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Bookseller Leadership Mistakes

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William Lynch resigned as chief executive, effective immediately, in the wake of last month''s news that losses at the bookseller''s Nook digital business had more than doubled for the quarter ended April 27. Mr. Lynch had been named chief executive in March 2010, having previously run the company''s website.

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CEO Disease Symptoms

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" CEOs often hear what they want to hear rather than what really is on the minds of their subordinates," said Mark Anderson, president of ExecuNet, that conducted a survey of 2,463 C-level respondents in December 2010. CEOs think of guiding the ship as their purview.".

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CEOs work to keep key employees

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Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2010. Failure to drill deep enough to know best staffers well and put them in stretch jobs. Top management's serious lack of time commitment and energy. Placement of loners in leadership jobs. ?. Bill Conaty: The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers.

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Wise Economic Decision Making

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percentage points from GDP, based on the average of 2010's first three quarters. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1 percent of economic activity in the U.S. Last year, inflation-adjusted investment in new homes probably subtracted 0.17

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Leader, Being Fit Matters.

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"We have stereotypes about fat," he adds, "so when we see a senior executive who's overweight, our initial reaction isn't positive.". A pair of university researchers, using data from 757 executives measured between 2006 and 2010, found that weight may indeed influence perceptions of leaders among subordinates, peers and superiors.

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Corner Office Shakeups

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Only 35 percent of 1,318 executives surveyed by Korn/Ferry International in December said their companies had a succession plan. A 2010 survey of 140 North American CEOs and directors found the respondents' boards averaged only two hours a year on CEO succession. Boards itching to change leaders often are starting from scratch.

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