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36 Lessons for Business & Life from Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell

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He coached many others including Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Chegg, John Hennessy, former President of Stanford University, and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Invest in creating real, emotional bonds between people. Campbell worked with individuals, but he coached teams. Always Build Community. Help People.

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Research: More Than Half of Top Female Execs Were College Athletes

Harvard Business Review

Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. C-suite executives hire these women because they share a common bond and know when the pressure is on they will not be let down. Of these top executives, over half (52%) played a sport at the college or university level.

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How We Made Our Sales Training More Effective by Making It Harder

Harvard Business Review

I still regularly jump into sales call practices to demonstrate this and to bond with the team. Author’s note: Thanks to Emily Muhoberac, COO, and TJ Macke, VP of Client Services at Sapper Consulting, for their contributions to this article. If I’m not too good to practice, my salespeople aren’t, either.

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How CEOs Can Work with an Active Board

Harvard Business Review

In addition, by creating a personal bond with the individual directors, the CEO lessens the odds that they will undermine or blindside him. It is especially important to create a bond with the lead director and/or the chair. One very effective approach to this issue is regular CEO letters to the board.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business Review

On a board you’re together a lot, and you’re working on problems together and you have a shared fiduciary duty, so it creates very tight bonds of friendship.” Yabuki, who was the COO of H&R Block Services Inc in 2003. It was an incredible leadership school for me. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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How Do Consumers Choose in a World of Automated Ordering?

Harvard Business Review

Frictionless commerce will test the emotional bonds that make consumers loyal to established brands. Our 2017 survey of 170 top Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail CEOs, COOs, and CFOs revealed a conscious shift away from traditional mass production and mass marketing practices toward more personalized approaches.

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Reclassifying Office “Housework”

Harvard Business Review

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton professor Adam Grant want to change that. ” The most common agreement – which I call the “pair bond exchange” – is a legally binding contract under family law. ” In most organizations female employees pick up after George.