Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Fortunately, Akamai’s VP of Human Resources, Steve Heinrich, recognized what was happening and brought in Chuck McVinney, a management consultant with expertise in teamwork and leadership training. Of course, as a team leader, you will need to be equipped with strategies to manage such a variety of styles and temperaments.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Guy is a dually licensed funeral director and mortician, highly experienced at facilitating healthy grieving processes, who has owned two businesses, consulted for corporations, and led teams of managers. He currently manages a funeral home in Loveland, Colorado.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2011

Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. They found that the best companies are moving more quickly and completely than other companies to flatten their structures and prepare their managers to lead effectively within it. See the complete PDF summary.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2016

☙ Bob Benmosche came out of retirement in August 2009 to lead American International Group’s turnaround. And if you manage to do what you’re saying you’re going to do, if you can pull that part off, it will pay off for you over and over. Although few doubted it was even possible, under his leadership, AIG repaid the $182.3

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Although the recession ended in 2009, here we are five years later and unemployment for Generation Y (1982-1995) remains near its cyclical peak across the world. I can’t help but wonder: If Kodak had paid attention to its aging workforce trend, would the company have maintained market share and avoided bankruptcy?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2010

Bury My Heart at Conference Room B : The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers by Stan Slap. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2009. Biographies: Still Surprised : A Memoir of a Life in Leadership by Warren Bennis with Patricia Ward Biederman. Hero : The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In 2009 it was reimagined as an online shopping festival. Smart businesses like LIN and many others rely heavily on machine-learning technology to achieve scale and manage complexity. This cannot be managed in the traditional way. Think enabling not managing. It is now the biggest shopping event in the world.

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