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Derivatives to Live By: The Present Value of Ethics

Friday, October 24, 2008

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Sam DiPiazza, CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers told a personal story on camera in an interview with a student audience. He related the words of his grandfather who had immigrated to Alabama from Sicily. Young Sammy had done something his grandfather found over the line of ethics. He said to Sam: “Your reputation takes decades to build […]

Continuing Actions by My CEOs In A Worsening Economy

Friday, October 17, 2008

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I hope you find value in an update on what my friends and clients who are CEOs and business owners are doing at this stage of the financial crisis and worsening economy. First, some context: in August of 2007, our CEO group saw the first signs of the approaching storm, especially our members whose business […]

Please Bear With Us (No pun intended)

Friday, October 17, 2008

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This site is available to you while it is under construction. So there will be glitches for the next week or so until we complete this phase. Why did we choose to do this? Because there is too much going on in the financial crisis and the election to stay silent. That’s just my view. […]

Brits More Entrepreneurial and Decisive?

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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I have to wonder how come the Brits were able to move in less than 5 days from a call to action to action, how they arrived at a simpler solution than ours (theirs calls for guarantees of bank loans to each other and infusion of capital), a preservation of the structure of the system […]

What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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