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Catalyst Leadership - Read My First Chapter

Rich Gee Group

Chapter One: Lead Like Bezos In 2001, Amazon faced what should have been a death sentence. When you stay customer-focused, you set a foundation for long-term loyalty and trust that outlasts any market trend. By 2001 standards, Bezos should have trimmed Amazon down, cut innovation costs, and focused on surviving another quarter.

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Foxes And Hedgehogs: Which One Are You?

Lead Change Blog

In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people. With a background in public relations, marketing, and internal communications, HR had become an accidental specialty – I was a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. Tech start-ups define success, especially in the first decade, on how well they acquire customers, build capability, and penetrate their emerging markets.

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Be Bold In Life.

Rich Gee Group

I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Be Bold In Life. Well I did. Unported License.

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Six Weeks of U.S. Stock Market Decline: Now What?

Coaching Tip

The market's last seven-week stretch of losses began in May 2001, as the dot-com bubble deflated," reports The Associated Press. As for why stocks are falling, most observers agree: Blame "weaker hiring, industrial output, and a moribund housing market." EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. As for the U.S.

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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

They present analytical frameworks and tools to foster an organization's ability to systematically create and capture "blue oceans"—unexplored new market areas. With the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007, they didn’t just create a successful product, they created a new category of product. Fight all new players or acquire them.

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6 Defining Values of a Leadership Culture

N2Growth Blog

in 2001, I worked for a boutique strategy consulting firm out of Princeton, NJ that developed and delivered high-cost elaborate strategic plans. I was already delivering strategic planning, sales and marketing strategy and leadership recruiting services, all of which helped grow organizations, but the culture cog was missing.