Fifty-three years old… and he just completed his MBA from Emory University in Atlanta. One might conclude… “Slow Learner.” That conclusion would be wrong. Dead wrong! Jim Wetrich, President, U.S. Wound Care Division and General Manager of Molnlycke Health Care, United States & Latin America, did in fact just recently earn an MBA from Emory …
Scott Boras is a mega-superstar sports agent, representing many of the highest profile and highest paid major-league baseball players during the past 20 years. Scott’s clients, such as Alex Rodriguez and many other major-league baseball superstars, have consistently enjoyed record breaking, ever-increasing compensation packages due to excellent negotiations based on past or expected performance. Scott …
Leadership Excellence demands that every leader within your organization… including you… must attract, interview, select and retain the very best talent available, consistent with the mission and values of your organization. Nothing is more crucial to leadership excellence and accomplishing the mission and specific goals of your organization. Many leaders reading this article have been …
A recent issue of Fortune Magazine included an interview with Bill Gates. The interviewer, Andy Serwer, questioned Gates regarding some of the best advice and critical lessons learned in his personal life and as Co-founder and CEO of Microsoft and Co-founder and Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. You can read the entire …
Great leaders make sure there are numerous formal and informal opportunities for other leaders within their organization… and not just senior leaders… to grapple with the personal, professional and organizational ramifications of potential innovations within their industry. The benefits and high value of not only encouraging, but expecting such reflection and dialog are huge and enduring. …
Kevin P. Ryan sold DoubleClick, a provider of digital marketing technology and services, for a cool $1.1 billion. You read that right… $1.1 billion! He is currently building a variety of new Internet start-ups including Gilt Groupe, 10Gen, Music Nation, ShopWiki and the Business Insider. Kevin P. Ryan is, without question, a highly successful, world …
Last week, Leadership Excellence: The Ultimate Strategy for Success, featured an interesting and informative article titled Creating a Culture of Excellence. The article was written by Jason Daley and was published in the March 2010 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. As I stated last week, “If you are a leader who truly wants to improve and hone …
An updated version of Timothy Ferriss’s bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, has just been released. In an interview with Inc. Magazine published in the March 2010 addition, Ferriss states, “It’s important not to take the title of my book literally. The objective of the book is to help people regain control of time.” Ferriss defines work …
The March 2010 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine includes an interesting and informative article written by Jason Daley titled, Creating a Culture of Excellence. The tag line to the title is, It Means Something Different For Every Company, But For All Of Them The Key To Success Is The Same: The Person At The Top. If you are …
The Secret Weapon to a Sharper Mind and Better Business… How Exercise Changed My Life. That is the title of an article Mel Robbins wrote for Success Magazine after interviewing Dr. John Ratey. Dr. Ratey is the author of the book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. The interview with Dr. Ratey …
“Time to start managing for the next recession. Downturns are a small part of the economic cycle, but they’re when major competitive reordering happens.” So goes the headline of an article written by Geoff Colvin that was published in a recent issue of Fortune Magazine. The author’s point is that now is NOT the time …
Nancy Peretsman, Managing Director of Allen & Co. was recently featured in The Best Advice I Ever Got article in Fortune Magazine. The theme of Nancy’s advice is to “Stop Talking and Start Listening.” Nancy tells about carefully listening, as opposed to talking, during a visit with Google’s Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Two years …
The February 8, 2010 issue of Fortune Magazine featured leadership and success strategies of Klaus Schwab, the man who created and leads the highly successful World Economic Forum. If you are not familiar with the name and very significant accomplishments of Klaus Schwab, please read the following: In 1971, Professor Klaus Schwab, then a professor …
Warren Buffett wrote the forword of a book I am currently studying. Notice I said studying rather than just reading. This excellent book is entitled The Ten Commandments for Business Failure. The book was written by Donald R. Keough, the former president of The Coca-Cola Company. In the forword, Warren Buffet describes his highly successful life-long …
The December 2009/January 2010 issue of Inc. Magazine ran an interesting article entitled: How Does Jack LaLanne Do It? Ninety-five and going strong… The Inc. Magazine article states, “When he opened his first health club in 1936 at 21, Jack LaLanne helped launch an industry that today brings in $19 billion annually. A tireless advocate for …
Inevitably, there comes a time, in fact many times over the personal and professional life of a great leader, when he or she must honestly, openly, yet humbly “take a firm and clear stand” on critical issues of the day. Great leaders very carefully and thoughtfully select these times and issues, for they know that …
President Abraham Lincoln, during a discussion with one of his aids, told the following story while in The White House: A witness in court in a neighboring county, who, on being asked his age replied, “Sixty.” Being satisfied he was much older, the question was repeated, “The court knows you to be much older than …
Articles, books, speeches, training and more training, conferences, seminars, blogs, tweets, and probably billions of spoken words… all about the ramifications and “how to’s” of integrity. There has probably never been a time when integrity was more discussed yet more bent, broken, abused and ignored. A recent Harvard Business Review article, entitled The Practice of Performance …
You may have heard the story of two gentlemen who shared a hospital room. During the several weeks they were together, they formed a special bond. They would raise each other’s spirits on the bad days by sharing jokes and positive life stories. On the good days, they simply rejoiced in being alive. The gentleman …
The Harvard Business Review recently published a brief, but highly relevant article titled, Learning from Heroes. The premise of the article is that we, like all of our heroes, whether Hercules, Luke Skywalker or Jack Welsh, struggle with five recurring challenges as we journey through work and life: We wander without knowing where we’re going Data …