markets. In 2006, Pfizer directly redeemed the value built by PCH by selling the business to Johnson & Johnson for an unprecedented US$16.6

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

In this excerpt from their new book, Strategy That Works , Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why distinctive capabilities are vital to success, and address a fundamental question that many companies overlook: How to bring these capabilities to scale, so that every part of the enterprise can call on them. Adapted from. Add to Cart.