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5 Steps to Develop Team Goals

Skip Prichard

Adapted, and reprinted with permission from Career Press. For example, investing significant resources to develop an innovative new product makes sense if there is a realistic potential for making a profit from selling the new product. Brainstorm critical success factors for the broad goals and objectives.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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