Curt Rosengren has a nice podcast on Marshall Goldsmith, who comments about living a successful life and having a positive impact. He notes that no retired CEO ever talks about how big his office was, but rather, about the people he helped. Something good to think about.
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Today's entry in the Daily Drucker was so good I wanted to share.
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That's a great question from a first year MBA student with the chance to give some input to the program. Leave your ideas and comments on that post.
Business2.0 has a good article with advice from great business leaders (and a few lucky leaders that problemably don't deserve to be on the list).
Fortune discusses Andy Grove as the best model for a 21st century business leader.
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A.G. Lafley, CEO of Proctor and Gamble, believes that developing leaders is a source of competitive advantage for P&G.
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