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Learn from the Legends

This is a secret I learned from a highly effective CEO I worked with, as a member of his executive team.  Earlier in his career, he had attained the presidency of a local college while still in his thirties.  All … Continue reading

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Google’s Rules

#1: Be a Good Coach In early 2009, statisticians inside Google embarked on a plan they code-named Project Oxygen.  Their mission was to build better bosses. In Project Oxygen, the statisticians gathered more than 10,000 observations about Google managers—across more … Continue reading

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Getting Things Done Through Other People

This is one of the most fundamental (and popular!) definitions of management.  It’s certainly a straightforward way of understanding one of the most important activities of a leader.  But it’s a lot easier said than done, isn’t it?  It turns … Continue reading

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Grow or Die!

This is the reality of our lives, now–especially professionally. The pace of change in the marketplace (and in our cultures!) has been accelerated by globalization, mass communication, and surges in technological advances. Everything is changing, and so we have no … Continue reading

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