The Practical Leader

JULY 11, 2012

As I’ve gotten to know Joe Folkman and others at Zenger Folkman over the past few months, I’ve been very impressed by the high quality and high values team he, Jack, and Bob Sherwin (he was CFO at Zenger Miller) have put together. A strengths-based approach is rooted in optimism and builds a positive can-do culture.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now a small team of Bettcher employees is venturing into clean rooms and observing the “work” that is performed. The development process continues and we introduce the “Amalgatome” in the middle of 2011 to a narrow market of fifteen primary processors with an annual sales potential of $2.76

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Thought leader Sharon Drew Morgen has uncovered what keeps organizations from moving forward and in her new book, Dirty Little Secrets , she reveals what potential buyers need to know to expedite the process of bringing positive change to their companies. But we can’t continue to use our positions merely to influence others.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

When you have a team looking up to you for guidance and instruction, it’s important to remain consistent in the way you lead. But even if you don’t have a team of direct reports, we are all leaders who come from different walks of life with varied experiences that shape our core values. I work as a part of the team.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

Thought leader Sharon Drew Morgen has uncovered what keeps organizations from moving forward and in her new book, Dirty Little Secrets , she reveals what potential buyers need to know to expedite the process of bringing positive change to their companies. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The result? All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

It put one of its executives in charge of the project and told him to team up with the head of IT, even though neither had ever run a project this large or complex. However, cash flow from operations had shifted from positive to negative, the company’s cash pile was dwindling, and the new product would demand R&D investment.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. . Make the organization team-based and fluid.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Company leaders have quoted and lauded Carr whenever they''ve needed to justify their hesitation to create strong, progressive IT positions. And they hesitate to create strong, progressive IT positions all the time. Data breaches are on the rise, with a 44% increase in the number of records exposed from 2011 to 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

How about this, the boardroom version of Sophie''s Choice: "Who would you rather fire, the CFO or the CSO?". If it does have a CSO and the CEO chooses to eliminate that position, do the same thing, because it''s the wrong answer. While you''re firing him, inform the CEO that data security is the number one critical need for U.S.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. You can be a positive influence on your next meeting whether you called it or not. Perpetuating Positivity Giving it all youve got for 90 days.

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