Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. We were thriving, but just one overnight letter away from losing that whole business. To this day, I get excited about seeing Subaru’s new products and learning about the engineering that went into making them.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

It was 23 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. I’ve never been a prudish about the use of 4-letter words, but this is one that shall forever more be stricken from my vocabulary. Just remember the little engine that could and did. Can’t is definitely a four-letter word. It’s useless.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The company last entered China in 2006 with a censored search engine, but pulled the plug on the operation four years later after it discovered that human-rights activists’ Gmail accounts had been hacked. The ethical case for resisting Chinese regulation is clear. China has long enforced a strict media and information regime.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership. They assembled numerous contemporary examples of core competence, including NEC's semiconductors, Canon's microelectronics, and Honda's small-engine design. More >>.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Write letters to the editors and blogs to encourage dialogue. A good way to start honing this courage is through Letters to Editors. Google your name periodically. Be willing to be scattered. Cultivate the local media. Start small and build up.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. This generally has to do with soft skills, things the organization can't teach you like leadership skills, the ability to work effectively with a team, time management and follow through, being persistent. Particularly at more junior positions.

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