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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

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. Human Resources. I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

Prudent 21 st century CEOs will not only stick-handle through the environment of the day; they will incisively pinpoint, and fervently leverage the critical success factors of the company and industry in which they operate. To be unaware of, or to discount changing environments would be a leadership mistake.

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Culture Doesn’t Trump Strategy

In the CEO Afterlife

As a critical success factor, strategy turned into a lucrative industry for a host of consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company , and the Boston Consulting Group. The truth is that one success factor needs other success factors to be effective. Most leaders and managers know this.

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