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Three Traps to Avoid When Choosing a Successor

Marshall Goldsmith

As you proceed in the succession process, you are going to have to let go. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link]. What doesn't he think like me?

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

My friends, David Ulrich and Norm Smallwood have discussed how this same process can be applied to corporate managers who develop their own brands as leaders (BusinessWeek.com, 10/2/07). In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power."