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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

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In a world where global competition is absolute, companies are looking at new ways to gain sustained competitive advantages. Global firms have employed blue ocean strategies to cater their services and offerings to the BoP (Bottom of Pyramid). Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. You can find him at [link].].

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Self-Confidence and Success

Marshall Goldsmith

Self-confidence gives great leaders the courage they need to take their companies - and themselves - to a new level of success. A huge part of self-confidence comes from our previous success. Successful people tell themselves, "I have succeeded in the past. Successful people don't drink from a glass that is half empty.

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Go for It, Brett; Retiring Successfully Is Harder Than It Looks

Marshall Goldsmith

This was an extremely bad sign of the potential for Mr. Favre having a successful retirement. The fact is, after being a huge success in a career that has brought benefits like leadership, relationships, contribution, meaning and happiness, playing mediocre golf with a bunch of old men at the country club isn't really that great.

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Three Traps to Avoid When Choosing a Successor

Marshall Goldsmith

As a rule successful human beings tend to "over-weight" our own strengths and "under-weight" our own weaknesses when evaluating others. The more successful we become, the more we can fall into the "superstition trap", which, simple stated, is, "I behave this way. I am a successful leader. Why doesn't she act like me?

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Change the Way You Define Yourself

Marshall Goldsmith

Why do we say and do things that limit our own success? For successful people, most of these characteristics can be described by very positive words, such as: "intelligent," "dedicated," "results oriented," or "winner." How have the positive words helped you to become successful? Q: Sometimes I think that my biggest enemy is me.

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Had a Tough Year? Make Peace and Move On

Marshall Goldsmith

In one bank that I know well almost every part of the business had a great year - except the division that lost billions of dollars and negated all of the other divisions' success. This made life very tough for the employees in the successful divisions. Normally this belief in our control over our own destiny works in our favor.

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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

Optimism is a characteristic that is highly correlated with success in any field. Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Optimism is balanced with realism. Life is good.

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