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9 Key Principles for Business & Life from Sam Zell

Leading Blog

As long as you know where everyone else is, you can play the game.” I stay true to the fundamental truths: the laws of supply and demand; liquidity equals value; limited competition; long-term relationships. Ethics are a cornerstone. Prize Loyalty. I believe loyalty defines your character. Keep it Simple.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Talk to other entrepreneurs, but only accept advice from the successful. Loyalty is paid for one way or another. Don’t be timid.

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Connecting with the 'Overqualified' Job Candidate: Why the Highly.

Strategy Driven

The article points out that ‘overqualified’ candidates tend to show a better work ethic, stay, on average, longer than less qualified candidates, and as long as they are empowered are actually happy workers. I teach my clients how to connect with their customers in order to win business and build loyalty. Dickens Jr.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

It’s also a reminder that leadership, ultimately, is a spiritual practice (whether or not one chooses to put it in religious terms). After having two of my companies colapse around me within a ten year period, I spent a long long time wallowing in it…blaming everything but myself for my circumstances.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Executives never stayed long. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur. It demanded blind loyalty, hired ISTJ personality types for support and rewarded dogmatic sales types for trading deals. Accounting.