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Leadership Lessons from Nine-Year-Olds

In the CEO Afterlife

With 45 years of business experience as a foundation, I began sharing personal reflections and contemporary insights on leadership – fully aware that my content would not matter a damn had I not kept pace with the pulse of the new economy and the changing dynamics of customers and the workforce. Five years ago, I became a blogger.

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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

Each engineer has a pet feature they’d like included in Samsung phones. To do that, Samsung’s leaders must sacrifice the egos of their engineers. Branding Human Resources Leadership Life Marketing Strategy Bob Olodort CEO Complexity Culture Focus Jacobs Suchard Nabob Sacrifice Samsung Vision' Sure, there will be a fallout.

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Tips On Honing A Culture Of Winning Through Focus by Martin Zwilling

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Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Since we all have limited resources, and can’t add more hours to the day, the result is usually more things done poorly, rather than a few key things done better than anyone else.

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The Green Thing | In the CEO Afterlife

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Leadership. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline to cut the lawn. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. The Green Thing. by John • July 26, 2011 • Life • 0 Comments. This tale has been making the rounds on the internet. Have a chuckle. Search My Site. Search for: Categories.

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A Lesson from Nine-Year Olds | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. Diversity is the world’s engine of enlightenment. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. A Lesson from Nine-Year Olds. by John • February 16, 2011 • Life • 1 Comment. I established this blog to give a grey-hair’s view of life, business and writing. Search My Site. Human Resources.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

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Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits.

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Leamington, Canada: The Little Town That Could

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Taking a lesson from the signature phrase in the illustrated children’s book, The Little Engine That Could , the Leamington community did not throw in the towel. That’s right, one day. But, one little town was not about to give in to the seemingly inevitable.

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