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The Why, What And How Of Learning

Eric Jacobson

Keyes also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Blockbuster, Inc., from 2007 to 2011. In over 20 years since its inception, the foundation has helped nearly hundreds of thousands of students find their path to higher education.

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What Every Man Should Know About Female Colleagues

Coaching Tip

Fortune 500 firms with the most female board members outperform those with the least by 26% on return on invested capital and 16% on return on sales, according to a 2011 Catalyst study. . Yet the number of women at the top is barely budging: some 5% of Fortune 500 chief executive officers and 17% of board members. “If

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Microsoft Office: A Competitive Advantage that Needs to be Mobile

Coaching Tip

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

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From The Bench To The Boardroom

Eric Jacobson

MacDonald has served as non-executive chairman of the board of Medifast, a weight-loss products company, since January 2018. He previously served as executive chairman of the board from November 2011 until December 2017. He was promoted to chairman and chief executive officer in February 2012.

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What happens when business as usual is impossible?

Coaching Tip

World economic losses to disasters totaled an estimated $380 billion in 2011, and nearly every major company now sets up detailed continuity and mitigation plans for everything from terrorist incidents and nuclear attacks to pandemics like bird flu. They rely on just-in-time delivery.

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Creating a Great Rest of Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

” If you’re the chief executive officer of a publicly traded, multibillion-dollar corporation, you can’t stand up and share your existential angst with the world. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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The Essential CIO: Insights from IBM’s Global Chief Information Officer Study (2011)

First Friday Book Synopsis

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described both the challenges and opportunities from increasing complexity.