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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #21

Practice Fu Pan. This advice is a perfect follow-up to my last blogpost.  It comes from LENOVO founder Liu Chuanzhi, who referred to it in an interview published in FastCompany Magazine.  LENOVO is the Chinese company that purchased IBM’s PC … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #18

Get to Know Your People Personally This comes from Michelle Peluso, CEO of Travelocity.  She says, “If you treat your employees as unique individuals, they’ll be loyal to you and they’ll perform—and your business will perform, too.” Like father like … 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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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #13

Make Your People HAPPY In a recent survey in the workplace, researchers invited more than 600 managers from dozens of companies to rank the impact on employee motivation and emotions of five workplace factors commonly considered significant: Recognition for good … Continue reading

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #12

Make Your People Feel Important Everyone wears an invisible sign around their neck that says, MAKE ME FEEL IMPORTANT.  This insight comes from Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics and one of the most successful business leaders … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #8

Talk with the warring parties separately before bringing them to the table. This advice comes from Lee Price, a consultant and contributor at Monster.com:  Talk with the warring parties separately before bringing them to the table. She cautions leaders, “Not … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s #6

Never Sanction Incompetence This post’s great advice comes from Mike Vance, author of the book, Think Out of the Box.  Vance worked for Disney back in the day (and when I say “he worked for Disney” I mean he worked … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #5

There are only 2 Management Mindsets: TAKE YOUR MEDICINE and THE CALL TO GLORY This post’s great advice comes from one of my own clients and friends, David Payne.  His leadership efforts took a factory that was losing 3.6 million … Continue reading

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #1

10 Clowns Don’t Make a Circus Steven Schragis (former CEO and Publisher of the Carol Publishing Group) coauthored a whole bookful of wonderful bite-sized words of wisdom for leaders and executives.  This issue’s principle furnishes the title for his book.  … Continue reading

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