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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. Human Resources. I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

Prudent 21 st century CEOs will not only stick-handle through the environment of the day; they will incisively pinpoint, and fervently leverage the critical success factors of the company and industry in which they operate. To be unaware of, or to discount changing environments would be a leadership mistake.

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Beauty Marketers: Best in Class | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Beauty Marketers: Best in Class. by John • August 15, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. The piece described a passionate marketing company who has believed in the power of advertising and branding for most of its 100 years. well, the marketer better be a disciple of the Church of Brand. Leadership.

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Developing Future Leaders – It’s Imperative Not to Wait!

Great Leadership By Dan

Challenges for Mid-Market Companies. Unlike GE, mid-market companies generally don’t have 96 candidates in the succession planning process queue, and a seven year process may be overkill. At the same time, many mid-market companies often wait until it is too late to successfully identify and develop their next CEO.

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Culture Doesn’t Trump Strategy

In the CEO Afterlife

As a critical success factor, strategy turned into a lucrative industry for a host of consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company , and the Boston Consulting Group. In the last 40 years of the 20 th century, strategy was the champion of business supremacy.

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