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It's Your Country.Lead It!

Coaching Tip

In The Price of Inequality , Noble Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz points out that, at $90 billion, the combined wealth of the six Walton family heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune is equivalent to that of the entire bottom 30 percent of Americans. a year between 2001 and 2007 and plunged by 26.2% The American Dream is dying. .

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CEOs Need Courage

Harvard Business Review

There are some notable examples of CEOs with courage: In the days following September 11, 2001, Southwest Airlines did not follow its many competitors and lay off tens of thousands of people, thereby keeping intact its record of never having a layoff, or furlough, and building its market share.

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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. Many deals were put on the books in order to inflate the price of Enron stock, which the insiders sold at peak price levels. Executives never stayed long. The Auditing Firm Employed by Enron. He has advised two U.S.