In the CEO Afterlife

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

In the CEO Afterlife

Well-articulated goals and metrics. Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Rather you must outsmart the giant with innovative thinking, pivoting on a dime, and impeccable execution. Startups can’t hope to outspend a giant with a fat balance sheet.

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The Power of an Enemy

In the CEO Afterlife

Clearly define your goals. Live a culture of innovation. Increase your lead, and while they are catching up, you are embracing the next innovation. Nimbleness will get your ideas to the future first. Like a sports scorecard, competitive spirit demands measurement and accountability of performance. Never rest on your laurels.

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Work That Matters starts with Matters that Work

In the CEO Afterlife

Companies say they want to be customer-centric, to be innovative, to produce outstanding products and services, to be environmentally responsible, to be socially responsible, and so on. Teamwork is more than the ability to work together toward a common goal. But, they continue to fall short of these superlatives. Matters of Teamwork.

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The Most Overused Word in Business

In the CEO Afterlife

Such aspirations are goals or objectives. Innovative. You’ve likely heard this: “Our strategy is to become the biggest and the best.” ” Deciding to become a global corporation, to diversify, or to increase sales by x dollars per annum is not strategy. That strategy can be good or bad. The opposite is true.

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Minimalism: Doing More, with Less

In the CEO Afterlife

One woman spoke about Project 333, a goal to live three months with only 33 articles of clothing and accessories to her name. Stories of individuals across the country who have adopted a minimalist lifestyle, and preach a better quality of life because of it, are portrayed in the documentary.

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Living the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Bottom line, I love the challenges of my CEO afterlife and I’m every bit as goal-oriented as I was thirty years ago. A fter several years of trying, I have found a publisher who wasn’t afraid to invest in a newbie, grey-haired novelist in an industry going through substantial change.

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The World of the 21st Century CEO

In the CEO Afterlife

To meet growth goals, companies will have to sell more to the same customers and find a heap of new customers in foreign lands; China will be opportunity number one. You are likely thinking they are already time-starved. It’s going to get worse, even with advances in communications technology.

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