The Practical Leader

MAY 12, 2021

Serving People, Not Pushing Products – “throughout my career…I have encouraged the entire organization to adopt a patient-first mentality, measuring outcomes by people served rather than drugs sold.” ” Throughout his career, Bourla hung pictures of patients on walls of their buildings around the world.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

In his editorial, “Making Purpose Real,” Harvard Business Review , editor, Adi Ignatius, writes, “Too often, discussions of managing with ‘purpose’ can be frustratingly vague. ” I especially resonate with what Ignatius says is HBR’s purpose, “to rid the world of bad management.”

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

In order to attract, develop and retain the best people (especially with respect to Millennials) in today’s job world, you must have a plan to advance your workers’ career opportunities during their time with you. How important have mentors been to your career? And, manage the company toward continued improvement and results.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 11, 2017

Fuelling top performance is the goal for most leaders and managers. The best managers know their people are the key to achieving top performance on every metric of success they track. As a leader or manager, how can you make the biggest difference through leveraging the talents and efforts of the people on your team?

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

He had been a frequent visitor to my subconscious throughout my corporate career, always managing to show up at times when I needed him, along with his admittedly peculiar brand of inspiration. It was Willy Wonka. Yes, that Willy Wonka (in this case played by Gene Wilder in the 1971 movie).

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