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Dream Adjusters: Why Company Leaders Also Have To Be Chief Calibration Officers

Terry Starbucker

I’ve experienced that plenty of times in my career, at one moment preaching about a “BHAG” – the Big, Hairy Audacious Goal – and just a few moments later drilling down and coming to terms on a missed quarterly target) . I can sum that up in three ways: 1) Dream big qualitatively, always.

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How to Develop a Radical Product Thinking Mindset

Skip Prichard

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika’s experience building products in numerous industries is evident in every chapter. Radhika Dutt.

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Leadership Lessons From The Book, Helping People Win At Work

Eric Jacobson

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are our products/services creating lasting, positive memories for our customers? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization?

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

7 Leadership Questions That Will Move The Needle in 2016. QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG? BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” The best definition that I seen is that a BHAG is a statement of strategic intent. Let’s dig in! QUESTION 4: What’s at stake?

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9 Awesome Things You Can Learn From Drinking Coffee With Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

Innovation (with Purpose) - Steve Jobs has to be smiling from above these days, because just about everyone I speak to wants their product to change the world (or at least make someone’s life better). Also, this naivete extends to the service and/or product idea itself (i.e.

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Leadership Lessons from Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine Development

The Practical Leader

Boula powerfully illustrates five key elements of outstanding leadership and culture effectiveness: Put Purpose First – “the positive financial impact for Pfizer of the Covid-19 vaccine became possible only because return on investment was never a consideration.” ” This is classic servant leadership.

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10 Important Questions Leaders Need To Ask

Eric Jacobson

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are our products/services creating lasting, positive memories for our customers? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization?

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