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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

There’s a reason the late, great Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Your organization’s culture is the leading indicator of whether or not your strategy is going to be successful. The first is, “What are we trying to accomplish in this organization?” Culture needs constant attention.

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

In a talk to the Drucker Foundation Advisory Board in 1993, Peter Drucker said, “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. ” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. The world is changing too rapidly.

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The Capitalist Philosophers: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)

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The Capitalist Philosophers A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)