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Leadership Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur

Eric Jacobson

In the book, Jacobs defines the mindset that drives his remarkable success in corporate America – and distills a lifetime of business brilliance into a tactical road map. He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held. Building an outrageously talented team.

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The Problem of Bolt-On Acquisitions in a Digital World

Harvard Business Review

For example, if you run an educational software provider, you might think about your educational value chain as including Discovery and Enrollment, Financial Aid and Payment, Teaching & Learning, Academic & Career Advising, and Alumni Services. They experience college , which weaves and twists between phases organically.

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

Among the companies that use this practice are Southwest Airlines, Harley-Davidson, and Whole Foods Market, which have all enjoyed sustained growth after adopting explicit practices of transparency. Create multiple paths for raising and testing ideas Developing and presenting ideas is a key skill for strategic leaders.

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Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down?

Harvard Business Review

Within weeks he had secured a contract with a major airline to accelerate kiosk rollout in 20 airports and buy software upgrades across their locations. Given the market opportunities in the Eastern region, Tom and his team will have the most-aggressive growth targets — 15% for the airline, hotel, and car rental markets combined.

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

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Accounting.

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5 Things Digital CMOs Do Better

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a mid- or late-career marketer, chances are your job today is mostly unrecognizable from what you signed on for. They orchestrate content marketing tactics that situate their brands at the moments that matter to their audiences. Perhaps no other business function has changed as dramatically over the past decade.