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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

Today Mark serves as President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, a non-governmental organization that has more than a million members and works in over 35 countries to protect ecologically important lands and waters. On Thanksgiving 1996, Mark’s bosses asked if he would consider leading the firm’s real estate effort. “I

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The Virtue of Humility

Great Leadership By Dan

At UPS, it is common for a car washer or delivery driver to be on a first name basis with the CEO and our other corporate executives. Ron Wallace is the author of Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver: Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me. A humble leader won't flaunt their position or power.

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No One Succeeds Alone

Eric Jacobson

No One Succeeds Alone is the inspiring story of Compass Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin , whose mother, mentors, and search for belonging taught him valuable lessons that anyone with a dream can put into action today to improve their own quality of life. Find someone to give you the critical feedback others won’t. Collaborate without ego.

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The Best Things in Business are Free

In the CEO Afterlife

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Everyone is looking for a good deal, a real bargain. Leadership. I’m not taking issue with that. Bargaining is a terrific way to create and stimulate economies.

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N2Growth Blog

Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses.

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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

In it, he describes  how real estate investor Sam Zell and his minions destroyed the culture of the Chicago Tribune and other great newspapers in its holding company.   Still, it’s really easy for leaders with titles to underestimate the impact of their leadership footprint. Different people chose different options.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Their boss would buy it, they would buy it, their CEO would buy it, and their spouse would buy it. Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done.