In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

My motive is nothing more than to share my experience with today’s business community in the hope they might put an old warrior’s advice to good use. In the renewable energy market, global investment has increased from $33 billion in 2004 to $211 billion, 7 years later. Greed is good” is becoming “greed for good ”. Mine was marketing.

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Bureaucracy Entrepreneur Creativity Energy 227

Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 11, 2011

A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen (2004), by David Walsh, Ph.D. Several parenting authors have addressed this factor, and none of them knows the science better and gives better advice on a range of issues than David Walsh. When it comes to books about parenting teens, I have two favorites. He is the man.

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Books Maturity Learning-by-Doing Construction 78

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). The full article includes Steven’s 6 points of advice for successfully managing your organization using Deming’s ideas. One of those articles looks at the efforts at New York Label & Box.

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Deming Company Case Study System 38

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 23, 2013

In 2004, a Harvard Business Review report summarized the reasons why executive coaching works: • Executive coaching engages with people in customized ways that acknowledge and honor their individuality. These advisory groups use a peer CEO coaching framework to offer support and advice among their members.

Executive Coaching 91

Executive Coaching CEO Industry Execution 91

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling Stephen Denning Josey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2004) Nuts R Us Think about it. Squirrel Inc.: Who are among the greatest storytellers throughout history?

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Storytelling Review Books Leadership 70

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

His life took a turn in 2004 and he “managed to taper off the drugs.” Dr. Jones’ practical advice to fellow medical personnel based on his own journey includes these exhortations: “Take some time to remember what led you to choose medicine as a career and develop a way to tap into that meaning. Where is there a breakdown?

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Stress P&L Self-aware Human Needs 150

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Here's the rest of the story, taken from an article by John Whisler in the November 6, 2009, San Antonio Express-News: In some of the last words he would ever have with his son, Gayle Anders listened calmly and offered timely advice. He followed through on his father's advice. You've worked too hard, come too far," he told Eryk.

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Hotels Letter Advice Class 94

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

My motive is nothing more than to share my experience with today’s business community in the hope they might put an old warrior’s advice to good use. In the renewable energy market, global investment has increased from $33 billion in 2004 to $211 billion, 7 years later. Greed is good” is becoming “greed for good”. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

In 2004, a Harvard Business Review report summarized the reasons why executive coaching works: • Executive coaching engages with people in customized ways that acknowledge and honor their individuality. These advisory groups use a peer CEO coaching framework to offer support and advice among their members.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching CEO Industry Execution 78

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004. She established her place as a thought leader by offering bold and useful advice on writing and creating great content which lead to numerous best-selling books. Beyond having great advice, you need to be memorable.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Kevin :) Dave: Great summary and key advice f Poul Andreassen: Good insight on things relatin Poul Andreassen: Good one on Childish behavior, Kevin Eikenberry: Hope you do enjoy!Kevin I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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Leadership Workshop Blog Video 195

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

The data from the study come from 111 CEOs in the computer hardware and software industries from 1992-2004. But there is no evidence to suggest that a narcissistic CEO will outperform a less narcissistic CEO, so my advice would be to save yourself and your organization the headache and avoid them altogether. Simmons, Ph.D.

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CEO P&L Organization Organizational Behavior 90

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

But, for those carrying out more complex negotiations — let alone those with thousands of negotiators like the Law of the Sea or the Earth Summit — Koh offers this additional advice: 1. Singapore Free Trade agreement was successfully signed in 2004. Win Over an Opponent by Asking for Advice. Focus On: Negotiating.

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Advice Hammer Consensus Seminar 8

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

My motive is nothing more than to share my experience with today’s business community in the hope they might put an old warrior’s advice to good use. In the renewable energy market, global investment has increased from $33 billion in 2004 to $211 billion, 7 years later. Greed is good” is becoming “greed for good”.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. Kevin :) Dave: Great summary and key advice f Poul Andreassen: Good insight on things relatin Poul Andreassen: Good one on Childish behavior, Kevin Eikenberry: Hope you do enjoy!Kevin

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Leadership Blog Workshop Covey 205

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Too often we want to share our wisdom and advice. Here is where you can begin to provide more direct advice. They need encouragement, advice and even feedback. © 2004, All Rights Reserved, Kevin Eikenberry. Ask Questions As a developer of potential our role is to draw the answers from others. I wish you great success.

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Development Goal Advice Open-book 123

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 86

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. In her remarks she stated that, prior to her assuming command, I gave her some simple advice.

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

.” — Bono, singer for U2, 2004 University of Pennsylvania commencement. It’s great to receive sage advice on this banner day signaling “adulthood.” Right now, commencement speeches are being given, quoted, lauded and judged. ” But when else do we hear wise adages, aphorisms, and axioms?

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Wiseman Mentor Hammer Learning-by-Doing 10

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. For those hoping to follow him in the ways of an intentional leader, Kent Taylor offers this advice: . Not as a sales gimmick, but rather to instill a life lesson to his employees the way you would with your kids.

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Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2017

Consider how the problem unfolds: Something goes wrong, you need to make a decision about whether to try to “fix” the problem, and experts offer advice — they may disagree and they may stand to benefit financially from influencing your decision.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Bush faced John Kerry in their first Presidential debate in 2004, Bush criticized Kerry for having vacillated on the war in Iraq. de Blasio could not have known which of these models would ultimately prove accurate, but he chose not to represent that uncertainty in his advice to city residents. When George W. In this, they succeeded.

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Uncertainty Long-term Policies Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

.’” Here’s the entry on not investing in Facebook: “Jeremy Levine spent a weekend at a corporate retreat in the summer of 2004 dodging persistent Harvard undergrad Eduardo Saverin’s rabid pitch. It’s over!’”

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Hypercompetition Transportation Career Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

These leaders tap the advice of investment bankers and consultants, many from the North, to identify the best opportunities, and they use partnerships, joint ventures, licensing deals, and acquisitions—whatever it takes— to establish themselves in a market or industry and scale up quickly. They learn fast.

Globalization 15

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

And we see many executives trying to take this advice to heart. Discover suffered a similar setback in 2004, when Walmart shifted its credit card partnership to MasterCard. A company that can show it is different from other companies, in a way that is relevant to customers, gains a major competitive advantage.

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IAM Productivity Products Company 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

At a recent baby shower, along with the 35 or so assembled guests, I was asked to write down a specific wish for the newborn girl: “I hope you grow up to…” Predictably, most of the advice was along the lines of “become a good person” or “realize your dreams.”. drop, from 2004 to 2009, in female engineers. There has also been a 5.2%

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Attrition Diversity Sports CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2015

When I started blogging in 2004, I had just finished graduate school and I was trying to figure out what I was going to be when I grew up. Pretty soon, people started calling me for advice about the kinds of tools I was blogging about, and that advice turned into a few gigs building participatory websites. had prepared me for.

Fashion 8

Fashion Blog Audience Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2004, CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove extended the expectation of measuring and publicly reporting outcomes to other clinical areas. I recognize that this advice may not work for every institution, given the wide variation in size, location, clinical population, resources, and so on.

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Benchmarking Audience Report Early Adopters 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 7, 2016

A study by Judge and Piccolo (in ‘The Journal of Applied Psychology’, 2004, issue 89, pp755-768) tested the relationship between leadership styles and measures of leaders’ effectiveness and found that transformational leadership was associated with greater effectiveness. Follow Muna twitter https://twitter.com/munajawhary.

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Leadership Styles Leadership Long-term Follow-up 120

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

So Prime Minister David Cameron calls William Bratton , arguably the most successful — and innovative — police commissioner in post-war American history for advice. Its well-intentioned constabularies appear undermanned and overwhelmed. The immediate result? A most uncivil disobedience by Britain's top cops. "I

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Innovation Crisis Class Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

mortgage borrowers got into this situation from about 2004 through early 2007. My sense is that any company that finances itself this way is a fraud, so the best advice for executives is probably turn yourselves in. A lot of U.S. As you may have heard, it ended badly. The speculative bubble.

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Company Finance Price IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

So he tried again with a smaller slice of the same group and got better results by applying a few principles that line up with my extensive cold email experience and some great advice from people like Wharton psychology professor Adam Grant , and entrepreneurs Tim Ferriss and Heather Morgan. An effective cold email does five things.

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Audience Entrepreneur Advice Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

These leaders tap the advice of investment bankers and consultants, many from the North, to identify the best opportunities, and they use partnerships, joint ventures, licensing deals, and acquisitions—whatever it takes— to establish themselves in a market or industry and scale up quickly. They learn fast.

Globalization 8

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Andy O''Connell 38 Slides’ Worth What I Wish I Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs Reid Hoffman The year is 2004. So he published his entire slide deck, complete with his annotations offering context, advice, and ideas about things he should have done differently. Just asking.)

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Reading other leadership blogs adds to your knowledge base – Once I figured out there was a treasure trove of leadership advice and observations in the blogosphere, I started to add hundreds of blogs onto my regular reading list. I think a lot of people can benefit from this advice. All the best to you all, Terry Kevin W.

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Media Blog Learning-by-Doing Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

” You know the type of thing – hints, tips, and sage advice focused on making the most of an engagement where the presenter does all the talking and the audience is only allowed to interject during the Q&A session (or if they’re feeling particularly brave/aggrieved, when they stick their hands up and ask questions).

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Audience Short-term Long-term Simon 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

I’ve been writing about this problem since 2004 , and doing my best to help advertisers avoid it. My advice: try a randomized experiment. In online advertising, a variety of equally brazen ruses drain advertisers’ budgets — but usually it’s more difficult for advertisers to notice them.

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