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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too.

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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

Most problems in business begin with leadership. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer. Starbucks, Amazon, Google and Apple prove me wrong. Size need not matter.

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

Management Craft

Elaine Biech author, The Business of Consulting and editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook. “If Cory Bouck , Director of Organizational Development & Learning at Johnsonville Sausage; author of The Lens of Leadership : Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow. Brenda Gumbs, EVP Human Resources, Perfetti Van Melle, USA, Inc.

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

Management Craft

Elaine Biech author, The Business of Consulting and editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook. “If Cory Bouck , Director of Organizational Development & Learning at Johnsonville Sausage; author of The Lens of Leadership : Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow. Brenda Gumbs, EVP Human Resources, Perfetti Van Melle, USA, Inc.

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Team Building Agenda: Kick-off Program for IT Leadership Team

Mike Cardus

Below is the Day-1 ‘Kick-off’ program to 4 months of work I will be doing with an IT Leadership Team. IT Leadership Director Team Building & Leadership Agenda – Kick-Off. IT Leadership Program Agenda. Discussion about goals for today and the next 4 months what IT Leadership Team Expects and ideas for achievement.