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CEOs, Get to Know Your Rivals

Harvard Business Review

I decided to test his claim by interviewing current and former C-suite executives, including Bob Crandall, former CEO of American Airlines; David Norton, former CMO of Harrah’s casinos; Will Ethridge, CEO of Pearson Education; and Pat O’Keefe, former CEO of Watts Water Technologies. Play to your strengths, not your rival’s.

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Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. Their products are early stage, which means daily frustrations as they run through successive iterations.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Defining and tracking success metrics. These PMs excel at reflecting on where each of these competencies contributed to the success or failure of their products and continuously adjust their approach based on customer feedback. Pricing and revenue modeling. Company Fit. Not necessarily.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

We have entered the age of empowered individuals, who use potent new technologies and harness social media to organize themselves. The more you expose and share your problems, the more successful you become. and Canada and more than 7 million vehicles a year traverse the Ambassador bridge, according to the Public Border Operators Assn.

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