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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. An action plan might involve joining a health club, working out three to four times a week, and managing your caloric intake. Now, I am not a weight management specialist. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action. So far so good.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. Doing Just Fine. “The usual. “OK.

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Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully

Harvard Business Review

A strong, transparent, and trust-driven culture plays a central role in driving a scale-down decision and in managing the process as the it unfolds. Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” Managing Cash. Home Run Media’s Turning Point.

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Green Police

Chris Brady

  Perhaps there is a third interpretation, one that would indicate that the advertising gurus over at Audi are geniuses because they managed to inflame a controversial subject to the point where a blogger would waste some of his precious time writing to his 3 loyal readers about a commercial!  Government is like a sledge hammer.