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From The Bench To The Boardroom

Eric Jacobson

In the new book, From the Bench to the Boardroom , Michael MacDonald shares his journey from humble beginnings in the outskirts of Philadelphia, to his college basketball career at Rutgers, to executive positions at Xerox and Medifast. Michael : I was inspired to write the book as I neared retirement and looked back at my life and career.

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A Case Of Mistaken Identity Changed My Life

Lead Change Blog

I credit my altered career path to The Lead Change Group’s book The Character-Based Leader. I was eager to learn from leaders who lived by strong moral and ethical character and was curious to read how so many individuals coming from unique perspectives would write a playbook of cohesive thought. Leadership Touchstones.

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I have been a leader throughout my whole career which started in late teens when I was fortunate enough to be provided with an opportunity to participate in a two-year supervisor traineeship with a large retailer in Adelaide. There are many reasons.

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Remembering Ronald Coase

Harvard Business Review

The Problem of Social Cost," Coase once told me, was the reason he spent his career not in an economics department or a business school but at the University of Chicago School of Law. If not his insights, then certainly his work ethic. So, yes, his death struck me as sudden. I arranged a visit to meet with Motorola''s contracts team.

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