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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

Why I realize we cannot all be entrepreneurial in the sense that we can't all start our own companies, I believe we can all be entrepreneurial in terms of how we approach our own careers. He is the founder of GMR Infrastructure, which is now a large infrastructure company in India. Try to learn from these people's lives.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years. Garry Ridge – CEO, WD-40 Company. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. World authority on project management.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. In the early 1970s, for instance, an upstart company called Canon set out a bold intent: "Beat Xerox." Gary Hamel and C.K.

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When the Invincible Become "Vincible"

Harvard Business Review

We've recently witnessed the fall from grace of a number of premier, blue chip companies. Once-paragons of corporate success, firms like Johnson & Johnson , Toyota , and Goldman Sachs have all endured embarrassing public mishaps, leaving us questioning: How could these once best-in-class companies stumble so badly ?

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. Kim and Renée Maubourgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy , have influenced companies, not-for-profits and national governments around the world. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound.