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May the Force — of Inspiring Leadership — Be with You

The Practical Leader

May 4 th has become an annual commemoration of the Star Wars media franchise. ” Weak Managers Try Manipulating with Money. Less effective managers see “their people” as coin-operated human resources (assets with skin) to be manipulated with money. Today is Star Wars Day. ” Are you that boss?

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity. They’ve never franchised. After all, the fixed overheads are already in place. Something had to be done.

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