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Legal Versus Social: 7 Steps To An Amicable Relationship

January 1, 2010 by elizabethhannan with 147 views

7 Steps to integrate your corporate legal department and an evolving social business model seamlessly. (This post is designed more for those deep in the corporate trenches, looking for guidance on how to plan out a new guidelines around social business practices policy). As social business communications become more prevalent in... [read more]

Radio Show Guest Highlights: Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer

September 27, 2009 by Zane Safrit with 188 views

Kevin Eikenberry, best-selling author of Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential and Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group works with clients to realize with them that every person and every organization has extraordinary potential. Kevin also is the creator and content developer of The Remarkable... [read more]

The Global Leader of the Future

September 27, 2009 by Dan McCarthy with 232 views

Guest post by John Spence:I was recently asked by one of the most prestigious Executive MBA programs in America to give a speech on the most important skills needed to be an effective “global leader” in the future. To prepare for the talk I sent a note to more than 20 friends and clients that are CEOs or senior leaders at multinational... [read more]

Re-designing Your Business Culture

September 10, 2009 by David Armano with 200 views

When thinking of any Social Business Design problem, it's important to realize that there are three areas that will define all of the challenges that will need to be resolved in order to move any business toward a more open, collaborative model which benefits all constituents (employees, customers, partners). These areas are:... [read more]

Culture Change in Startups

June 17, 2009 by Albert Wenger with 115 views

A long long time ago, when I was a management consultant, I did a strategy project for a large European IT company. At the same time this company was going through a “Culture Change” project with the idea of transforming itself into a fast and nimble “US like” culture, instead of its existing plodding and slow ways. The “Culture Change... [read more]

For Sale: A Former Reputation

April 20, 2009 by George Brymer with 110 views

Circuit City is selling its name. Unfortunately, it's a name with little value these days. And that's too bad. The former electronics retailer was once a great company praised for its progressive leadership.From 1982 to 1997, Circuit City outperformed the general stock market by eighteen-and-a-half times. During that period, Circuit... [read more]

Can Big Corporations Become Entrepreneurial Again?

March 14, 2008 by Jeff Cornwall with 85 views

Over twenty years ago, I participated in research that looked into factors that made some organizations more entrepreneurial than others. Of particular interest to me was why large organizations differed in their innovativeness and entrepreneurial activities. We found that in general entrepreneurial organizations differed from what we... [read more]

Peer Judgment - Get Over it

February 1, 2008 by Lisa Haneberg with 131 views

Here is a wee snippet of a piece I just wrote on how leaders build culture. When I talk to managers about this topic of culture and management team health, I am often asked what managers ought to do if they do not respect their peers. Here is my answer: Get over it. Unless you are the CEO or a Board Member, and unless your are in a... [read more]

Starbucked!

December 2, 2007 by Barry Moltz with 67 views

Fast Company had some interesting things to say about Starbucks in their review of the book, Starbucked by Taylor Clark. “The average customer spends $4.05 per visit for coffee. The average fast food restaurant customer spends $4.34 for the entire meal.” The company spends mroe for health insurance than coffee beans. In another part of... [read more]

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