Three Areas of Focus for Leadership Success According to the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC, the best leaders spend their time focusing on three specific areas: Training Relationships Challenging Assignments LEADERSHIP SUCCESS Not only do they focus on these areas, but the time them spend on them is clearly delineated: 10%: Completing formal…
Over the past several weeks, you’ve been building your strategic marketing and communication plan. You’ll be glad to know that you’re almost done. This post is the final in a multi-part in a series: Be sure to check out the previous posts. And, don’t forget to download our FREE Strategic Marketing and Communication Plan Worksheets….
Thoughts from Klaus Schwab*: 1) A global system for the 21st century must foster cooperation. We’re all in this together. Governments, businesses and civil society cannot do it on their own. 2) A global system must approach challenges in a systemic, integrated way. We also have to establish the necessary interlinkages to create coherence. We…
50 years ago yesterday, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. If, for some reason, you are not familiar with this Act, it enforced the voting rights granted by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Act prohibited racial discrimination in voting, and gave Black people the explicit right to vote…
Alcoa always files its quarterly earnings first. In 1991, former CEO Paul O’Neil, who went on to serve as U.S. Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, decided Alcoa would report its quarterly earnings first to demonstrate fiscal discipline. It has been company policy ever since. Excerpts from @Fortune magazine