In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. We thrived.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. All three of these individuals have had a profound and positive impact on those individuals and organizations which they have led. Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

In thinking of your example of sports teams, for example, is it possible that leaders can emerge at different times, for different purposes or tasks? Ultimately I see struggles on both secular and spiritual fronts regarding managers and subordinate leaders executing the vision and plans set forth by upper level leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

and a development manager at Oracle Corp. She also manages JLL’s corporate offices around the world, with a focus on creating spaces that promote engagement, collaboration, and wellbeing. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. Prior to joining JLL, Bilbrey was the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Boxers need to be smart in their sport. And as Berg notes real boxers are honorable and take their sport and its craft seriously. This observation, I believe, is a good lesson for anyone, especially those in management. What you do can be one thing – like a sport – or many things – like hobbies. Let’s face it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills). Leadership for managers in big organizations. Processes need to be analyzed and improved, and leaders need to learn how to manage through systems.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Some of the writers pointed out that these were two different sports and couldn’t be compared. Whether it’s the style of play in a sport, or leadership style in the business world, men and women are clearly and obviously different. A lot of people said a lot of pretty dumb things. Can’t we all just get along?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 10, 2019

In February 2018, Musk launched the now-famous red Tesla Roadster sports car into space, atop the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Musk’s antics occurred at a time when Tesla’s investors were becoming increasingly concerned over its finances and ability to build cars at scale. Who else has a roller coaster? …

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Kickstarter : Public idea financing without displacing investors or banks. E-sports : Reimagined gaming as an active, physical, in-person event and is now even an OLYMPIC sport. 1B+ current valuation. Created ~300K+ jobs, 8,000+ companies and $5.3B+ of direct economic impact.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Construction companies need reliable financial reporting to track expenses, recognize revenue, and manage cash flow. They will use their industry knowledge to help you optimize your finances and prepare for growth. A general bookkeeper or inexperienced CPA must address this. Additionally, construction accounting is project-centric.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2020

With that in mind, during the worst recession that we have personally experienced, colleges have managed to double their price. They have invested mightily in fabulous sports facilities, luxurious dorms, gourmet cafeterias, and overall campus beauty. Let us not forget, parents are the customer, the buyer.

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Resource:    SelfGrowth.com What It Is:  SelfGrowth.com is a powerful online community founded by David Riklan that boasts almost 200,000 resources available to help people change their lives and realize their full potential.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 9, 2024

Reduces Stress and Anxiety Entrepreneurship, as great as it is, comes with its fair share of stressors, from managing finances to meeting deadlines. Entrepreneurs who regularly push themselves in physical activity learn to manage discomfort and push through barriers, skills that are invaluable in the business world.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 4, 2022

Soft skills such as leadership , social awareness, communication skills, empathy, compassion, stress management , etc., Today, we have seen how technology can help us personalize things like advertisements, shopping carts, and even sports teams. People with strong people skills enjoy higher incomes than those without these qualities.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 18, 2022

The CV vs resume debate is prevalent among job seekers and hiring managers. In contrast, a CV shows employers and recruiters details about your life outside of work, such as previous volunteer activities and sports teams. Each item stays brief, giving hiring managers enough information to decide whether to call you back.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 12, 2011

And yes, they have been there at every step of our own little lives, as well.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Programs and "Great Societies" and "fairer resource management" and "progress" are trumpeted as grand new foolproof ideas. Posted by: Jeff Mann | November 14, 2010 at 02:01 AM Chris, This reminds me of how governments promote a temporary tax to pay for professional sports stadiums!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog.  Each story brings a relevant analogy to the business issue at hand, making the learning more fun, the process guarantee more impact, and the happiness-meter on high.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Some adjustments could see you get that finance! He is currently authoring a book on the role of sports in career excellence and plans to release it around January next year. There could be a simple reason why backers are turning you down. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and find out what exactly is troubling them.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2013

Freakonomics examines the commonly held myths surrounding: Campaign finance. Cheating schoolteachers and sports players. Evaluation & Control Program Recommended Resources book review business book business management evaluation and control freakonomics Stephen Dubner Steven Levitt strategydriven' Crime rates. Child-rearing.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 31, 2011

Orchestrations, administration, management, and coordination must also be looked to; usually by placing others with requisite gifts into correct positions. In short, leadership is the giving of what you have to others so they can collectively give (and accomplish) more than otherwise would have been possible.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 20, 2011

After sitting through many meetings in conference rooms with MENSA types (systems analysts/project managers) whose communication is sooo dry that I swear that I'm sitting in the Sahara instead, I'm strongly convinced that the saying "He who tells the best story wins" is true.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

When we started Sports Illustrated , we didn’t make a profit for six years. Previously, she was Managing Director of Business Plans International in New York and Co-Director of the Small Business Resource Center at Norwalk Community College. He listened carefully as I told him about my idea for my magazine.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

So BDAI is pretty useful for management to be able to see where we are and where we might be headed. Musk’s long arc in guiding Tesla from highly-ignored sports car, which financed the luxury Model S, which, in turn, made possible the 3, is now crushing an entire global industry. CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2019

This can be a very stressful experience for you, but there are lots of things you can do that will help improve your life skills, finances, and chances of having a very successful career and future. So, make sure you prioritize your homework just as much as your sport. Scholarships. Get a Part-time Job. Set up Goals.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk? Additional reporting by David Waller.

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Chris Brady

AUGUST 16, 2010

 No one else who picked the winner got another top 3 pick correct, and those who picked more than one of the top 3 didn't manage to get the correct winner. I not only picked the correct overall winner (Spain), but also picked the the Netherlands to finish top 3.   Thanks to everyone for participating!

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

Posted by: Nike Shox Turmoil | September 02, 2010 at 06:17 AM Likewise, a lot of creatives are going freelance because agencies don't want to pay account handlers / planners / project managers. Speaking to the person who does the work is appealing, hence the increasing number of tiny, new creative shops.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. This book states the case for more of a macro-focused approach to management. Steroid scandals periodically rock the sports world. Operational Statistics.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

  Perhaps there is a third interpretation, one that would indicate that the advertising gurus over at Audi are geniuses because they managed to inflame a controversial subject to the point where a blogger would waste some of his precious time writing to his 3 loyal readers about a commercial! 

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

But there was one that, to me at least, was world class: GMI Engineering & Management Institute (today's Kettering University ). The program was attractive to a kid like me without any finances because it offered a co-op experience in which every other twelve weeks were spent in the workplace somewhere out in actual industry.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Back in 2008, Steve Strogatz and I were interested in sports, not the world of finance. They allow us to evaluate success, whether in the world of sports or finance, overturning assumptions and leading us to better understand where skill and luck can be found. Looking streaks of performance is one way to do this.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.". Be proactive.

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