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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Farsightedness is essential to effective leadership. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization.

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The Power of an Enemy

In the CEO Afterlife

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet or a golf club - on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Visionary.

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Distant Replay: My Mid-Life Crisis | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. Going through those archives, I re-discovered my kids’ baby years, their birthday parties, sports teams, class pics, and celebrations with friends and family. well, I think it is still a good idea to plan for it by redfining our goals with spiritualistic intent. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Recent Posts.

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

In the CEO Afterlife

Their goal is to make accounting, simple. Nike is known for linking the spirit of American pop culture to sports by capitalizing on the public’s idolization of athletic heroes. Despite the limited product line that doesn’t even include a chicken burger, In-N-Out’s sales per outlet rivals those of Macdonald’s.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

The CEO can also make it a point to elicit marketing’s point of view on customer issues during strategy discussions, and carve out time for one-on-one meetings. “We We are always on the agenda of the executive team and are a significant part of the leadership meetings,” says Bert van Meurs, CMO of Philips Healthcare Imaging Systems.

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