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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.". of CEOs thought that was a top reason for their reports to stay.

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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

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Al Weatherhead is the author of The Power Of Adversity and chairman and CEO of Weatherchem, a private manufacturer of plastic closures for food, spice, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Please visit www.powerofadversity.net or www.weatherchem.com for more information.

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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

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In 2001, Page and Brin hired their first CEO, Eric Schmidt, who had a Ph.D. in computer science and twenty years of management experience in tech companies; most recently, he had been the CEO of Novell. Through the period of March of 2002 to March of 2011, my small executive coaching company, Signature, Inc.,

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Microsoft Office: A Competitive Advantage that Needs to be Mobile

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Source: The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2011. Books Business Coaching Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Current Affairs Leadership Success Web/Tech' John Agno: Ask the Coach Related articles. Doing What You Do Best Away from the Office. High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage. Become the Same Person at Work and Home.

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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

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Almost nine in 10 CEOs agree that tapping female talent is important to "getting the best brains" and competing in markets where women now make most of the purchasing decisions, the McKinsey study says. Many of them said, 'I was the one who turned the lights off every night.' " Only 17 of Fortune 500 CEOs are female, up from 12 last year.

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Negative Online Reviews

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ABOUT LOCALITY: Founded in 2011, Locality ( [link] ) is a service that businesses can use to create an online profile and publish their information for free. But what should you do when you get the inevitable less-than-positive review? MISTAKE 4: KEEPING THE CONVERSATION ONLINE Don''t get stuck online -- move the conversation offline.

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Wise Economic Decision Making

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CEOs across the country want to make sure the economy is growing robustly before they commit to new hiring. CEOs know that until consumer demand picks up, the economy won't lift-off and they won't be able to positively affect a lowering of the rate of unemployment. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 17, 2011.