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Guest Post: The “General” Manager – Soldier Lessons for the.

Lead on Purpose

Bill Gates is the master of staying ahead of the pack in the business world. If your team becomes relied upon, you’re seen as the hardest working, producing the most value for the company, and therefore you’ll make a name for yourselves.

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What a Week for Departures: HP's Hurd, Jet Blue's Slater and.

Next Level Blog

As a leader, you are always on stage. How about that issue of stage presence? link] Posted by: Mike Myatt | August 11, 2010 at 12:50 PM Thanks for the thoughtful post and for giving some background on Mr. Slater's possible state of mind. It’s what I call, in The Next Level ,  taking a big footprint view of your role.

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Freedom Only to the Degree of Self Mastery

Chris Brady

» February 24, 2010 Freedom Only to the Degree of Self Mastery Are you ready for something insightful and remarkably profound?  Posted by: Phyllis Hoff | February 24, 2010 at 07:58 AM I think i will cut and paste and then print that for the work desk. That statement is an eye opener,and definitely something to ponder.

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From idea to strategy

Lead on Purpose

In Bartz’s case, there is a queue of TPSE to work through before they stage gate the emerging ideas against strategy alignment. Strategy alignment is an many-to-many proposition in a company that has been around for a long time. They will probably work both ends towards the middle.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins.

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Can Charisma Be Taught? The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough

Terry Starbucker

The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough by Starbucker on October 10, 2010 Jack Welch at the World Business Forum, October 5 2010 (Photo by dov.com) Charisma – “ a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty ” (Webster Dictionary) You notice them the minute they enter a room. That aura, that confidence, that vibe.

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The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine

Harvard Business Review

Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate. Also, Consumer Reports issued a "does not recommend" on the iPhone 4 (in 2010). Yes, Steve Jobs actually unveiled a leather iPod pouch on stage. No advertising innovation: The "I'm a Mac/"I'm a PC" campaign ran for three and a half years without a refresh. No iPad mini at all.