Leaders & Laggards: A Look at Business Leadership Leaders & Laggards is a recurring series that highlights the best and worst of business leadership. This edition examines executives and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional leadership—or a notable lack thereof. Leaders Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google Google, now a publicly traded company, is pushing to provide greater […]
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Why Mission Statements Fall Short Originally published in James Magazine Many companies spend time crafting mission statements meant to inspire, align teams, and shape company culture. Yet, more often than not, these statements fail to deliver real impact. Take Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint, for example. Their mission—“To be the most admired information company worldwide”—sounds impressive. But in
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Top 10 Ways NOT to Create Value Want to make sure you don’t add value? Follow these missteps: 1️⃣ Try to Be Everything to Everyone Sounds obvious, right? Yet every day, you’ll find at least three or four businesses guilty of this mistake. 2️⃣ Let the Market Decide Your Pricing Markets may set the parameters,
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The Ultimate Job Interview Thursday’s presidential debate represents the ultimate job interview. Two candidates, each vying for the title of Leader of the Free World, will square off and present their views on foreign policy. That’s no small matter. But what if… you had to debate directly for your next job or a major business
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