Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

He compares it to halftime in sports (games like basketball and American football) that have a break during games. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Even in so-called “individual sports&# such as running, race car driving or gymnastics, the athletes depend on many other people for their success. Think of something you never would have considered and do it; even if it’s riding a bull. Work with people: The only way to progress in this life is to work with other people.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

Champions: Usually associated with sports, the word champions identifies the ultimate winners. It’s the fuel that gets you going in the morning. It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. You receive power from eating. These are the people who have worked smart and hard to achieve a goal. They work together.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

In 2012 Echoing Green invested in 28-year-old Marquis Taylor as one of our Open Society Black Male Achievement Fellows. Marquis created an organization called Coaching For Change to engage young Black men as entrepreneurs pursuing business opportunities related to basketball, football, and other sports. Perspective and Resilience.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

For various purposes, they are being used by retailers such as Timberland, Kenneth Cole, and Alex and Ani, hoteliers such as Marriott, and a variety of sports stadiums. The owner of Lord & Taylor, Hudson’s Bay, and Saks recently became the first major retailer to launch a North American beacon deployment, in its U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

The attempt to turn business into a science of efficiency, also known as “ Taylorism ,” marked the high point of this movement. Many companies still compete this way and there continue to be successors to Taylorism, including business process reengineering and lean production.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

You can't help but feel the heartbreak when an Olympic athlete falls just short of winning: Taylor Phinney missing a medal by inches in Olympic cycling; Allison Schmitt losing the gold medal by 3/10ths of a second in the 400 meter freestyle in swimming; four U.S. archers losing the gold to Italy on the final arrow, by a single point.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and—not least—of people. Michael Steffen / EyeEm/Getty Images. Control, even a perception of it, can be comforting.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Consumers are surrounded by businesses in their daily lives — Uber , Disney , sports teams, Amazon — that blatantly flex prices to be in sync with demand. Teen sensation Taylor Swift offers a bevy of VIP concert packages, with the top price approaching $500. I doubt it. Yet there’s been no major backlash from fans.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, Facebook is ubiquitous; you can't go five minutes without encountering the Facebook brand or the tiny blue "f", whether in traditional media (at the bottom of every TV news screen) or online (where Facebook icons and "Like" buttons abound). Third, Facebook is magnetic as a function of its social engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

You may have experienced a similar downward spiral of emotional contagion in an airport lounge when your flight is delayed another three hours, or at a sports event when a fight breaks out on the field and spectators join in. Asking them to reconsider does not work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Farkas, former chairman of giant mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, in April was found guilty for his role in one of the largest bank fraud schemes in American history. Still others find relief through laughter, music, television, sporting events, and reading. A system to support values-centered leadership.

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