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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors.

Reis 103
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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

Books 79
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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

Books 50
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Did You Read Any Of These Leadership Books This Summer?

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

Books 61
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Recommendations For Your Business Books Summer Reading List

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

Books 92
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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” Peter Drucker famously said that the point of a business was to create a customer. Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Peter Drucker reportedly once said that the biggest curse for any business was twenty years of success. The most dangerous trap that any manager can fall into is complacency.