Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

John Durfee is a Gulf War veteran and the marketing manager for Airsplat, the nation’s largest retailer of Airsoft Guns including Spring Airsoft Rifles. The temperature is dropping quickly in the desert night. As you wait behind the door, you hear your team line up, boots scuffing the ground, weapons cocked.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Posted by: Mrdarin | February 19, 2010 at 06:32 PM Chris: Great advice, and while you are discovering, you will have so much fun. Posted by: Phyllis Hoff | February 20, 2010 at 09:03 AM I think that about nails it right on the mark! Posted by: Adam Dippold | February 24, 2010 at 01:20 AM I agree full heartedly.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

As is always the case when writing my blogs, I hope that this information inspires you to think more about not only what you do but why you do it. in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. Knowing why CoachStation exists has been paramount to my success to date. I am sure it will be in the future also.

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Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 People Skills and Personal Strengths - The Bottom Line Im in a "bottom-line" mood right now. Is it the clothing retail business? On this blog. Copyright 2010. skip to main | skip to sidebar Building Personal Strength Helping people grow stronger for the challenges of work and life.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Don’t go it alone… reach out for support through peer groups, coaches and other experts who can help you build your personal resilience and support you in your leadership. Listen to your employees… the further up the leadership ladder you go, the easier it is to get disconnected from the day-to-day realities. Hope to see you then.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Language of Leadership in the 21st Century. From this perspective, I think it safe to say that the work of leadership includes breaking rules. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

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Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

You are a new visitor to this blog. Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. You REALLY should subscribe to our newsletter too - you will get exclusive content that is NOT featured on this blog once or twice a month.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Ive seen this in the organizations where Ive consulted.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Steve Jobs landed the number one spot in our ranking of the best CEOs in the world, published in HBR in January 2010. In our CEO ranking, we used three metrics to score a CEO ( see the January 2010 article for the methodology ). Inflation-adjusted using 2010 as base year. million, a 35.4% compounded annual growth rate.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 27, 2009

To your second point, it is difficult to “pass down&# these kind of customer service values – THAT is one of the supreme leadership challenges we all face, every day. And I really did come back with a new-found respect for the “retail civility&# demonstrated by the Parisians. Del, I had a GREAT vacation!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

The results, published in “ Socializing Your CEO: From Marginal to Mainstream ,” show that CEO sociability has more than doubled since we began tracking the social activities of chief executives in 2010, when only 36% of CEOs were social. By conducting the search using social media, we automatically select out the dinosaurs.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Apple under the leadership of Steve Jobs offers a metaphor for the future role of the CEO as a co-creative engagement orchestrator. It closed out the 2010 fiscal year with €11.97 billion in retail managed resources, of which €8.43

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Over the next few months, well each be authoring posts in this blog to test-drive ideas and invite input as the research progresses.) More on: Decision making , Getting buy-in , Leadership Join the Discussion | Email/Share Previous Want Value From Social? Add Structure Nov 8 Whats the Narrative About Your Leadership?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR? 8:07 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Armin Trost | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Too often I hear even HR people saying, "HR is too important to be left to HR." Take over responsibility and leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday? The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing is an affiliate of Harvard Business School.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET. More from The Conversation Google Changes the Playing Field on News Read More » Subscribe to HBR Close Trackbacks TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] No trackbacks have been made to this entry. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

While at SAS, she has led research studies, authored white papers, articles, and blogs and spoken on leveraging business analytics to improve performance. The millions of customers in its database represent the gamut of buying histories, buying propensities, profitability, demographics and cost to serve.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

The blade cartridges for its latest-and-greatest razor, the top-selling Fusion ProGlide , retail for around $4 each, leaving Gillette with what must be incredibly lucrative gross margins. To distribute the product, rather than forming strong relationships with a handful of powerful retailers as in the U.S. He is a consultant at L.E.K.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In a blog post , Eric Weigle and Abe Epton described Googles new approach to giving "credit where credit is due." The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET. In a blog post , Eric Weigle and Abe Epton described Googles new approach to giving "credit where credit is due."

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative 11:52 AM Wednesday November 24, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Business is, above all, busy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). One of my favorite new partnerships is the new Sustainable Apparel Coalition , an impressive mix of powerful retailers, apparel manufacturers, and NGOs.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 21, 2010

Hsieh has done a lot of research on the science of happiness and has brought this science into his leadership philosophy. From the outside, Zappos.com is a successful online retailer, but from the inside Zappos.com has created a mission that is about creating happiness. LeaderTalker | July 25, 2010 at 11:09 PM | Thanks!

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