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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. But are Bunge and other like-minded fitness executives really correct to assume that office work is comparable to sports, or that they can positively influence one another?

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Corporate arrogance and ego, based upon power and influence (as well as money). Executives never stayed long.