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Many strategic plans fail to get executed for a simple reason-too much complexity. Read this interview with <i>Simple Solutions</i> authors Tom Schmitt, president and CEO of FedEx Global Supply Chain, and Arnold Perl, a partner at the law firm of Ford...
Leadership has nothing to do with titles, income, authority, gender, height, race, or labels of any kind. It has a great deal to do with being able to influence how other people think. One of the most powerful tools of influence is the open-ended...
Half reptile and half mammal-it sounds like a creature from Greek mythology. According to B. Joseph White, former dean of the University of Michigan Business School and current president of the University of Illinois, that makeup is the stuff great...
Have you wondered why so many strategic alliances fail? Steve Steinhilber manages a portfolio of alliances at Cisco Systems that has a cumulative value of more than $4.5 billion annually. He can write from experience what makes his succeed and others...
Trust cannot be mandated, but it can be earned. Casey Mulqueen, director of research and product development for Tracom Group, points to the characteristics of leaders and managers who earn their staff’s trust.
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In an excerpt from their book Now...Build a great Business! Brian Tracy and Mark Thompson discuss what it takes to be a great leader.