Category Archives: Termination

Address Failure Ruthlessly

I’ve written about failure and mistakes before.  (I’m happy to do so—to provide helpful concepts and tools that will help ANY LEADER address and manage failure effectively and professionally!) Recent events in Afghanistan have prompted me to revisit this important … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #17

If you hire the right person, you solve a lot of problems BEFORE they happen. This advice is a follow-up to my last post, and comes from a very savvy boss I had early on.  And I continued to see … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #16

It’s not the people you fire who create problems for you…it’s the people you DON’T fire. This post’s great advice comes from an executive I worked with who had keen insight into the reality of organizational leadership.  Here’s one of … Continue reading

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