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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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Practicing the Spirit of the Law: Serve Your Customer Better

Strategy Driven

Another example, what would you consider an advertorial? Is an advertorial legal—yes. Over the course of his 45-year career as a business executive and entrepreneur, he has generated more than half a billion dollars in sales. It’s an advertisement camouflaged to appear as a feature article. But is it ethical?—no!