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What You Can Learn from Ted Leonsis' Life List

Next Level Blog

  He told us that several years ago someone approached him about buying the Washington Capitals NHL franchise.    She asked him if he was really going to pass on the opportunity to check off items 40 (Own a sports franchise) and 41 (Win a world championship) on his list.    Some items are pure fun.

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5 Critical Factors For Building The Right Team

Tanveer Naseer

Strategy and Execution Microsoft always had the tendency to hire the “best and the brightest” which meant that most meetings had an overflow of IQ in the room. My task as a leader was to determine who could be developed into star performers, who could be slotted into positions that fit their skills better, and who needed to be cut loose.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you choose to dive into the social media world without a strategy, without understanding how to create social media influence, you will not be pleased with your results. Following are a few tips to help you build influence online: Have a Strategy - If you want to create success and influence using social media you better have a plan.

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McDonald’s Has to Do More than Manipulate Its Stock Price

Harvard Business Review

The “turnaround plan” recently announced by McDonald’s includes an aggressive program to manipulatively boost its stock price via stock buybacks, an activity that has become the major focus of its corporate strategy over the past decade. ” In 2014, McDonald’s expended $3.2 million in 2014 to a high of $12.6

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When a Product Fails, Find a New Direction

Harvard Business Review

Your company has just developed an amazing new product. Years of development, energy, and, of course, money have gone into it. The focus of the firm was development of a treatment for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and its leader was Dr. Frank Baldino, an intense, brilliant, and charming scientist. By 2010, sales exceeded $2B.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Here is my bottom line take. Thanks for stopping by John.

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What The Colts Can Teach Us About Team Building

Harvard Business Review

Under the leadership of their future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning , they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and lost one in 2010. What's happening to the Colts happened to the Chicago Bulls when Michael Jordan left the franchise. No matter how good a strategy is, at the end of the day, talent will be needed to execute it.