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CEOs work to keep key employees

Coaching Tip

Chief executives should act now to prevent defections of key employees next year, says veteran management adviser Ram Charan. Ram Charan, an expert and author on developing corporate talent , shown earlier this month during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2010.

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Trust – the key to success

Lead on Purpose

This is the first book that teaches the ‘whats’ and the ‘hows’ of trust.&# – Ram Charan “After you turn off the projector, quit PowerPoint, and end your pitch, most deals come down to a simple question: Do you trust each other? Trust is the glue.

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. CEOs face countless decisions. That outcome reflects the wrong allocation and/or ineffective execution.

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Do you have a brand strategy?

Eric Jacobson

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Do you have a brand strategy? A fellow Blogger, Debbie Laskey, shared these keen insights with me: “A brand strategy is the ultimate business strategy and often the least understood." Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Martin Luther King, Jr.

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An Activist Investor Lands in Your Boardroom — Now What?

Harvard Business Review

From the inception of Motorola Solutions stock at the end of 2010, its price rose by some 90 percent over the next three years, roughly twice the rise of the S&P 500 benchmark. Are the firm’s strategy and activist’s agenda well aligned? Singer came on the board in October 2012.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobson

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal.

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Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Eric Jacobson

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place.