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Your Leadership Mission Should Fit on a T-Shirt!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker instilled this short phrase in me, “Your mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt,” as he did with so many others, and it has guided my career for many decades. For instance, Vijay Govindarajan, who does an excellent job of helping at the corporate strategy domain. My mission is simple. What’s his problem?”

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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

CO2

Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! Technology and its role in travel 2.0 There is just one little problem.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Authority on new technology and communication. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. They are key 100 Coaches members and faculty. Author or editor of 29 books.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g., As Drucker said, "the customer rarely buys what the business thinks it sells him;" look for a job-to-be-done, an important problem that is not adequately solved by current solutions. How do you define innovation? Which customers should I target?