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The Eiffel Tower: An iconic monument and a critical lesson.

Strategy Driven

Critics try to label the ‘wrong-doers’ into a group for easier identification – unions, teachers, liberals, conservatives, left, right, or in your familiar terms: the competition or the purchasing department. Do these critics (pundits) ever offer answers, ideas, or recommendations? THINK ABOUT IT: It’s never everyone is it?

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Ford's Impressive Sustainability Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The hybrid Prius was a legitimate business home run (2 million sold), and it helped both differentiate Toyota's brand as the market innovator and propel Toyota to unprecedented profits. It tackles both long-term and short-term sustainability challenges. For years, Toyota has been the darling of the green business world.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. 3) Mental – My role as host of The Ziglar Show requires me to study the messages of today’s top world influencers, and it’s a dramatic gift. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. Keep moving! Document your life.

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Capitalism’s Future Is Already Here

Harvard Business Review

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests.