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Top Quotes from the Art of Management 2010 | RoundtableTalk

Roundtable Talk

It’s the thing that happens to get the product to market” Mitch Joel @mitchjoel / Author and marketing guru / In a nutshell: It’s time for Leadership 3.0… It’s the thing that happens to get the product to market” Mitch Joel @mitchjoel / Author and marketing guru / In a nutshell: It’s time for Leadership 3.0…

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The Making of Legends

Strategy Driven

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Being productive and fulfilled.

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When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death

Harvard Business Review

Leaders need to be productively paranoid. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." Prior to the Oslo terrorist attack, we saw the exact opposite of productive paranoia — a leisurely attitude. As Bill Gates said, "Fear should guide you."

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

Harvard Business Review

There is a danger that even after dealing with the crisis, managers will continue to give short shrift to their nonmarket and other fundamental corporate choices. Such actions are important, but the longer-term question still looms: How will firms deal with the ongoing political risks of operating in the region?