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Three Steps to Create Optimism in the Workplace

Chart Your Course

Optimistic employees work harder, longer and with a more innovative spirit. Optimism frames and fuels decisions, and in the modern workplace, it fosters solid work, innovation and sales. Since Steve Jobs’ death, experts have mulled the incredible success he brought to Apple as its co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

As with any other era, whether the year is 1998 or 1968, the range of personal attributes required to be a Chief Executive Officer must align with the type and state of that enterprise and industry. Peering into the future by a decade, I expect to see little change in the definition of leadership.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). Corporate Executives. ’ Game.

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My New Book, Double the Love - Now Available on Amazon!

Management Craft

Brenda Gumbs, EVP Human Resources, Perfetti Van Melle, USA, Inc. David Loewe, Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Humane Society. Lisa Haneberg’s clearly at her best in this book!” Ellen Weber (PhD) directs innovation at the Mita International Brain Center. Lisa, this is truly “FANTASTIC.”

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My New Book, Double the Love - Now Available on Amazon!

Management Craft

Brenda Gumbs, EVP Human Resources, Perfetti Van Melle, USA, Inc. David Loewe, Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Humane Society. Lisa Haneberg’s clearly at her best in this book!” Ellen Weber (PhD) directs innovation at the Mita International Brain Center. Lisa, this is truly “FANTASTIC.”

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3 Changes Retailers Need to Make to Survive

Harvard Business Review

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry.

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Why Women Aren’t Making It to the Top of Financial Services Firms

Harvard Business Review

An analysis that we conducted of disclosures made by 50 American financial services companies revealed that women occupy only 20% of executive committee roles and 22% of board positions. Only 12% of the chief executive officers of large U.S. financial firms are women. alone, according to CTI.